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take a gap year
UK/teɪk ə gæp jɪə(r)/US/teɪk ə gæp jɪr/TAKE a GAP YEAR
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to spend a year away from formal education, often before starting university, to travel, work, or volunteer
Examples
“take a gap year to travel”
“spend a gap year doing volunteer work”
“plan to take a gap year”
Band 8 sentence
“After finishing high school I decided to take a gap year to travel and volunteer abroad.”
Collocations
- take a gap year
- spend a gap year
Word family
gap year ntake a gap year v phrasegap-year adj
Common mistakes
take gap year→take a gap year
do a gap year→take a gap year
Say it for a higher band
5take a year off→6do a break→7+take a gap year
Synonyms
take time off
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