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turn out + to + V

Band 7+speakingtask2

Use 'turn out + to + V' to describe an outcome or result, often something unexpected: 'it turned out to + V'.

Examples

“The event turned out to be more successful than we expected.”

“It turned out that the document had been lost.”

“The new method turned out to reduce production time significantly.”

Band 8 sentence

“Despite initial scepticism, the pilot scheme turned out to be remarkably effective in reaching disadvantaged communities.”

Collocations

  • turn out to be useful/important/successful

Word family

turn out to be + adjective/noun structureturn out that + clause structure

Common mistakes

It turned out to be that the report was wrong.→It turned out that the report was wrong. / It turned out to be incorrect.

The decision turned out being unpopular.→The decision turned out to be unpopular.

Say it for a higher band

5turn out that + clause→6turn out to be + adjective→7+turn out + to + V

Synonyms

prove to be

Easily confused

turn out that + clause

“It turned out that she had already left.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingas well as + V-ing

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