phrasal verb · neutral
turn pale
UK/tɜːn peɪl/US/tɜrn peɪl/turn PALE
speakingtask2
to become pale suddenly because of shock, fear or illness
Examples
“When the teacher mentioned the exam, several students turned pale.”
“She turned pale at the sight of the accident.”
“He turned pale when the doctor said the test results were abnormal.”
Band 8 sentence
“When the panel started asking about the missing data, the lead researcher visibly turned pale, which suggested deeper problems.”
Collocations
- turn pale at the sight
- turn pale with fear/shock
Word family
turn verbpale adjective
Common mistakes
turn into pale→turn pale
to turn pale→turn pale
turned paled→turned pale
Say it for a higher band
5go pale→6become pale→7+turn pale
Synonyms
go pale
Easily confused
go pale
“She went pale as soon as she heard his name.”
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