Communication

write something down

record information

To write information on paper or in a device so that you can remember or use it later.

B1 very common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Do you have my new number?

Not yet, let me write it down.

Play the conversation

Could you write the address down before we leave?

The mistake everyone makes

Not: write down it

Say: write it down

With a pronoun, put it between "write" and "down".

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

write something down; write down something

Your turn: say it out loud

Could you write the address down before we leave?

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

write something down

record information

“Could you write the address down before we leave?”

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