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go wrong

develop a problem

To fail or develop a problem in an unexpected way.

B1 very common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why are you so late?

Everything went wrong this morning.

Play the conversation

Our plans went wrong when we forgot to book a hotel.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: The project went wrongly after the change in management.

Say: The project went wrong after the change in management.

Use the fixed phrase “go wrong,” not the adverb “go wrongly,” to say that a situation develops problems.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

something goes wrong; something went wrong

Your turn: say it out loud

Our plans went wrong when we forgot to book a hotel.

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

go wrong

develop a problem

“Our plans went wrong when we forgot to book a hotel.”

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