Heating and lights · Home and routines
turn on
start a device
To make a light, heater or machine start working.
This vs that
I turned on the heater.
I turned up the heater.
Hear it in real life
It's freezing in here.
I'll turn on the heating.
Could you turn on the hall light? I can't find my keys.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Turn on' is the ordinary phrase for starting a light or appliance.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Please open the light.
Say: Please turn on the light.
Use 'turn on' for starting a light or electrical device.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
turn ondevice; turn the light on
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about heating and lights.
put the heating on
It’s freezing, so I’m putting the heating on.
leave the light on
Please don’t leave the light on when you go out.
Heating and lights words
Home and routines · Heating and lights: the words around “turn on”.
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Where this one sits next to the phrases it gets mixed up with.
Your turn: say it out loud
Could you turn on the hall light?
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
turn on
start a device
“Could you turn on the hall light? I can't find my keys.”
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