Study & education

a head start

early advantage

An advantage you get by starting earlier or having more experience than other people.

B2 very common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why was she so confident in the interview?

She had a head start because she had done similar work before.

Play the conversation

Learning to type as a child gave me a head start at university.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: She had the headstart because she began young.

Say: She had a head start because she began young.

Write and say “head start” as two words, usually with the article “a.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

give someone a head start; get a head start; have a head start

Your turn: say it out loud

Learning to type as a child gave me a head start at university.

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

a head start

early advantage

“Learning to type as a child gave me a head start at university.”

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