Work & careers
raw talent
natural ability
Raw talent is a natural ability that has not yet been fully developed through training and experience.
Hear it in real life
Is the new player any good?
Definitely. He has raw talent, although his technique is still developing.
She has raw talent as a singer, but she needs more stage experience.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He has raw talent to football.
Say: He has raw talent for football.
Use “for” to name the area in which someone has raw talent.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
have raw talent; show raw talent; raw talent needs practice
Your turn: say it out loud
She has raw talent as a singer, but she needs more stage experience.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
raw talent
natural ability
“She has raw talent as a singer, but she needs more stage experience.”
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