read aloud

Meaning

This expression means to read text so that other people can hear it, rather than reading silently in your mind. It is commonly used in classrooms when teachers want students to practice pronunciation or share a text with the class.

Examples

• The teacher asked me to read aloud the first paragraph of the story.

  The teacher asked me to read aloud the first paragraph of the story.

• Reading aloud can help you improve your English pronunciation.

  Reading aloud can help you improve your English pronunciation.

• She felt nervous when she had to read aloud in front of the whole class.

  She felt nervous when she had to read aloud in front of the whole class.

• Let's take turns to read aloud different parts of the dialogue.

  Let's take turns to read aloud different parts of the dialogue.

• He read aloud the email so everyone in the room could hear the news.

  He read aloud the email so everyone in the room could hear the news.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Please read loudly so we can all hear you.

  ✓ Please read aloud so we can all hear you.

  While 'loudly' means with a high volume (often noisily), 'aloud' simply means not silently. To ask someone to speak with more volume, say 'read out loud' or 'read louder'.

• ✗ The teacher told me to read aloudly.

  ✓ The teacher told me to read aloud.

  'Aloud' is already an adverb. There is no word 'aloudly' in English.

Related Expressions

Practice

• To practice your pronunciation, try to ___ when you study.

  💡 Speak the words on the page instead of reading silently.

  Show answer

  read aloud

• Who wants to ___ the next sentence from the textbook?

  💡 Say the written words so everyone can hear.

  Show answer

  read aloud