Call on
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Definition
To invite a specific person to answer a question or address the group
Example sentence
The teacher called on her to answer the question.
Real video usage
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Common collocations
Natural word pairings to memorize.
call on a student
teacher called on me
call on someone for an answer
call on the next person
hate being called on
Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.
He called on the student. ✅ (Correct)
He called the student on. ❌ (Incorrect)