Words / A2

TUCH/tʌtʃ/

Touch means put your hand on something: don’t touch, touch the screen, keep in touch (stay in contact — extra). Feel can be a cousin. Torch is a light. Tough means strong or difficult. Do not write touch when you mean torch, or tough.

Meaning

To put your hand or another part of the body on something.

Examples

• “Please do not touch the paintings in the gallery.”
• “Please do not touch the wet paint on the rail.”
• “Touch the icon to open your boarding pass.”

Good to know

don’t touch / touch the screen. Phrase: keep in touch. Mix-up: torch, tough.

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