Grammar fix
school building
school facility
A structure where students go to attend classes and other school activities.
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Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
- The school building was renovated last year to make it safer for students.education
- In my hometown, the school building is quite old, but it has a lot of character and history.IELTS speaking
Fix the pattern
Pattern: school building (noun)
WrongI go to school building every day.
RightI go to the school building every day. / I go to school every day.
'Go to school' (general) needs no article; 'the school building' (the structure) needs 'the'.
Patternschool building (noun)
Use it right
Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.
'School building' is plain; 'educational establishment's edifice' is absurd.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
school building + contextthe school buildingold school buildingnew buildingmain building
Don't confuse it
'School' can mean the organization or the place, but 'school building' is only the physical structure.