school building — school facility
collocationB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon
A structure where students go to attend classes and other school activities.
Say it like a native
Textbook The educational establishment's edifice is over a century old.
Native The school building is over a hundred years old.
'School building' is plain; 'educational establishment's edifice' is absurd.
Pattern: school building (noun)
In use
- 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
Common mistake
✗ I go to school building every day.
✓ I 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'.
Common collocations
school building + context— the school building, old school building, new building, main building
Don't confuse it
'School' can mean the organization or the place, but 'school building' is only the physical structure.