Connecting things means joining or relating them.
The idea
Use connect A to B for devices and connect A with B or to B for ideas. The past is connected.
Examples
- Connect the printer to the laptop.
- A cable connects the screen to the computer.
- The teacher connected the two ideas.
- Can you connect your phone to the speaker?
- This diagram connects each cause with an effect.
- The devices connected automatically.
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Watch out
Do not omit the preposition before the second thing: say connect the phone to the speaker.
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Choose the correct answer. Connect the camera ___ the tablet. (to / at)
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to
to introduces the device receiving the connection.
Choose the correct answer. The essay connects freedom ___ responsibility. (with / at)
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with
with links the second idea to the first.
Choose the correct answer. Yesterday we ___ the keyboard to the screen. (connected / connect)
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connected
connected places the action in the past.
Practice round
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Choose the correct answer. Connect the camera ___ the tablet. (to / at)
Choose the correct answer. The essay connects freedom ___ responsibility. (with / at)
Choose the correct answer. Yesterday we ___ the keyboard to the screen. (connected / connect)
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Describe two devices or ideas you can connect.