verb · neutral
take
/teɪk/TAKE
Band 5-6speakingtask2
to carry or move something/someone from one place to another; to accept or receive
Examples
“She took the book from the shelf.”
“He takes his medicine every morning.”
“They took the train to the city.”
Band 8 sentence
“When planning the experiment I took care to control as many variables as possible.”
Collocations
- take a break
- take part in / take part
- take responsibility
Word family
take basetakes 3rd singulartook past simpletaken past participletaking gerund / -ing
Common mistakes
taked→took / taken (tùy thì)
have took→have taken
Say it for a higher band
5get→6carry→7+take
Synonyms
grab
carry
Easily confused
bring
“Could you take these documents to the office on my behalf?”
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