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

takedtook / taken (tùy thì)

have tookhave taken

Say it for a higher band

5get6carry7+take

Synonyms

grab

carry

Easily confused

bring

Could you take these documents to the office on my behalf?

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