collocation · informal
take a trip
/teɪk ə ˈtrɪp/take a TRIP
Band 4-5speaking
to go on a short journey somewhere
Examples
“Let's take a trip to the coast this weekend.”
“They took a trip up north to see the mountains.”
“take a trip to + place”
Band 8 sentence
“Over the long weekend we took a trip to the countryside to escape the city noise.”
Collocations
- take a trip to the countryside
Word family
trip ntake v
Common mistakes
do a trip→take a trip
make a trip→take a trip
Say it for a higher band
5go trip→6do a trip→7+take a trip
Synonyms
go on a trip
take a short trip
Easily confused
go on a trip
“We decided to go on a trip to the nearby islands.”
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