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take notes
UK/ˈteɪk nəʊts/US/ˈteɪk noʊts/TAKE notes
Band 4-5speakingtask1
to write down important points while listening or reading
Examples
“take detailed notes”
“take notes during lectures”
“review notes”
Band 8 sentence
“I always take notes during lectures so I can review them before exams.”
Collocations
- take detailed notes
- take quick notes
Word family
take vnote nnote-taking n
Common mistakes
take a note→take notes
make notes→take notes
Say it for a higher band
5write→6make notes→7+take notes
Synonyms
jot down
Easily confused
jot down
“I just jotted down his phone number on a scrap of paper.”
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