We continue to get acquainted with phrasal verbs. Take is another popular verb.

In this article, we will look at its use and 13 phrasal verbs that it forms.

13 meanings of the phrasal verb take in English

Let's take a look at the main meanings of the phrasal verb take:

1. The phrasal verb take away

Translation: Take away, take away, take away, subtract

Meaning: Take something from somewhere, take possession of something alien

The waiter took our plates away.
The waiter removed our plates.

They took his phone away.
They took his phone.

2. The phrasal verb take after

Translation: Go to anyone

Meaning: Be like an older family member

She takes after her mother.
She looks like her mom.

I think he takes after his father.
I think he looks like his father.

3. The phrasal verb take apart

Translation: Disassemble

Meaning: Divide something into different parts

Help me take phone apart.
Help me disassemble the phone.

He likes to take electric devices apart.
He likes to take apart electrical appliances.

4. The phrasal verb take along

Translation: Bring with you, take on the road

Meaning: Take someone / something with you to a specific place

He took some friends along to the party.
He brought a couple of friends with him to the party.

We took the camera along.
We took our camera with us.

5. Phrasal verb take aside

Translation: Take aside, withdraw

Meaning: Call someone to talk in private

My boss took me aside.
My boss took me aside.

They took her aside to tell it.
They took her aside to tell it.

6. Phrasal verb take back

Translation: To return something, to take back what was said

Meaning: Return something to the place you bought or bought from

He took a book back.
He returned the book.

I take back everything I said about him.
I take back everything I said about him.

7. The phrasal verb take down

Translation: 1. Take off from somewhere, take off your clothes 2. Write down

Meaning:

1. Take off something that is on the wall, on a person

2. Take notes, notes

He took the pictures down.
He took pictures.

She took down my telephone number.
She wrote down my phone number.

8. The phrasal verb take on

Translation: Take over

Meaning: Take responsibility for something

She doesn’t want to take on too much work.
She doesn't want to take on too much work.

He takes on all tasks.
He takes over all the tasks.

9. Phrasal verb take off

Translation: 1. Take off your clothes 2. Take time off

Meaning: 1. Take off some thing 2. Take a break from work

He took off his hat.
He took off his hat.

I am going to take two days off.
I'm going to take two days off.

10. The phrasal verb take over

Translation: Accept (leadership, position), take over

Meaning: Take control and responsibility for something

He took over his father "s business.
He took over his father's business.

She takes over the leadership.
She takes the lead.

11. The phrasal verb take through

Translation: Explain to someone

Meaning: Communicate something to someone in a way that makes it clear

My teacher took me through this rule.
My teacher explained this rule to me.

His colleague took him through the idea.
His colleague explained the idea to him.

12. The phrasal verb take to

Translation: Like it, feel sympathy for someone, get attached

Meaning: Start to love someone, something

He was taken to his mother.
He was attached to his mother.

She took to him quickly.
She quickly became attached to him.

13. The phrasal verb take up

Translation: 1. Start doing something 2. Take (time, place)

Meaning: 1. Start doing a specific job or other activity 2. Use a time or place

She takesup dancing.
She starts dancing.

This sofa takes up too much space.
This sofa takes up too much space.

So, we got acquainted with the phrasal verb take. Now let's practice using it.

Assignment task

Translate the following sentences into English. Leave your answers in the comments.

1. She removed the box.
2. We returned her wallet.
3. He looks like a grandfather.
4. She will bring a friend with her.
5. We started drawing.

We continue to study English in all its facets: vocabulary, grammar, syntax, etc. And today we will repeat the forms of words already familiar to us go, make, get, show, eat, play, ride, fall, meet, and also we will analyze another very important lexeme for everyday English speech. Take (take, take) Is one of the most common verbs in the English language. This is an irregular verb, so it will be useful to recall its forms:

• To take-took-taken-taking

Let's consider example sentences for each form:

• What shall I take with me? - What should I take with myself?
• Did you take all the necessary things? Yes, I took everything we need. - You took all the necessary things? Yes, I took everything we need
• Ann said that she had taken her mobile phone with her. - Anna said that she took mobile phone with you
• Where are the children? Tom is taking care of them. - Where are the children? Volume cares about them.

Often this verb occurs not only by itself, but also in stable expressions, such as: Take ...

• a sit - sit down, sit down, take a seat
• a word - take a word
• off / on - take off / put on
• care - to take care
• down - shoot down, shoot
• a bus / a train / a car, etc. - take a bus, train, car, etc.
• measures - take action
• a shower - take a shower

For example:

Take your sit, please! - Sit down please!
I want to take a shower. - I want to take a shower.
Tom must take measures about his son. “Tom has to take action about his son.

We bring to your attention several examples of sentences where we use our verb in different tenses:

Present Simple: Take your sit, please, and listen to me. - Sit down, please, and listen to me

Present Perfect: Tom has just taken the important papers. - Tom just got some important papers

Present Continuous: Where is Andy? He is taking a shower now, can you call later? - Where is Andy? He's taking a shower now, can you call later?

Past Simple: I took some flour, milk, and eggs, and prepared a cake. - I took some flour, milk and eggs and made a pie

Past Continuous: I was taking a shower when you called. - I was taking a shower when you called

Past Perfect: She said that she had taken all the measures about that affair. - She said she took all measures about that case

Future Simple: Tomorrow we will take you with us to the forest if you want. “Tomorrow we will take you to the forest with us, if you want.

Take and modal verbs

The wrong Take goes well with the modal verbs may, must, can, need, should, etc.

For example:

• May I take your pencil? - Can I take your pencil?
• You must take measures about your son, he behaves very badly. - You have to take action about your son, he behaves very badly
• Can you take me with you to walk? - Can you take me for a walk?
• We need to take some money with us for our voyage. - We have to take some money with us on the trip
• You should take a bus, if you want to get to the airport on time. “You have to take the bus if you want to get to the airport on time.

Example text with the verb Take

Pay attention to this text, in which the irregular verb "Take" is presented in different variations. Read carefully and observe how he behaves in these sentences:

Jim entered the room and said that he had taken his sister with him. We were glad to see them. They took their sits and we began our discussion. Alex wanted to take a word. We began to listen to him. He was talking about the importance of studies. He said that he had taken all the measures to pass the exams. Yet, Alex gave us a piece of advice how to learn by heart easier. He said that we should take a sheet of paper and write a short plan of the material. We took his advice for a rule.

Now let's start translating:

Jim entered the room and said that he took his sister with him. We were glad to see them. They took their seats and we began our discussion. Alex wanted to take the floor. We started listening to him. He talked about the importance of learning. He said he made every effort to pass the exams. Alex also gave us advice on how easy it is to learn by heart. He said that we should take a piece of paper and write a short outline of the material. We took his advice as a rule.

As you can see, this verb can appear in different tenses and different forms.

Along with "take", such irregular verbs are often found in English speech as: go - to go, make - to do, produce, get - to receive, show - to show, find - to find, eat - to eat, ride - to ride, fall - fall, buy - buy, sit - sit, meet - meet.

Let's remember the forms of these irregular verbs:

• To go-went-gone
• To make-made-made
• To get-got-got
• To show-showed-shown
• To find-found-found
• To eat-ate-eaten
• To ride-rode-ridden
• To fall-fell-fallen
• To buy-bought-bought
• To sit-sit-sit
• To meet-met-met

And here is how the words "go, make, get, show, eat, play, ride, fall, meet, etc." behave. in sentences:

• We go to play; do you go with us? - We're going to play; are you coming with us
• Let’s go there by car - Let's go there by car
• What do you do? I make an application with colored paper. - What are you doing? I make an applique from colored paper
• Every time I see you, you make me smile - Every time I see you, you make me smile
• Did you make a report yesterday? - Did you give a talk / message yesterday?
• Did you get my letter? - Did you get my letter?
• Can he get this report? - Can he finish the report?
• It was a terrible fall.
• Show me your photos, please? - Show me your photos, please
• I couldn’t find exercises with the irregular verbs - I couldn’t find exercises with irregular verbs
• We didn’t play computer games - We didn’t play computer games
• We often fall out with each other - We often quarrel with each other
• What do you like to eat? - What do you like to eat?
• I eat too much
• They made a lot of money - They made (earned) a lot of money
• I like to ride a horse. - I like to ride a horse
• Tom is afraid to fall, he is nervous. - Tom is afraid to fall, he is nervous
• I want to buy some sweets. - I want to buy some sweets
• I like to play board games - I like board games
• I play the horn - I play the horn
• Sit down, please. - Sit down, please
• Meet me in the morning. - Meet me in the morning.

In general, wherever you go, there is a wedge of irregular verbs everywhere. Let them not strain you, but be your friends in English grammar. Repeat the verb forms again: g o, make, get, show, eat, play, ride, fall, meet... Good luck to you!

I am increasingly beginning to lean towards the fact that in each an expression with take this verb is used for a reason. Therefore, let's remember the basic meanings that can be found in any dictionary.

TAKE:

1) Take

2) Grab

3) Catch

4) Conquer

5) Consume

And now you can move on to useful phrases with this verb.

1. TAKE A PHOTO \ PICTURE OF…. - photograph someone, something

Example: She has already taken a picture of this apple-tree. - She has already photographed this apple tree.

It would seem, why here take? If you dig deeper, or even just turn on your imagination, you get the following: "She took a picture from an apple tree." Immediately comes an insight, why is there an excuse OF. And if you also imagine the situation itself…. A girl cannot take an apple tree with her, no matter how beautiful it is. She only can "take" an image from this tree, to someday remember something unique that brought attention to the tree.

2. TAKE A BREAK - take \ arrange a break

Example: Bob needs to take a two hours break from his work. - Bob needs a two-hour break from work.

How easy it is to remember this a stable expression with take? Well, usually nobody takes a break at their own workplace, right? This is complete nonsense. We "Take" ourselves and go to a cafe, to a friend or take in the hands of the phone. Someone calls the other half, and someone storms some application, switching to a completely different wave that has nothing to do with office life. In other words, it turns out that we take a few minutes or hours from our day at the office and devote this time to something else. I'm sure so take a break will be remembered much faster. And if you still come up with your own unique examples, then in general….

3. TAKE PAINS - try, do something very carefully

Example: They took pains to achieve better results. - They tried very hard to achieve the best results.

Do you know how the word is translated pain? Right! This is "Pain, suffering, grief." Usually, work that requires a lot of effort is not very enjoyable. But we take and we collect all our discontent in a cam and still go forward, continuing to work on.

4. TAKE A CHANCE - take risks

Example: He thought it was the right time to take a chance and change all his life. - He thought it was time to take a chance and change his whole life.

You have probably already tried to get to the bottom of the literal translation of this phrase on your own. It turns out something like "Take, grab" chance, not just "to risk", as most dictionaries give us. Here, for some reason, traditional Russian fairy tales begin to come to mind, in which the heroes got a chance to change their lives for the better when took into the hands of a goldfish, a pike or some other miracle Yudo that embodies a dream. Every day on our way there are opportunities / chances to change something for the better, and we already take them or not. Perfect stable expression with take again surprised us with its logic!

One of the most common verbs in the English language is the to take verb, which occurs in many fixed expressions, is the basis for a large number of phrasal verbs, and has a number of eigenvalues. Here are just a few of them:

As you can see from the table above, most of these meanings are based on the primary and basic meaning of the verb to take.

Grammar forms of the verb to take

This verb belongs to the number of irregular verbs, which makes it necessary to remember its three main forms. They are shown in the table below:

The verb to take is used in all tenses:

In almost all meanings, the verb to take shows signs, which indicates the possibility and often the need to use the direct after it and the presence of temporary forms in this verb. These forms and examples of use in Passive are shown in the table below:

Expressions with the verb to take

Phrasal verbs with stem to take

We hope that this information will help you become friends with the verb to take and use it productively in speech.

Another phrasal verb that we will consider is take, the main meanings of which are "take, take". Thanks to prepositions, this verb takes on new meanings, which we are going to study.

Major meanings of the phrasal verb take

• Take after- to be like, to be like (parents, relatives) - when they talk about character, inclinations, etc.
  - Mary is very clever - she takes after her mother. - Mary is very smart - she went to her mother
• Take away- pick up, take away, take away, take away
  - She was taken away to hospital - she was taken to the hospital
  - Take 5 away from 10 - take 5 away from 10
  - You can take the dishes away - you can remove from the table
• Take apart- another combination of the verb take, meaning to analyze, parse
  - We must take apart your sewing machine - we must take apart your sewing machine
  - I will take your problems apart - I will deal with your problems
• Take aside- withdraw, take aside (for conversation)
  - She had to tell him something important therefore she took him aside - She had to tell him something important, so she took him aside
• Take along- bring, take with you (on the road), bring
  He took his sister along to school - He took his sister to school
  She asked to take her along with me - She asked me to take her with me
• Take back- take back, (words) return
  - I take my words back, I was wrong - I take my words back, I was wrong
  - Take this lamp back to the shop - Take this lamp back to the shop
• Take in- bring in; remove (sails), sew (clothes); give shelter = take tenants; assimilate; deceive; take work home;
  - The piano was taken in and placed in the right corner - The piano was brought into the living room and placed in the right corner
  - I could not take in the new lesson - I could not learn a new lesson
  - She made her living by taking in - She made her living by letting in tenants -
  - When I don’t manage to perform the work at the office I take it in - When I don’t manage to perform the work at the office, I take it home
  - I have lost my weight and had to take in my dress - I lost weight, and the dress had to be sutured
  - This child took us in - This child took us in.
• Take down- take off (clothes), take off (from somewhere), demolish, write down, disassemble (car), destroy, reduce (price)
  - I took down his interesting speech - I recorded her interesting speech
  - Mother took down the lamp to clean it - mother took down the lamp to clean it
  - The house was half ruined and it was decided to take in down - the house was half destroyed and it was decided to demolish it
  - I came in and took down the wet jeans and boots - I came in and took off my wet jeans and boots
• Take on- take, hire (hire), take over, acquire, worry; fight someone
  - I won’t take on too much responsibility - I won’t take on too much responsibility
  - We decided to take on at tennis - we decided to play tennis
• Take out- remove, extract, take out; remove (walk), remove the stain; destroy; settle scores, give vent to anger, write out.
  - If I have time I’ll take you out to the park - if I have time I will take you to the park
  - Whatever I tried I couldn’t take out this spot - whatever I tried I couldn’t take out this spot
  - I'm afraid but this tooth should be taken out - I'm afraid, but this tooth needs to be removed
  - There is no need to take it out! - There is no need to lose your temper.
• Take off- take off (clothes), take away, take away, take away; take a break from work; imitate, copy; lift the ban; take off; enjoy success, gain popularity;
  - Take your hands off my bag - take your hands off my bag
  - My wife fall ill and I have no choice but to take some days off - my wife fell ill and I have no choice but to take a few days off.
  - The plane will take off at 16:30 - the plane will take off at 16:30
  - She took off her hat and put it on the table - she took off her hat and put it on the table
• Take over- take responsibility, take leadership, take over; take over
  - When you change the job I’ll take over from you
• Take through- explain, implement, follow through
  Would you please take me through this lesson? It seems to be difficult - Could you explain this lesson to me? It seems difficult to me.
• Take to- get attached, addicted
  He was taken to his mother and couldn’t do without her - He was very attached to his mother and could not do without her.
• Take up- lift up; take (place), accept (call); shoot, dig; take on something, shorten; do something; meet someone; to acquire.
  - He took up his luggage and carried it to the car - he lifted his luggage and carried it to the car
  - I’ll take up your matter, though it seems to be complicated - I’ll take up your matter, although it seems complicated

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