چگونه از فعل Take استفاده کنیم

How many times have you asked someone to take a coffee or to take a drink with you. well, you’re actually using in that situation to take in the incorrect way. In this video I’m going to talk to you about why, take is such a special verb the nouns that you can use it with and then I’m going to go through the phrasal verbs that have take in them. So, let’s get started.

Okay, so, what makes the verb to take so special? Well, the answer is, it’s what we call a light verb, it’s also known as a de lexical verb, as well and other verbs in the light verb group are half gives. Make do and go you might remember that I’ve already done a video or make them do and light verbs are verbs that when used on their own they have very little meaning.

But, when partnered with another noun, they have much more meaning and the specific nouns that go with specific light verbs. So, today I’m going to talk you through all of the nouns and situations that take it can be used with okay. So, to take can go with washing nouns and resting nouns to take a shower to take a bath to take a rest, to take a nap, and to take a break, a couple of examples.

I need to take a shower before we go. And why don’t you take a break now? These nouns are not strictly confined to to take you can often use have in many of these situations. But, knowing that these verbs go with to take will certainly help you with your writing and also when it comes to understanding native speakers.

Okay, so, now I’ve got some more examples of how we can use take, we can use to take with care and this has two meanings in this case. We can say, can you take care of my cat? and, this means can you look after my cat or take care when walk alone at night? And this means be careful when walking alone at night.

Then, we have a photo I often hear. Can you make a photo? Or can you make me a photo? Make would be create with my hands. So we use take can you take a photo? Can you take a picture? We took loads of great photos and a risk. So, again you don’t make a risk we take a risk. I’ll take a risk and tell her I love her, that’s a big risk always think twice before doing that. Okay, then a look.

Take a look at my new iPhone. That’s what you use when, you are showing something to somebody a walk we took a walk in the park. Nice thing to do after lunch and then finally to take advantage of. let’s take advantage of the good weather and go to the beach now, please remember that to take advantage of, can be both positive and negative sometimes you’re taking advantage of something in an unfair way.

So, an example would be don’t take advantage of my generosity, don’t use my generosity to your advantage. Okay, now on to our beloved phrasal verbs. note this is just a list of what I consider to be the most important ones and if I went through all of the options.

It would take hours. so I’m not going to pick you through that. so, the first one is to take off this has two meanings, so, I’m hot I’ll take off my jacket. I’m hot I’ll remove my jacket the plane takes off in 45 minutes the plane goes into the air in 45 minutes. Okay, then we have take up which is to start a hobby or sometimes a habit as well, so, I’ve recently taken up skiing. or I’ve recently taken up smoking. the opposite of that would be to give up. I’ve given up smoking. I’ve given up skiing.

Okay, then we have to take over. Let me take over you’re doing it wrong this means to get control to take control let me take over. Let me take control.

Okay, to take after, this is something that gets said to me rather a lot many people say that I take after. My mother this can mean that. I resemble my mother in either character or appearance or sometimes both. Okay, takeaway. she took my phone away from me.

Okay, and this again means removed. in this case she removes it and puts it in another place. Take out, you took me out for dinner. Now when we say to take out. It often means to take someone to a restaurant or a bar. and you invite them and you pay for it normally. Normally. Not always. Ah well, that’s the end of my take lesson. I hope you learnt something.