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
ah before we start obviously I would
like you to connect with me on all my
social media that’s here I’ve got
Instagram Facebook Weibo and obviously
you can subscribe to me here on YouTube
for more free english lessons 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
tape 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
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where else it’s a Tuesday bit a little a
little
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
ah before we start obviously I would
like you to connect with me on all my
social media that’s here I’ve got
Instagram Facebook Weibo and obviously
you can subscribe to me here on YouTube
for more free english lessons 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
tape 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
remember to subscribe to all this
beautiful stuff here got my Instagram
Facebook YouTube and my Weibo I also
have a patreon site which you can check
out that’s the way that if you would
like to sponsor my videos you can make a
contribution and earn some rewards
rewards include personal one-to-one
skype lessons with me it will letters
from me and also some writing
Corrections check it out see if you’d
like to contribute but this is free
content
I love making it for you so you’re not
obliged at all it’s only for if you want
to help out right now I’m off to the pub
where else it’s a Tuesday bit a little a
little
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