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8 Take/took/taken
Take with time (it + take + person + time)
It takes Alan 20 minutes to get to work.
Alan’s house + 20 minutes > Alan’s office
It takes Miriam 45 minutes to get to work.
Miriam's flat» 45 minutes —» Miriam's office 2
1 go to school/university every day. It takes me 30 minute: re)
I do homework every day. It took me two hours yesterday. |
How long does it take to get to the station? 15 minutes in a taxi
Take with courses/exams, etc.
Are you taking an English course? Yes.
Do you have to take an exam? Yes, at the end of the course.
I want to take some Japanese lessons.
Take with bus, car, etc.
How do you get to work? I take the bus.
How does Nik get to work? _
He takes the train.
B- Take something with you
Are you going out? Take an umbrella.
Irs raining.
Are you going to the beach? Take some water with you.
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Sorry, you can’t take your camera
into the museum. >
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Useful expression: Can [take a photograph here?
Tip: Make a page in your notebook for take and put in new words that go with it
when you see them (e.g. a picture, a look at, a chance).
20 English Vocabulary in Use (elementary) 8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
Exercises
Fill the gaps for yourself.
1 It me minutes to get to school/university.
2 It takes me minutes/hours to go from to
3 takes me to do one unit of this book.
Complete the sentences using take/took and an expression from the box.
acourse your driving test some lessons an exam
1 At the end of the course, you have to
2 I wanted to speak French, so
3. You want to learn Russian? Why don’t you
4 In Britain, when you are 17, you can
Look at the pictures. Answer the questions using take.
1 How does Lisa go to work? 3. How does Simon go to school?
She He
2 How can I get to the airport? 4 How do Paul and Ann get home every day?
You They
What do you take with you when ...
1 you want to take photographs?
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it’s raining?
3. you go to another country?
4. you go to your English lessons?
How long did it take you to do this unit?
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