Welcome back to learn academic English I'm jenna and I am here to help you
take your English to the next level today I'm continuing my series all about phrasal verbs
and be sure to stay until the end of the video because we'll do a quiz to check your knowledge
also be sure to check the description box below because i've left a link to a handout
to help you learn these phrasal verbs at home there's no catch you don't have to sign up
for anything it's just a link that goes to a google doc that you can use to learn at home
so in my series about phrasal verbs in my first video I talked about how to learn
phrasal verbs and how to pronounce them and I taught you guys about 10 common phrasal verbs
in the next video I covered common phrasal verbs with the verb get in today's I'm going to be
talking about phrasal verbs with the verb take but in order not to overwhelm you with too much
information I'm gonna separate these phrasal verbs into two videos so today we'll be learning these
and in the next video we will learn five or six more before we get started don't forget
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so first let's look at take over take over something means to control
for example after they took over the village civilians were evacuated
so notice with takeover that we say take over something or we can this is separable this is
a separable phrasal verb which means that we could separate the verb and the particle
and put the noun in the middle after they took the village over that's also possible
next to take up something to take up something means to start a new hobby or to start a new
regular activity for example during lockdown I took up yoga
this one is also separable so we could say I took yoga up but that's not as common and you know
one tip I would say for you is that if you're not sure if the phrasal verb is separable or not
just put the noun after the phrasal verb you really can't go wrong with that the tricky part
gets when you want to use a pronoun and you need to know if you can put the pronoun in the middle
okay next to take on something to take on something means to start doing something
that requires effort for example don't take on too much extra work or you'll get burned out
so to take on a new project or to take on an extra job it's to start doing something that requires
a lot of effort or maybe a lot of time take on is also separable we could say don't take too
much work on next to take out something to take out something means to omit or remove for example
take out some words to make your sentence more concise concise means that we say the
idea in a shorter way so we might take out some words to make our sentence more concise
again you could put the noun in the middle here and you could
say take some words out that is something that we do a lot when we're speaking
but again if you're not sure just put the noun after the phrasal verb
next to take someone out so this is a different phrasal verb it includes the word out but this
one is different to take someone out is to take someone on a date or to take them for a nice meal
so we use this a lot for romantic situations but we can also use it for other situations
where we take someone out for a nice meal or for a special occasion and it's the idea that I invite
someone and then I pay for them for example I took my mom out for mother's day so this implies
that she and I went to a restaurant and had a nice meal together but it was my treat I paid for her
and finally to take after someone to take after someone is to resemble an older relative
so we use this a lot to describe when we are similar to our parents or maybe a grandparent
for example you take after your mom you look a lot alike we can take after someone in our physical
characteristics or in other ways maybe in the way that we talk or in the way that we behave so it's
not just physical it can also be behavior take after is not separable we cannot say you take
your mom after it doesn't make any sense we have to put the noun after the word after remember also
with phrasal verbs that you're always going to stress the particle so take up take on take after
stress the second word let's check our understanding of these phrasal verbs by
taking a short quiz so remember that in today's video we learned take on take after take over
take out and take up and remember with take out that includes the phrasal verb take someone out
so let's look through these sentences quickly and then I'll ask you to pause the video you
can think about your answers and then we'll come back and check them together number one I had to
my earrings before the x-ray number two a common concern about robots is that they might the world
number three when I have more time i'd like to swimming number four I
her for a nice meal to celebrate so maybe she got a new job and I wanted to help her celebrate
and number five I my dad in many ways even though I look more like my mom
okay pause the video look at the sentences think about your answers
and then come back and we'll check them number one I had to take out my earrings before the x-ray
number two a common concern about robots is that they might take over the world number three when I
have more time i'd like to take up swimming number four I took her out for a nice meal to celebrate
so notice here that we need to have past tense I took her out and number five
I take after my dad in many ways even though I look more like my mom let me know what your score
was and if you have any questions about these phrasal verbs as always I will leave a question
for you to practice in the description box below and you can practice your English in the comments
and I will give you feedback take care and I'll see you soon for the next video in this series!