welcome back to my channel learn academic english i'm jenna and i'm here to help you
take your english to the next level right now i'm continuing my series about phrasal verbs because
phrasal verbs are one of the most common types of words that we use in english especially in spoken
english but they are so difficult to learn in my last video i taught you a few very common
phrasal verbs with the verb take and in today's video i'm continuing that same topic with part
two of common phrasal verbs with the verb take be sure to stay until the end of the video because
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so first take something in or take in something this is a separable phrasal verb that means
that we can put the noun in the middle and to take something in means to observe and absorb something
for example on my first day of school i just took it in what does that mean that means that
there were so many new and interesting things that i just like looked around and observed
everything and took it in it's like to take in something into your mind or into your memory
or we can also use take someone in but this meaning is completely different to take someone in
means to allow someone to stay with you and this would be especially for a longer period of time
meaning that they become part of your household that they almost become like part of the family
for example we took in a family of refugees for three months so they stayed in our house
and they probably ate meals with us and we did that to help them we didn't ask them to
pay for anything to take someone in means that you allow them to stay with you sometimes we
also use this for animals if we see a stray dog on the street we can say that we took in
a stray dog okay next to take something apart to take something apart means to disassemble
what is disassemble well when we put something together we build something and then take it apart
so take all the pieces apart it's the opposite of put together or the opposite of assemble for
example before moving the bed we had to take it apart so like these other ones this is separable
that means that you can put the noun in between you can say take the bed apart or take apart the
bed or if you want to use the pronoun you're going to put the pronoun in the middle take it apart
next to take off now take off has a couple of different meanings first to take off means to
remove and this is to take something off or to take off something take off your shoes
before going upstairs okay you can take off a jacket or you can take something off the wall
now because this is separable we could also say take your shoes off
or the next one is to take off now there's no noun that comes after it's just take off
and take off means to leave we often use this when we leave a place where there have been a
lot of people together or we also use it for an airplane because an airplane takes off
for example i saw you at the party yesterday
what time did you take off what does that mean that means what time did you leave the party
this is a very common one that we use um after we have been talking with someone we often say oh i
have to take off that means i have to leave okay let's check our understanding of these
phrasal verbs with a quick quiz let's check our understanding of these phrasal verbs with a short
quiz so remember that today we learned take in take apart and take off but take in and take off
both have more than one meaning so i'm going to show you these sentences i'm going to ask
you to pause the video and then we'll check our answers number one what time did the plane finally
number two the sunset was so beautiful that i just sat there and the view
number three when i was a kid my mom my cousin who needed a place to stay
number four the best way to learn to operate a machine is to it and put it back together
pause the video think about your answers and then come back and we'll check them
okay let's check number one what time did the plane finally take off
number two the sunset was so beautiful that i just sat there and took in the view so notice
that we have to use past tense here because the story or the time is happening in the past
number three when i was a kid my mom took in my cousin who needed a place to stay
and number four the best way to learn to operate a machine is to take it apart and
put it back together so notice with these that we're going to put the stress on the second word
took in my cousin took in the view
so let me know how you did on this quiz and let me know if you have any questions as always i
will leave a question in the description box below that you can use to practice these phrasal verbs
and if you leave a comment i will give you feedback or answer your questions if you have any
don't forget to come back next time to learn more phrasal verbs and i hope to see you soon take care