Welcome back to JForrestEnglish Training, your place to become a fluent confident
English speaker. Of course I'm Jennifer and today you're going to learn the most common phrasal verb
with TAKE. And make sure you watch right to the end because you're going to complete a quiz
to make sure you know how to use these new phrasal verbs. Let's get started.
To take off, this is used when a flight leaves the ground. For example,
tomorrow my flight takes off at 7am. Or what time did your flight take off? So this is another way
of simply saying, what time did your flight leave? Now we also use this phrasal verb to talk about
a person leaving a location. So you might be at a party and it's getting late. You have an early
meeting, and you say, thanks for the party. I'm going to take off. I'm going to leave.
Or someone might ask you, what time did you take off last night? What time did you leave? Now take
off is also used to remove an item of clothing. So at night, before you get into your pyjamas, you
take off your clothes. Right before you get into the shower, you take off your clothes. I can also
take off my makeup which means to remove. Or if it's really hot in the room, you might say oh it's
so hot in here. I need to take off my sweater. Or when you come into the house and it's cold out,
you take off your jacket, you take off your shoes, you take off your hat, you take off your gloves,
take off your sunglasses. So you can take off an item of clothing, but you can also take off
accessories like rings, makeup, glasses as well. Take off can also mean to become successful.
For example, after I improved my English speaking skills, my career really took off.
My career became successful. My career took off. Or I can say, overnight, my youtube channel
took off. My youtube channel became successful. So many different phrasal verbs with take off,
but they're all commonly used. So make sure you learn all these individual meanings. To take after
someone. When you take after someone you resemble them in either personality or appearance. And this
is most commonly used with family members. For example, it's very common for a son to take after
his dad, which means he looks like him. They look very similar. But you might also say
Julie is so funny. She really takes after Uncle Frank. So maybe Uncle Frank is really funny. He's
always telling these hilarious jokes. And then Julie is also really funny. She takes after Uncle
Frank. So you can use this with personality or appearance. To take apart. When you take
something apart, you disassemble it. So it goes from being whole, one complete item, and then you
disassemble it into individual parts. So if your car isn't working, you might take apart the motor
or take apart the engine to try to figure out what the problem is. You might also take apart a desk
or take apart a bed when you're getting rid of it, when you're removing it from your home, because
it's easier to move when it's in individual parts, rather than one big structure. To take back. When
you take something back, it means that you return a purchased item to the store for a refund. So
let's say you bought a pair of shoes at the store. You come home and you realize they don't fit very
well, or you just don't really like them. Well you can take them back. So you go to the store,
you return the shoes and you get your money back. Now we only use this when you physically
go to the store. So with online purchases, we actually don't use the phrasal verb take back.
So if you order something from Amazon, and you don't like it, and you want a refund,
we simply say I returned the shoes I bought from Amazon. Or I sent back. I sent back the shoes.
So just keep that in mind. We only use take back when you physically go to the store.
You can also take someone back, which means you reunite a previous romantic relationship.
So let's say that Rob and Julie were a couple last year but then they broke up, they ended their
relationship. But then Rob begs Julie, please take me back. Please accept me again as your romantic
partner. Please take me back. But Julie's friend might say, don't take Rob back. Why would you take
Rob back? You shouldn't take Rob back. To take on. When you take on a project or a task,
it simply means that you accept that project or task. For example, your boss might ask the team,
who has time to take this on? Who has time to take on this new project or this new client.
And you might say, I can take it on. I can take it on. So you accept that responsibility for that
job. You can also take over a responsibility or project, or task, which means that you
assume responsibility from another person. So let's say Julie took on the project. But then
Julie decided to go on a three week vacation. So your boss might ask you to take it over. So
the responsibility goes from Julie to you. Hey Maria. Can you take over this project while
Julie's on vacation? Or it can be, can you just take over this project. So it can be permanent. It
becomes your project permanently. Or it can just be a temporary situation, while someone is sick
or on vacation. To take someone out. When you take someone out, it means you invite them on
an activity, such as having a meal together or going to the movies together, but you pay for
that activity. For example, let's say it's your birthday. Well, your husband, your best friend,
your mother, your sister might take you out for dinner, which means they invite you for dinner
and they also pay for dinner. That's the important part. Or they might take you out
for a nice night at the movies. And you go to the movies together or maybe to the amusement park, so
you can do other activities, but it's mainly used with meals. So maybe your friend says, why would
you take Rob back? Why would you take Rob back? He didn't even take you out for your birthday. So, he
didn't invite you for dinner and then pay for that meal. You can take up a new hobby or activity,
which means you start that new hobby or activity. So you can tell your friends, I decided to take up
karate, which means you decided to start karate lessons as a new hobby or activity.
Or your friend might say, I didn't know you took up dancing. I didn't know you started dancing,
as a hobby or activity. So now you know the most common phrasal verbs with TAKE. Are you
ready for your quiz? Here are the questions, so go ahead and hit pause. Complete the quiz,
take as much time as you need, and when you're ready, hit play to see the answers.
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