Collocations with TAKE...
- (sb) To court
E.g. They wouldn't honour their contract, so we took them to court.
- (sb's) Temperature
E.g. After my temperature was taken, my blood pressure was checked.
- A bite
E.g. Do you want to take a bite into this Apple?
- A bow
E.g. During the show, I could barely take a bow.
- A break
E.g. Let's take a short break.
- A call
E.g. I'm sorry, but I have to take this call.
- A chance
E.g. Take a chance at it. You might win.
- A class
E.g. I have to take a class on Saturdays this semester.
- A decision (make)
E.g. You have to take lots of decisions in life.
- A holiday
E.g. I’m going to take a holiday in June. I’m going to Spain.
- A lesson
E.g. I'm talking English lessons to help me prepare for the IELTS.
- A look
E.g. I'll take a look at the website and let you know what I think.
- A message
E.g. Debra's not here just now. Can I take a message?
- A nap
E.g. The baby takes a nap every day at 2 pm.
- A number
E.g. I think it will take a number of months for this to play out.
- A photo/ a photograph
E.g. Why did you take so many photos on holiday?
- A picture
E.g. Could I take a picture of you?
- A rest
E.g. After work, I like to take a rest before cooking dinner.
- A risk
E.g. Mountaineers take many risks when they climb high mountains.
- A seat
E.g. I walked into her office and she told me to take a seat.
- A shower (have)
E.g. We'll be leaving in five minutes. I'll just take a shower first.
- A step (1)
E.g. If you take another step, I'll shoot you.
- A step (2)
E.g. You've taken an important step on the road to recovery.
- A taxi/bus/train/plane
E.g. Richard takes a taxi to work every day.
- A test
E.g. Have you taken your driving test yet?
- A while/ a minute/ five minutes
E.g. Take a minute to read the question before answering it.
- Action
E.g. If we don't take action soon, it'll be too late.
- Advantage (of)
E.g. We take advantage of that.
- Advice
E.g. I took my doctor's advice and stopped drinking alcohol.
- Ages
E.g. Finding a parking spot in the city takes ages.
- An exam/ a test/ a course
E.g. I'm going to take a Maths exam next week.
- An opportunity
E.g. It was a very difficult decision, leaving Leicester, but I had to take an opportunity that doesn't come round often.
- Care
E.g. Take care, won't you? It can be dangerous around here at night.
- Care of
E.g. Who's taking care of your pets while you're away?
- Charge
E.g. Who'll take charge if the mayor is sent to prison?
- Charge (of)
E.g. He decided to take charge of the whole meal.
- Drugs
E.g. Lots of young people were taking drugs like marijuana in the sixties.
- Exercise
E.g. My doctor says I should take more exercise.
- Hostage
E.g. Several foreign workers were taken hostage by rebel fighters.
- Medicine
E.g. Has grandpa taken his medicine yet?
- Notes
E.g. If I don't take notes, I forget too many important details.
- Notice
E.g. Don't take any notice of what he says. It's all nonsense.
- Part
E.g. During the debate, those taking part will be sitting on the stage.
- Place
E.g. Where did the meeting take place?
- Pride in
E.g. You should take pride in the fact that your English is improving.
- Prisoner
E.g. After the battle was over, we took hundreds of enemy soldiers prisoner.
- Somebody's place
E.g. If a player's injured, another player takes his place in the team.
- Someone's temperature
E.g. I took my temperature and I found that Iam running a fever.
- Time
E.g. Changing the way people think takes time, so you have to be patient.
- Time of (away form work for holidays or to do sth)
E.g. I'm exhausted. I think I'll take some time off and spend a few days with my sister in the countryside.
- Turns
E.g. If we take turns driving, we can travel all night.
- Up space
E.g. Most of the space on my hard disk is taken up by movie files.
- Your time
E.g. There's no time limit, so you can take your time.
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