PHRASAL VERBS WITH TAKE (+QUIZ) - Take off, Take on, Take up, Take over

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.  

How'd you do on that quiz? Well, let's find out.  

Here are the answers. So hit pause and  review these answers to see how well you did.  

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