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Vocabulary
Phrasal Verbs Using Take
Look at the following sentence.
The house took off in the cyclone.
In the sentence above, took off is a phrasal verb.
You have learnt in an earlier chapter that a phrasal verb is the combination of a verb and a
preposition or an adverb. The meaning of the phrasal verb is different from the individual
words in it.
A. Match the phrasal verbs in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
Column A Column B
1. take after a. undertake a task
2. take off b. start the habit of doing something
3. take on c. separate something into pieces
4. take to d. look like someone in your family
5. take over e. understand something
6. take apart f. depart or leave the ground to fly
7. take in g. withdraw a statement
8. take back h. take control of something
B. Use the phrasal verbs in Column A above to fi ll in the blanks in the sentences
given below.
1. The government will _________________ the building.
2. Do not _________________ falling asleep in the class.
3. It takes Robin just a few minutes to _________________ a new toy.
4. Everyone says I _________________ my mother.
5. It was hard to _________________ the rules of the game all at once.
6. The aeroplane will _________________ in an hour.
7. ‘You cannot _________________ the words you just said,’ Aman told Pratik.
8. Don’t _________________ more work than you can handle.
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