There are several phrasal verbs using the word take. Can you use them correctly? Test your understanding with this grammar exercise.
Answers
1. Please take your shoes off before entering the temple.
2. Raj has taken up scuba diving.
3. Selena takes after her grandmother.
4. The minister was forced to take his offensive remarks back.
5. This blouse is too loose for you. You must take it in.
6. As our business expands, we will take more people on.
7. I don’t think I can take on this responsibility.
8. You might have had a bad day at work but you can’t take it out on me.
9. After his father died, he took over their family business.
10. The girl took to her foster parents almost instantly.
11. As soon as we saw the leopard, we took to our heels.
12. He took up farming after retirement.
