Fill in the blanks.
1. I was taken .......................... by his rude reply.
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Wrong!
Be taken aback = be surprised/shocked
2. She takes ........................... her grandmother.
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Take after = resemble
3. He has this habit of taking ........................... every gadget he gets.
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Wrong!
Take apart = dismantle
4. They raided our office and took ........................... our laptops.
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Wrong!
Take away = remove
5. The eggs were rotten. So, I took them ............................ to the store.
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Wrong!
6. You aren't very talented. I take that compliment ...........................
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Wrong!
To take a statement back is to say that what you said was not correct.
7. After the event was over, they took ............................. the stage.
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Wrong!
Take down = dismantle
8. They took him ........................ a foreigner.
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Wrong!
9. The child had nowhere to go so the kind woman took him ............................
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Wrong!
To take somebody in is to allow them to stay with you.
10. This dress is too big for me. I have to take it ..............................
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To take a dress in is to make it smaller.
11. Her career really took ......................... after that scandal.
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When careers take off, they flourish.
12. As it was very hot, I took ........................ the coat.
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Wrong!
Answers
- I was taken aback by his rude reply.
- She takes after her grandmother.
- He has this habit of taking apart every gadget he gets.
- They raided our office and took away our laptops.
- The eggs were rotten. So, I took them back to the store.
- You aren’t very talented. I take that compliment back.
- After the event was over, they took down the stage.
- They took him for a foreigner.
- The child had nowhere to go so the kind woman took him in.
- This dress is too big for me. I have to take it in.
- Her career really took off after that scandal.
- As it was very hot, I took off the coat.
