WHICH WORD

to get / to take

UPDATED: 23 JULY 19
EFP-WHICH WORD?: to get / to take
go and return

to get

  • to get:   To go for something and bring it back.  
     
  • to get:   Go and return.
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  • This is only one usage for "get".  There are many more.


EFP: WHICH WORD? get / take
take it and leave it

to take

  • to take:  To move from one place to another.

  • to take:  Take something there.  Go there.
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  • You take a:  bus, plane, car

  • No return.  Go and leave it.
EXAMPLES:  to get
EXAMPLES:  to take
  1. ​I went to the bank to get some money. 

  2. I have to go to the store and get some milk. 
     
  3. When you go to the store to get some milk, could you drop off this box at Maria's?
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  4. Can you get the economics report for me?  It is in my office on my desk.
  1. I take my kids to school every morning. 

  2. I took the bus to San Diego instead of the plane.

  3. Did you take Susan's Father to the airport?  

  4. Would you please take letter to the post office and mail it for me?   Sure, no problem.
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PHRASAL VERBS:   (everyone's favorite grammar! )

to get off
  1. You get off: a horse, a bus, an airplane

  2. You get off: "something" the bed, the sofa, the roof of a house, 

  3. Get off = liking something more a lot.  "He gets off watching horror movies."
 to take off   
  1. You take off clothes (shoes, shirt, hat, coat)

  2. Airplanes "take off".
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  3. You "take off" work. ​