WHICH WORD

VERBS

to getto take

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UPDATED: MAY 2023

go and return

to get

• To go for something and bring it back.  
   
• Go and return.
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• There are many usages for get; not just one.

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take it and leave it

to take

• To move from one place to another.
  
  
• Take something there.  Go there.
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• Don't return.  Go and leave it.
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• Also, you take a:​  bus, plane, car, vacation.​

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EXAMPLES:  to get

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1. ​I went to the bank to get some money. 
   
   
2. I have to go to the store and get some milk. 
    
3. Can you get the economics report for me?  It is on my desk.
   
   
4. ​She got her test results yesterday. 

EXAMPLES:  to take

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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? 
   Yes, I took him early this morning.
   
   
4. Would you please take a 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 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. ​

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GRAMMAR-TO GET

GRAMMAR - TO TAKE

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