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1) If you do the shopping today, I'll take ____ of the housework.

2) Mary takes ____ her mother. They have the same mouth.

3) Our flight took ____ on time. We arrived on time too.

4) Our company took ____ three new salespeople last week. Business is growing.

5) When little Jonny broke the vase, his mother told him ____.

6) When we got to the beach, we took ____ our shirts and trousers.

7) Buying a car isn't an easy decision to make. You have to think it ____.

8) I haven't any money in my wallet. I'm going to take some ____ the cashpoint.

9) I applied for the job as waiter but they turned me ____.

10) The French police caught the British bank robber and turned him ____ to the UK police.

 

Example - take care of (something living) (look after, give food and help to)

1) take care of / take charge of (a task) (be responsible for, take charge of)

2) take after (look similar or have a similar personality to a family member)

3) take off (leave the ground e.g. an aeroplane)

4) take on (give employment to)

5) tell somebody off (reprimand, tell someone you are angry with them because they have done something wrong)

6) take off (remove clothing from your body or somebody else's.)

7) think something over (consider something carefully)

8) take out (withdraw money from the bank, etc.)

9) turn somebody down (not to give employment to somebody, refuse an application, refuse somebody who wishes to marry you)

10) turn somebody/something over / in (deliver, give to)

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