Take

take a photo, take a bath, take the car...

1. The verb take.

Kevin Arbuckle takes photos, but he doesn’t take them with a camera. He simply takes them – wherever he finds them.

He takes photos has two meanings:

1. An idiomatic meaning: He photographs things.
2. A literal meaning: He acquires photographs (e.g., by picking them up in the street).

Read these sentences. Is the meaning of take literal or idiomatic?

2. Take plus noun.

3. Take: review.

There are 14 combinations using the word take in this story. Drag the nouns and pronouns to complete the text.