Fill in the blanks with a preposition or adverb particle.
1. I was taken ............................. when they told me that I had failed.
To be taken aback is to be shocked.
2. She takes ............................ her mother.
To take after somebody is to resemble them.
3. My brother tried to take ............................... my toys but I didn't let him.
To take something away is to remove it from somebody.
4. The minister refused to take ………………….. his remarks.
To take your remarks back is to retract them.
5. The court ordered the company to take ………………………. their hoardings.
To take something down is to remove it.
6. I took him ………………………. a foreigner.
Take for means regard as.
7. A kind woman took …………………….. the pup that was abandoned by its masters.
To take someone in is to give home to them.
8. Please take ……………………….. your shoes before entering the temple.
To take off shoes is to remove them.
9. The plane took ……………………… at the scheduled time.
When a plane takes off, it begins to fly.
10. I don’t want to take …………………….. any more work at the moment.
To take on work is to agree to do it.
11. The company is planning to take …………………………… more programmers.
To take on people is to hire them.
12. A multinational firm is going to take ………………………… our company.
To take over a company is to gain control of it.
Answers
1. I was taken aback when they told me that I had failed.
2. She takes after her mother.
3. My brother tried to take away my doll but I didn’t let him.
4. The minister refused to take back his remarks.
5. The court ordered the company to take down their hoardings.
6. I took him for a foreigner.
7. A kind woman took in the pup that was abandoned by its masters.
8. Please take off your shoes before entering the temple.
9. The plane took off at the scheduled time.
10. I don’t want to take on any more work at the moment.
11. The company is planning to take on more programmers.
12. A multinational firm is going to take over our company.
