5. DICTIONARY WORK Read a short extract from a dictionary entry for take. Answer the questions.
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take / teik / verb (pt took / tuk /; pp taken / ‘teikan /)
PHOTOGRAPH to photograph sth: I took some nice photos of the wedding.
MEASUREMENT to measure sth: The doctor took my temperature.
EAT/ DRINK to swallow sth: Take two tablets four times a day. Do you take sugar in tea?
1. What do ‘pt’ and ‘pp’ stand for?
2. How many different meanings are included?
3. Do the words printed in bold in the examples show a grammatical rule, a useful collocation, or a spelling rule?
Bài Làm:
1. 'pt' stands for past tense, and 'pp' stands for past participle.
2. Three different meanings of 'take' are included: to photograph, to measure, and to eat/drink/swallow.
3. The words printed in bold in the examples show a useful collocation, where 'take' is used with a specific object to convey its meaning.