Collocations with “take” such as take part in something, take time, take a look, take a bath, take a shower, take a break, take a chance, take a picture, take a decision, take a bite. See where you can use these other collocations with take.

Examples of changing tenses and the person. The first two examples are grammatically different than the others.

(1) take part in something

I’m going to / I will take part in a school activity.

You can / may / should take part in it. (some activity)

We took part in the discssion.

They’ve taken part in it before.

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(2) take time

I’m going to / I will take my time.

You can / may / should take your time.

We took our time.

They’ve taken their time.

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(3) take a look

I’m going to / I will take a look at it.

You can / may / should take a look at it tomorrow.

We took a look at it this morning.

They’ve taken a look at it before.

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