DICTIONARY WORK Read a short extract from a dictionary entry for take. Answer the questions.
take /teik/ verb (pt took /tʊk/; pp taken /’teɪkǝn/)
►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?
1. 'pt' stands for past tense and 'pp' stands for past participle.
('pt' là viết tắt của thì quá khứ và 'pp' là viết tắt của quá khứ phân từ.)
2. Three different meanings are included: to photograph, to measure, and to swallow.
(Ba ý nghĩa khác nhau được nói đến: chụp ảnh, đo lường và nuốt.)
3. No, they don’t.
(Không.)
