Lesson XIII: Vocabulary in Context

1. TAKE Situation: Mr. Black meets his neighbor, Mr. Hunter, near the bookstore. Mr. Black: Shall we TAKE A WALK around the block? Mr. Hunter: Yes, let’s. It’s a beautiful day. Mr. Black: Yes, it is. I see you’re interested in history. Mr. Hunter: No, I bought this book for my son. He’s TAKING A COURSE IN Russian history. He TOOK AN EXAM in it this morning. Mr. Black: When do you intend to TAKE YOUR VACATION? Mr. Hunter: In June. Mr. Black: Didn’t you TAKE A TRIP to California last June? Mr. Hunter: Yes, we did. Mr. Black: Did you TAKE A PLANE or YOUR CAR? Mr. Hunter: We took our car. It was 2000-mile trip and it TOOK us TWO WEEKS. Mr. Black: Did you TAKE many PICTURES? Mr. Hunter: Yes, we did. Why don’t you and your wife come over and see them tonight? Mr. Black: Thank you. We’ll be happy to. Exercise 1.1. Practice TAKE Produce a long response with the action TAKE. For example: What did you want to do ? - a vacation - I WANTED TO TAKE A VACATION . What did you intend to do ? - a trip to Japan - I INTENDED TO TAKE A TRIP TO JAPAN . 1. What did you plan to do? -a bus to Chicago- 2. What did you agree to do? -a course in English- 3. What did you try to do? -a trip in December- 4. What did you remember to do? -a picture of the University- 5. What do you need to do? -a walk every day- 6. What did you forget to do? -an examination- Exercise 1.2. Review DO, MAKE and TAKE Answer with BY-ING-Expression. For example: How did you get to Wellington? - a plane - BY TAKING A PLANE. How did you succeed ? - progress - BY MAKING PROGRESS. How did you learn chess? - chess problems - BY DOING CHESS PROBLEMS. 1. How did you get to Chicago? -a bus- 2. How did you learn English? -a course in English- 3. How did you meet Mary? -a date with her- 4. How did you pass the course? -my homework every night- 5. How did you intend to get rich? -a lot of money- 6. How did you plan to spend your money? -a trip to Europe- 7. How did you forget your dentist appointment? -a math problem- 8. How did you meet Barbara? -a favor for her cousin-