Master confusing words with ease
Bring vs. Take
Bring
/brɪŋ/Examples:
Can you bring my book?I'll bring snacks to the party.
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Take
/teɪk/Examples:
Take an umbrella when it rains.I take the bus to school every day.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Take involves moving something away from where you are or from where someone else is.
- Bring refers to moving something towards the speaker or to where the speaker is.
- Think of take as taking away, whereas bring as bringing towards you.
- If someone says take it out, you are removing it from its current location.
- If someone says bring it here, you are delivering it to a new location where the speaker is.
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