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ENGLISH VERB

take away

to take away (a lesson), to get from an experience

  • Irregular verb
  • Gerund: taking away
  • Past participle: taken away

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I take
  2. you you take
  3. he, she, it he takes
  4. we we take
  5. they they take

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I took
  2. you you took
  3. he, she, it he took
  4. we we take
  5. they they took

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will take
  2. you you will take
  3. he, she, it he will take
  4. we we will take
  5. they they will take

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am taking
  2. you you are taking
  3. he, she, it he is taking
  4. we we are taking
  5. they they are taking

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already taken
  2. you you have already taken
  3. he, she, it he has already taken
  4. we we have already taken
  5. they they have already taken

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would take
  2. you you would take
  3. he, she, it he would take
  4. we we would take
  5. they they would take

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. take!

How to use take away

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Every reader takes away something different from this book.

    Each reader takes something different away from this book.

  2. Past

    I took away one lesson from that job: ask questions.

    I learned a lesson from that job: ask questions.

  3. Future

    What will the kids take away from this trip?

    What will the children take away from this trip?

  4. Present continuous

    What are you taking away from the course so far?

    What are you getting out of the course so far?

  5. Present perfect

    I have taken away more from failures than from wins.

    I learned more from losses than from victories.

  6. Conditional

    A patient listener would take away more from that talk.

    Whoever listens patiently would get more out of that lecture.

  7. Imperative

    Take away one idea and use it tomorrow.

    Take an idea and use it tomorrow.

Good to know

  • "Take away from" an experience is the lesson that remains; "the takeaway" is the main message.
  • "Take away" it also means to take something from someone: "they took away his license"; comida para viagem is "takeout".

Where you hear take away

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 2

  • Every listener takes away something different. Every listener takes away something different.
  • I took away one big idea from Carol's story. I took away one big idea from Carol's story.
  • What will our listeners take away? What will our listeners take away?

English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

  • Every listener takes away something different. Every listener takes away something different.
  • I took away one big idea from Carol's story. I took away one big idea from Carol's story.
  • What will our listeners take away? What will our listeners take away?
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The episode needs an ending

Intermediate Level 2 · one thing we can take away

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A circle that changes course

Fluency Level 1 · What would you want people to take away from tonight?

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The meeting Ana leads on her own

Fluency Level 2 · Then the cycle starts the second Saturday of March. Can each of us confirm what we're taking away?

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Close with what really happened

Fluency Level 3 · What I'll take away from today is that the questions were better than the summaries.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.