Bring versus Take
Not only always the same looking words but sometimes we encounter words that are completely look different but stills seems to us conveying the same meaning and hence it becomes important for us to clearly remember the difference between two terms. In this article we are going to deal with such two phrases only namely bring and take.
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In this article we are going to see meanings of the term described above and also we are going to use them in sentence making for better understanding.
Use of the term bring and take in sentence making
Bring |
Take |
Bring as a verb |
Take as a verb |
Term often refers to carry or convey something or someone to a place. It involves transporting or causing something or someone to come along with you to a particular location
Use in sentences The teacher asked each student including Sam to bring a book to share with the class.
Sam’s smile never fails to bring positivity to the room.
Let’s bring this matter to the attention of the Sam’s manager.
The success of the Sam’s project will bring recognition to the entire team. |
Term used in the same context as of the previous term and there is literally no difference between both the terms.
Use in sentences Sam takes a positive approach to challenges.
Sam, let’s take a closer look at the details.
Sam wants to take a picture of the sunset.
Sam and other photographer took some amazing shots during the event. |
Important note
As in the above segment of the article we have seen the meaning of both the words and created sentences using both the terms. As one can see that indeed both terms bring and take conveys the same meaning but still there is a very small difference between both the terms.
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Bring is used when something is carried towards the speaker and take is used when something is carried away from speaker.
After knowing the meaning, framed the sentences and acknowledging difference between both the terms let’s now proceed to correct pronunciation of both the terms.
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Bring is pronounced as brɪŋ
Take is pronounced as teɪk
Summary
As to quickly summarize what we have learnt in this article first we learned the meaning of both term as they convey the same meaning that is to carry something only difference is towards the direction in which good is carried if it is towards the speaker we will use bring and if it is away from speaker we will use take. We also framed sentences using both the terms, learnt a simple trick to remember the difference between both the terms and at last we learned about correct pronunciation of both the terms.
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