Talk about making a photograph. You can name the subject.

The idea

Say take a photo of a person or place. The past of take is took.

Examples

  • I take a photo of the bridge.
  • She takes a photo of her dog.
  • We took a photo of the mountains.
  • Can you take a photo of us?
  • They took a photo at the market.
  • Please take a photo of this garden.

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Watch out

Do not say make a photo when you mean to photograph something.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the missing word. I want to ___ a photo of the lake. (take / make)

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    take

    take follows to in this sentence.

  2. Choose the missing word. She ___ a photo of the castle yesterday. (took / takes)

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    took

    took places the action yesterday.

  3. Choose the missing word. Could you take a photo ___ my family? (of / at)

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    of

    of introduces the people in the picture.

Use it today

Describe a photo you want to take. Include the subject.