Invite a person to sit down in different places.
The idea
Say take a seat to invite someone to sit down. Please makes the invitation polite; the past is took a seat.
Examples
- Please take a seat by the window.
- Take a seat while I get some water.
- You can take a seat near the door.
- Please take a seat in the waiting room.
- Come in and take a seat at the table.
- Would you like to take a seat here?
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Watch out
Do not say make a seat when offering someone a place to sit.
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Choose the missing word. Please ___ a seat beside the desk. (take / make)
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take
take completes the polite invitation.
Choose the missing word. Would you like to take ___ seat? (a / an)
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a
a comes before the consonant sound in seat.
Choose the missing word. The visitor ___ a seat after the invitation. (took / take)
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took
took describes the visitor’s completed action.
Practice round
Answer questions and rebuild English sentences to practise. Your score is shown.
Choose the missing word. Please ___ a seat beside the desk. (take / make)
Choose the missing word. Would you like to take ___ seat? (a / an)
Choose the missing word. The visitor ___ a seat after the invitation. (took / take)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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