Talk about washing under a shower as part of a routine.

The idea

Say take a shower. Use takes with he or she; have a shower is also common, especially in British English.

Examples

  • I take a shower before breakfast.
  • We take a shower after the game.
  • She takes a shower every morning.
  • He takes a shower at the gym.
  • I take a quick shower at night.
  • They take a shower after work.

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Watch out

Do not say make a shower for washing yourself.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the missing word. I ___ a shower after swimming. (take / make)

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    take

    take follows I in the present tense.

  2. Choose the missing word. She ___ a shower before school. (takes / take)

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    takes

    takes agrees with she.

  3. Choose the missing word. We take ___ shower after a walk. (a / an)

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    a

    a belongs before the singular countable noun shower.

Use it today

Describe when you shower and what you do afterwards.