Do You 'Take Note' or 'Make Note'? - VOA Learning English

When used as an idiom, or expression, the phrase “take note” means to notice something. If you take note of something, you pay special attention ... Accessibilitylinks Skiptomaincontent SkiptomainNavigation SkiptoSearch Next Close Previous Next PrintOptions: Images Multimedia EmbeddedContent Comments Cancel Print Linkhasbeencopiedtoclipboard Languages Search Search Audiomenu VOALearningEnglish Latestprogram LearningEnglishBroadcast Upcoming 00:30-01:00 LearningEnglishBroadcast Moreradio ProgramIndex Search Search Previous Next BreakingNews Previous Next Live AskaTeacher DoYou'TakeNote'or'MakeNote'? July16,2021 Share           DoYou'TakeNote'or'MakeNote'? share Seecomments Print Embed share DoYou'TakeNote'or'MakeNote'? byVOA Embed share Thecodehasbeencopiedtoyourclipboard. TheURLhasbeencopiedtoyourclipboard ShareonFacebook   ShareonTwitter   Nomediasourcecurrentlyavailable 0:00 0:03:06 0:00 Directlink 128kbps|MP3 64kbps|MP3 Pop-outplayer ThisweekonAskaTeacher,weansweraquestionfromGalmesafromEthiopia: Question: DearVOA,Ihaveaquestionforyou.AtschoolIusuallygetaskedthedifferencebetweenthephrases“takenote”and“makenote.”Wouldyoutellme?-Galmesa,Ethiopia Answer: HelloGalmesa!Yousaythatyouareoftenaskedaboutthesephrasesatschool.ItsoundslikeyoumightbeanEnglishteacher.AmIright?Inanycase,youaskagoodquestion. Thephrases“takenote”and“makenote”aresometimesinterchangeable.Buttherearesmalldifferencesbetweenthetwophrases. Takenote Whenusedasanidiom,orexpression,thephrase“takenote”meanstonoticesomething.Ifyoutakenoteofsomething,youpayspecialattentiontoitbecauseyouthinkthatitisimportantorhasvalue.Weoftenusethisphraseincommandsandquestions.Listentosomeexamples: Ifyouaredrivingthisafternoon,takenoteoftheweather.Wesawawarningonthenewsforstormsinthearea. Didyoutakenoteofhowtheymadethemetalhandicrafts? Butifyouaddan-sto“takenote,”themeaningchanges.“Takenotes”meanstowritesomethingdownforthepurposeofrememberingit.Peopleoftentakenotesinclassesandmeetings,andattalksorothereventswhentheywanttorecallinformationlater.Listentothishowthisspeakerusesthephrase: Iwatchedanexcellentprogramaboutthesymbiosisofseacreatures.Ieventooksomenotes. Makeanoteof Nowlet’smovetoournextphrase. TheusualwordinginAmericanEnglishis“makeanoteof,”whichmeanstowriteorrecordsomethingquicklyasareminder.So“makeanoteof”hasasimilarmeaningto“takenotes.” Youmightalsohearthephrase“makeamentalnote.”Itmeanstomakeaspecialefforttoremembersomethinginyourmind.Forexample,apersonmightsay: Iwillmakeamentalnotetopickupthematerialsonmywayhome. Andthat’sAskaTeacherforthisweek. I’mAliceBryant. AliceBryantwrotethislessonforLearningEnglish.AshleyThompsonwastheeditor. _____________________________________________________________ WordsinThisStory phrase–n.agroupoftwoormorewordsthatexpressasingleideabutdonotusuallyformacompletesentence interchangeable–adj.capableofbeingusedinplaceofeachother handicraft–n.anobjectmadebyskillfuluseofyourhands symbiosis–n.therelationshipbetweentwodifferentkindsoflivingthingsthatlivenearanddependoneachother Newest Newest Oldest Seecomments(15) Thisforumhasbeenclosed. Loadmorecomments Related 'OntheCorner'or'attheCorner'? HorseorMule? WhatIsaParty? Backtotop XS SM MD LG