take-home
take-home — verb
- take-homepresent simple I / you / we / they
- take-homes3rd person singular
- take-homing-ing form
- take-homedpast simple
1. to bring a person or an item to the house, apartment, country, or other place wh
to bring a person or an item to the house, apartment, country, or other place where they live or are staying
Walid took his grandmother home after the family dinner.
take + person + home after an event
Mayumi took the leftover cake home in a small box.
take + thing + home
Femi often takes his unfinished work home on Friday nights.
The children were tired, so Rin took them home early.
Nadia took her laptop home to finish the project report.
- bring home
emphasises moving toward the speaker's location, while 'take home' implies moving away from the speaker's current location
文法句型
take + object + home
用法筆記
Unlike ordinary phrasal verbs, 'home' here is an adverb of place, not a particle — the object cannot come after 'home' (❌ 'take home her' is incorrect).
常見錯誤
take-home — adjective
1. designed to be completed away from the classroom without a teacher present, typi
designed to be completed away from the classroom without a teacher present, typically with access to reference materials
The professor gave the class a take-home exam for the holiday break.
take-home exam — common academic phrase
Tanvi finished her take-home assignment before the weekend.
take-home assignment — typical collocation
A take-home test lets students use their textbooks and notes.
The take-home project required research at the local library.
Ryan's take-home quiz was due the following Monday morning.
- in-class
describes work done under supervision during class time, the opposite of take-home work
文法句型
take-home + noun (exam / test / assignment / quiz / project)
用法筆記
Only used before a noun (attributive position). It is not used after a linking verb (❌ 'The exam is take-home' is uncommon; prefer 'The exam is a take-home exam').