Name: bringとtakeの違い｜英文法 (The difference between bring and take | English grammar)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:46:00.000Z
Duration: 28 min 49 s
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Hello everyone, this is Andrew at Crown Academy of English. Today we are doing a lesson about the difference between "bring" and "take." So let's start.

and he is carrying some boxes from the office to a lorry. Okay? So David is here on the right, coming out of the office and he his carrying the boxes to the lorry.

And at the office, he meets his manager and the manager says "What are you doing?"

And David replies "I am taking these boxes to the lorry." Okay?

Now, the same situation, David is taking... (sorry....) David is carrying the boxes to the lorry but now he has arrived at the lorry. Okay?

He is in front of the lorry and again, he meets his manager and the manager says "What are you doing?"

And this time David replies: "I am bringing these boxes to the lorry."

So this time he says "bringing" and at the top, he said "taking". Okay?

So why is there a difference? That is the reason for this lesson. We are going to discuss when we use "take" and when we use "bring".

So at the top, we use "take" here because the speaker and the listener, they are not at the destination. Ok?

So the destination is here. It is the lorry.

But the speaker, David, and the listener, the manager, they are at the office. So they are far from the destination.

And we can also notice that the direction of the movement is away from the speaker.

So we can see the direction of the movement. It starts here and it moves away from the speaker. Ok? That is very important.

And at the bottom, since David... he has arrived at the lorry and that is where he meets his manager.

So we can notice that the speaker is at the destination. Alright? That is the big difference.

And this time, the direction of the movement is to the speaker. Or towards the speaker. Towards David.

So this time, the direction is to David and that is the second important difference. Ok?

So that is the basic difference between these two words and now we will look at it in more detail.

Well the past simple is "took" and the past participle is "taken". So it is an irregular verb.

Now let us look at the form. So here is the example sentence: "I am taking these boxes to the lorry."

The verb "take", then the object, then the word "to" and then the indirect object (or the place). And we can see that here.

Or sometimes...sometimes we just have the verb "take" followed by the object.

So sometimes it is not necessary to specify the place or destination. For example, here: "I will take an umbrella."

We say I will take an umbrella if it is obvious  where the destination is. If the destination is obvious or not important then we just say "take" and then the object.

Again, this is an irregular verb and the past simple and the past participle is "brought". So we pronounce this /brɔt/  (phonetic spelling)

And the verb "bring" has three different structures (or forms). This is the first one:

So the example sentence is "I am bringing these boxes to the lorry."

So the verb "bring", then the object, then the word "to" and then the indirect object.

Or we can say, for example "I will bring you an umbrella."

And here, we have the verb "bring" and then the indirect object and then the object.

So the order is different. The indirect object is before the object and we do not have the word "to".

And the third type of structure is the most simple one. And again, here, we can just have the verb "bring" and then the object.

So if we do not need to specify the place or the destination, we can just say "I will bring an umbrella", for example.

Okay, now let's look in more detail at ... when we use "bring" and when we use "take". Ok?

Now it is quite complicated. There are quite a few rules and exceptions. So I made this diagram for you to simplify it for you.

So this diagram shows you most of the situations. Not all of them, but the most common situations are shown on this diagram.

And there are in fact three situations on this diagram where we use "bring":

So this one. That is one, two and three. And the fourth situation is when we use the word "take"

So the best way for me to explain this is for me to show you each type of example. Each situation.

So I will show you three situations for "bring"

and in fact I will also show you three situations for "take". So I'll ... show you three examples for this situation here.

So I'm going to start with this one. This situation, number one. Okay?

So situation one is: "Sarah would like some sugar."

So here is Sarah. She is in a cafe, at a table and she would like some sugar.

So she says "Waiter, please bring me some sugar."

Okay? So why do we use "bring"? Well let's look at our diagram.

The diagram says (we start here, at the top) "Is the speaker at the destination now?"

Well Sarah is the speaker and the destination is in fact Sarah. Or the table, where Sarah is. So...because she wants the sugar at the table.

So the answer here is "yes" - The speaker is at the destination now.

So we answer "yes" here and so we use the word "bring". Very simple. Ok?

So this is very easy. If the person (or the speaker) is at the destination of the object, then we always use the word "bring"

And so the word "take" is wrong in this context.

And this arrow...this shows the direction of the movement. So the movement is going towards the speaker.

So now let us look at situation number two. This one.

Mark says "I am in the park. It is raining and I'm getting wet!"

Now David is at David's house and he answers the phone and he says "Okay, I will bring you an umbrella."

Well let us look at the diagram: "Is the speaker at the destination now?"

This is the speaker and the answer is no. The destination is the park but David is at his house. So here we reply "no".

So now we ask this question: "Is the listener at the destination now?"

The listener is Mark and yes, he is at the park. So here we answer "yes".

And that is why we use the word "bring". That is the second rule. The second situation.

So "take" is wrong in this context. And the direction of the movement in is towards Mark.

It will be in the future when David arrives at the park. The direction of the movement is to Mark.

Sarah and David organise a meal in a restaurant for tomorrow.

And David asks Sarah "Would you like to go for a meal tomorrow to celebrate my birthday?"

Sarah replies "Yes, thank you. I will bring your present to the restaurant."

So why does Sarah say "bring"? Well, "Is the speaker at the destination now?"

Well no. Sarah is the speaker and she is at her home.

So we say "no" and we ask this question: "Is the listener at the destination now?" So is David at the destination?

Well the destination is the restaurant but David is at his home. So the answer is "no".

So we come down here and this question is "Will the speaker and listener be present at the destination?"

So will they both be at the restaurant? Well the answer is yes. Yes they will. That is where they are going.

And so the answer is "yes" and we use the word "bring". Okay?

If the answer here was "no", so in other words, if David was NOT going to the restaurant, then Sarah would have said "take".

And the direction is towards... towards the listener in fact. It is towards David in the future.

So this is David and he's asking a taxi driver: "Take me to the airport please!"

So is the speaker at the destination now? - No, David is in the street.

Is the listener at the destination now? Well the destination is the airport. And the answer is "no" - The listener is in a taxi.

So, "Will the listener... will the speaker and listener be present at the destination?"

Well what this question means is:- Will the speaker and listener be present at the destination and will they spend time together at the destination?

Well the answer is no. It is only David who is really going to the airport. It is only David who will spend time at the airport.

The taxi is only going to transport him to the airport. So the answer here is "no".

And that is why we come here and we use the word "take"- "take me to the airport". Ok? "Bring" is wrong in this context.

And this time, the arrow is in the other direction. The movement is away from David. That is important.