Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’.

1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit


2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill


Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.

1. There were no dogs in the streets and she took to feeding sparrows in the courtyard of our city house.

Meaning - begin to do something as a habit


2. The next morning she was taken ill.


Meaning- to suddenly become ill


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