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Care Women Stay Home Children I Sb/Sth Mother

Idx 0560
Keyword care
Sub Entry Number 4
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Some women stay at home to take care after the children.
Correct Sentence Some women stay at home to take care of the children.
Cloze Error Sentence Some women stay at home to take care [[after]] the children.
Cloze Sentence Some women stay at home to take care [[of]] the children.
Cloze Answer of
Choices of | after
Explanation

take care of or look after sb/sth: 'After his mother died, there was nobody to take care of him.'

care for = (1) (formal) like: 'Would you care for another drink?'

(2) = (usually adjectival or passive) look after: 'Don't worry. The child is being well cared for.'

care (about) = think that something is important: 'I don't care (about) how much it costs.' 'I don't care about the cost.'

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