Hey there! It’s Michael here - and welcome back to English Tips in a Minute from Happy English. I’m here every week with a short, simple tip to help you speak English more naturally and confidently. Today, let’s look at a really useful everyday phrase - “take turns.” We use take turns when two or more people do something one after another, instead of at the same time.And there are two patterns. First, is people take turnsLike, We turns cooking dinner.Or “They took turns driving on the trip.”You can also say someone takes turns with another person.” Like: “I take turns with my roommate doing the laundry.”Or: Steve takes turns with Patty walking the dog. “We take turns with each other using the computer.”Lemme know in the comments what you take turns doing, and remember to follow or subscribe so you don’t miss the next Happy English Podcast and next week’s English Tips in a Minute. Hey, thanks for listening - and until next time, keep learning and keep it cool.The Happy English PodcastHelping people speak English better since 2014Over 1,000 episodes • 8 million downloads📘 Build your vocabulary with my free Vocabulary Workshophttps://learn.myhappyenglish.com/vocabulary-workshop-signup🎥 Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@HappyEnglishNY/podcasts🌐 Learn more about my English lessons and courseshttps://www.myhappyenglish.com

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