takes care or take cares (2025)

The nurse take cares of my grandfather..
The nurse takes care of my grandfather.

Which one is correct and why?

The phrasal verbs "take care of" and "care for" are in our dictionary.

In the first, "care" is a noun and "take" is a finite verb.
In the second, "care" is the finite verb.

Ranjith P V said:

The nurse

take cares

of my grandfather..

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You forgot to tell us where you found this strange sentence.

Andygc said:

You forgot to tell us where you found this strange sentence.

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I have not found it. It is a grammar exercise question which teaches tenses

Cagey said:

Could you give us the name of the book or website? Or is it an exercise made up by your teacher? Or something else?

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https://byjus.com/english/simple-present-tense-exercises/
See Exercise 1 in that 9th one

RM1(SS) said:

And that is where you found it -- on that website.

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Yes

This is an exercise on how to conjugate a verb in the simple present. When the verb has to agree with a third person singular subject, an "s" is added to the base form.

If the prompt is "take care", the student should recognise that this is a phrasal verb, and "care" is not a verb but a noun. Hence, someone takes care of someone (or something).

I note that the answer given is the correct one. Are you still doubtful, Ranjith?

velisarius said:

This is an exercise on how to conjugate a verb in the simple present. When the verb has to agree with a third person singular subject, an "s" is added to the base form.

If the prompt is "take care", the student should recognise that this is a phrasal verb, and "care" is not a verb but a noun. Hence, someone takes care of someone (or something).

I note that the answer given is the correct one. Are you still doubtful, Ranjith?

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Thanks for clearing my doubt.

We still do not know where this came from.

Ranjith P V said:

The nurse

take cares

of my grandfather..

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It does not come from

Ranjith P V said:

Simple Present Tense Exercises
See Exercise 1 in that 9th one

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Exercise 1 – Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense form of the verbs given in brackets
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The nurse ____ of my grandfather. (take care)

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