To take a photo means to photograph something or someone. You can also say take a picture. What is in the picture is introduced with of: take a photo of the sunset.
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take a photo of + person/thing; take a photo with + phone/camera; have your photo taken
- Could you take a photo of us in front of the fountain, please?
- I took a photo of the whiteboard so I wouldn't have to copy the notes.
- We had our photo taken for the new company website.
What changed
First versionCan I make a photo of your menu?
RevisionCan I take a photo of your menu?
Make can seem right because you end up with a photo. But for photography, English uses take. People will understand make a photo, but to a native speaker it is clearly a mistake. Only the verb changed in the corrected sentence.
Of shows what is in the picture: a photo of the sea. With shows what you used: I took it with my phone. If someone else took it, for example a photographer, say have your photo taken: We had our photo taken at the wedding.
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Visitors aren't allowed to ___ photos inside the museum.
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take — Photos goes with take: take photos. Make photos is not used in everyday English.
Describe a photo you recently took on your phone. Say what is in it and why you took it.
Yesterday I took a photo of the train timetable with my phone because I didn't want to forget the last departure.
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