“Take part in” means to participate in something. We use it about competitions, meetings, projects, surveys and any activity where a person acts together with others.
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take part in + event/activity; took part (past); take an active part in + noun
- Our whole class took part in the university debate on climate change.
- Everyone in the team is expected to take part in the Monday planning meeting.
- When we were in Spain, we took part in a local cooking class.
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First versionLast year I took participation in an international volunteer project.
RevisionLast year I took part in an international volunteer project.
“Take participation” is not an English expression: “take” and “participation” don't go together. The fixed phrase is shorter: “take part in”. If you prefer a single verb, use “participate in”.
“Participate in” means the same but sounds more formal: “participate in a survey”. “Join” describes something else: becoming a member of a group or club. Compare: “I joined the club in May and took part in three competitions.”
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More than three hundred runners ___ the charity race last Sunday.
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took part in — The sentence is about the people who ran in the race, so the answer is “took part in”. “Took place” is used only about events, not about people: “The race took place on Sunday.”
Write about an event you took part in this year. Name it and say what you did there.
This March I took part in a hackathon at my university and designed the main screen of our team's app.
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