Transcript Phrasal Verbs Plus

Phrasal Verbs Plus
Macmillan
Emily Gregson
Phrasal Verbs Plus
• A phrasal verb consists of a ‘root verb’
such as go, put or set and a ‘particle’ (an
adverb or preposition, such as away, on or
out).
• The factory will _____ ____ next year. They’re
moving production to China.
• The factory will close down next year. They’re
moving production to China.
• The reports say that we can ___ ____ on a lot
of waste in the factory.
• The reports say that we can cut down on a lot of
waste in the factory.
• Hello? Are you there? I think we were ___ ___
when we entered the tunnel.
• Hello? Are you there? I think we were cut off
when we entered the tunnel.
• I’ll ____ you ___ at the station on my way
home.
• I’ll drop you off at the station on my way home.
• My daughters are always _______ ___ for
games, for TV, for the PC and all the rest of it.
• My daughters are always falling out for games,
for TV, for the PC and all the rest of it.
• I have been _______ ___ my keys for ages, but
I can’t find them anywhere.
• I have been looking for my keys for ages, but I
can’t find them anywhere.
• I ______ their number __ in the Yellow Pages.
• I looked their number up in the Yellow Pages.
• I’ve tried everything and I’ve completely ___
___ of ideas.
• I’ve tried everything and I’ve completely run out
of ideas.
• The plane to London _____ ___ every morning
at 7.20.
• The plane to London takes off every morning at
7.20.
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• Don’t worry about the kids’ lunches – I’ve
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made them up already.
Prepare something
I’m paying £500, and Dave is making up the
difference.
Make an amount/ number complete
He made up some excuse about the dog
eating his homework.
Invent an explanation
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• The children made up a little poem and wrote it
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in the card.
Invent a story/ poem etc.
Why don’t you two forget your differences and
make up?
Become friends after arguing
She bought some fabric to make up a jacket.
Make something from cloth
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• Sorry I’m late; I’ll make up the time tonight.
• Do work you did not do before
• The committee is made up of eight women and
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three men.
Form a whole thing
She takes a long time to make up in the
morning.
Decorate your face
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• Protesters tried to break through police lines.
• Pass from one side of something to another
• I don’t understand how two people can go
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through so much toilet paper.
Use all of something until nothing remains
Doctors don’t expect him to pull through.
Experience or deal with a bad or difficult
situation, or make or help someone to do this
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• He didn’t fool me. I could see right through
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him.
See or show what is true in spite of obstacles
Republicans promise to push tax reform
through Congress.
Get something accepted
We still have a lot of work to get through this
afternoon.
Do something from beginning to end, or
complete something
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• She said she tried to call but she couldn’t get
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through.
Manage to comunicate with someone, especially
by telephone
She sat in the waiting room, flipping through
the pages of a magazine.
Look at all the pages of a book, all the parts of
something, all the information about something
Our phrasal verb is fall out. Which
sentence is right?
a) To stop being friendly with someone because
you have had an argument or a disagreement
with them.
b) To believe that a trick or joke is true.
c) To make less progress or be less successful
than other people who are doing the same job
or activity.
Our phrasal verb is fall out. Which
sentence is right?
a) To stop being friendly with someone because
you have had an argument or a disagreement
with them.
b) To believe that a trick or joke is true.
c) To make less progress or be less successful
than other people who are doing the same job
or activity.
Our phrasal verb is take up. Which
sentence is right?
a) To explain to someone in detail how
something should be done, what
something is about etc.
b) To begin to like someone or something.
c) To start doing something new as a habit,
job, or interest.
Our phrasal verb is take up. Which
sentence is right?
a) To explain to someone in detail how
something should be done, what
something is about etc.
b) To begin to like someone or something.
c) To start doing something new as a habit,
job, or interest.
Our phrasal verb is fit in. Which
sentence is right?
a) To measure a person and then provide the
correct size of clothing or piece of equipment.
b) To put equipment into a room or building so
that it can be used for a particular purpose.
c) To belong to a group, plan or situation.
Our phrasal verb is fit in. Which
sentence is right?
a) To measure a person and then provide the
correct size of clothing or piece of equipment.
b) To put equipment into a room or building so
that it can be used for a particular purpose.
c) To belong to a group, plan or situation.
Our phrasal verb is fill in. Which
sentence is right?
a) To add information such as your name or
address in the empty spaces on an
official document
b) To make something full
c) If someone fills in, their body becomes
less thin
Our phrasal verb is fill in. Which
sentence is right?
a) To add information such as your name or
address in the empty spaces on an
official document
b) To make something full
c) If someone fills in, their body becomes
less thin
Our phrasal verb is give up. Which
sentence is right?
a) To stop competing or arguing and accept
that you cannot win
b) To give something to the person who
already owns it, or who gave it to you
before
c) To stop doing something
Our phrasal verb is give up. Which
sentence is right?
a) To stop competing or arguing and accept
that you cannot win
b) To give something to the person who
already owns it, or who gave it to you
before
c) To stop doing something
Our phrasal verb is pick up. Which
sentence is right?
a) To choose somebody/ something
b) To take somebody in your vehicle
c) To make a place tidy after someone else
has made a mess there
Our phrasal verb is pick up. Which
sentence is right?
a) To choose somebody/ something
b) To take somebody in your vehicle
c) To make a place tidy after someone else
has made a mess there
Our phrasal verb is pass on.
Which sentence is right?
a) To give knowledge, or to teach skills to
your children or to younger children
b) To die
c) To go past someone or something
without stopping
Our phrasal verb is pass on.
Which sentence is right?
a) To give knowledge, or to teach skills to
your children or to younger children
b) To die
c) To go past someone or something
without stopping
Our phrasal verb is hang on.
Which sentence is right?
a) To wait
b) To be brave or determined enough to
continue doing something, even though
there are difficulties
c) To spend time with someone
Our phrasal verb is hang on.
Which sentence is right?
a) To wait
b) To be brave or determined enough to
continue doing something, even though
there are difficulties
c) To spend time with someone
Our phrasal verb is cut down.
Which sentence is right?
a) To reduce the amount of money that you
spend or the amount of something that
you use
b) To interrupt someone who is speaking by
saying something
c) To reduce an amount
Our phrasal verb is cut down.
Which sentence is right?
a) To reduce the amount of money that you
spend or the amount of something that
you use
b) To interrupt someone who is speaking by
saying something
c) To reduce an amount
Our phrasal verb is face up to.
Which sentence is right?
a) To accept that a bad situation exists and
try to deal with it
b) To turn and face in the opposite direction
c) To appear strong and confident when
someone is threatening or criticizing you
Our phrasal verb is face up to.
Which sentence is right?
a) To accept that a bad situation exists and
try to deal with it
b) To turn and face in the opposite direction
c) To appear strong and confident when
someone is threatening or criticizing you
Our phrasal verb is get back to.
Which sentence is right?
a) To start being involved in something again
after not doing it for a while
b) To phone, write, or speak to someone at a
later time because you were busy or could not
answer their question earlier
c) To do something in order to hurt or upset
someone after they have hurt or upset you
Our phrasal verb is get back to.
Which sentence is right?
a) To start being involved in something again
after not doing it for a while
b) To phone, write, or speak to someone at a
later time because you were busy or could not
answer their question earlier
c) To do something in order to hurt or upset
someone after they have hurt or upset you
Our phrasal verb is bring up.
Which sentence is right?
a) To produce a new product and start to
sell it
b) To teach a child how to behave
c) To be the cause of something bad,
especially an illness
Our phrasal verb is bring up.
Which sentence is right?
a) To produce a new product and start to
sell it
b) To teach a child how to behave
c) To be the cause of something bad,
especially an illness
Our phrasal verb is drop off.
Which sentence is right?
a) To leave college or university before you
have finished your course
b) To take someone to a place in a car
c) To make a short visit to someone who
lives near you, often without arranging it
formally in advance
Our phrasal verb is drop off.
Which sentence is right?
a) To leave college or university before you
have finished your course
b) To take someone to a place in a car
c) To make a short visit to someone who
lives near you, often without arranging it
formally in advance
Our phrasal verb is deal with.
Which sentence is right?
a) To take necessary action
b) To buy and sell something
c) To give a punishment or bad treatment
to someone
Our phrasal verb is deal with.
Which sentence is right?
a) To take necessary action
b) To buy and sell something
c) To give a punishment or bad treatment
to someone
Our phrasal verb is back up.
Which sentence is right?
a) To decide not to do something that you
agreed to do
b) To move backwards and away from
someone, for example because you are
afraid
c) To copy computer information
Our phrasal verb is back up.
Which sentence is right?
a) To decide not to do something that you
agreed to do
b) To move backwards and away from
someone, for example because you are
afraid
c) To copy computer information
Our phrasal verb is run out. Which
sentence is right?
a) To continue for longer than expected or
planned
b) To leave suddenly
c) To use all of something so that you do
not have any left
Our phrasal verb is run out. Which
sentence is right?
a) To continue for longer than expected or
planned
b) To leave suddenly
c) To use all of something so that you do
not have any left
Our phrasal verb is take over.
Which sentence is right?
a) To start to employ someone
b) To leave suddenly
c) To take control of something
Our phrasal verb is take over.
Which sentence is right?
a) To start to employ someone
b) To leave suddenly
c) To take control of something
Our phrasal verb is put up with.
Which sentence is right?
a) To accept unpleasant behaviour by
someone or an annoying situation
without complaining, even though you
do not like it
b) To increase the value of something
c) To let somebody stay in your house.
Our phrasal verb is put up with.
Which sentence is right?
a) To accept unpleasant behaviour by
someone or an annoying situation
without complaining, even though you
do not like it
b) To increase the value of something
c) To let somebody stay in your house.
Our phrasal verb is work out.
Which sentence is right?
a) To try hard to develop or improve
something
b) To solve a problem
c) To keep working hard, or keep trying
hard to do something, for a long time.
Our phrasal verb is work out.
Which sentence is right?
a) To try hard to develop or improve
something
b) To solve a problem
c) To keep working hard, or keep trying
hard to do something, for a long time.
Our phrasal verb is put off. Which
sentence is right?
a) To give time/ effort
b) To delay something you do not want to
do
c) To criticize somebody publicly
Our phrasal verb is put off. Which
sentence is right?
a) To give time/ effort
b) To delay something you do not want to
do
c) To criticize somebody publicly
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