1.2
13
2d
2.2
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Key
Unit |
1 I sent off the order last week but the goods haven’t turned up yet.
2 I came across an interesting book in the library. I sok down the title. Here it is.
3. We asked some friends around to watch a film, but the video was playing up and it
eventually broke down.
I brought up this problem at the last meeting. It’s really time to sort out the problem
I wish he'd stop messing us about! He’s put the meeting off three times and now he
wants to call it off altogether.
ae
send off = post turn up = arrive
come across = find take down = write
ask around = invite home play up = not work properly break down = stop working
bring up = mention sort out = deal with
mess about = cause inconvenience put off = postpone call off = cancel
weRene
Correct
2 Incorrect: the object must come after the particle.
She looked after the children when their mother was in hospital.
Correct
4 Incorrect: this verb is used without an object.
We ate out and had a wonderful meal last night.
J Incorrect: the object must be human,
It was a beautiful summer evening so I asked my new colleague out for a drink.
don 2 with 3 against. = 4 with = S_ with
Unit 2
1 broke 2 cut 3 get 4 keep 5 pick 6 turn
The particle could be put in a different position in sentences 2 and 6:
2 The heavy snow blocked the roads and cut off the farm completely.
6 This is a really stupid programme. Please turn off the TV.
1
2
Abstract Go against here means oppose or defy.
Concrete Cut out here means use scissors to remove the ad from the paper oF
magazine.
3. Abstract Cut out here means stopped running.
Abstract Broke down here means stopped working altogether.
Abstract Turned up here means arrived.
Concrete Dress up here means dress in formal clothes or your best clothes.
Abstract Went through here means experienced
ae
1 They just brushed aside my complaints; it made me very angry. Or They just brushed
my complaints aside.
I fell for his story about having lost all his money. How stupid I was!
Icouldn’t make out what he was saying with all the noise.
Could you chase up Janet’s report? She promised it last week but I haven’t seen it yet.
Or Could you chase Janet's report up?
5 If you are phoning from outside the country, leave out the first zero in the city code.
Or .... leave the first zero in the city code out.
BON
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3.1
3.2
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3.4
4d
1 The government have issued a statement condemning the recent protests.
2. The union accepted the new pay deal and cancelled the strike.
3 The number of people not owning a TV set nowadays has declined dramatically.
4 There was a disturbance in Blackmoor Prison yesterday and three prisoners escaped.
5 Could you organise lunch for our visitors? There will be four of them.
Unit 3
1 The speaker went with her brothers.
2 No, she didn’t go into Di’s house.
3 Mark was in a higher position,
4 The speaker went to the Richardson’s house.
5 round
1b 2a 3a 4b
1 Incorrect. The object must come between the verb and the particle:
Thave three important meetings on tomorrow.
Correct
Incorrect. The object must come between the verb and the particle:
Sue was only having her sisters on when she told them she was planning to become a
model.
4 Incorrect.
form:
Thave a lot of work on today.
Correct
Incorrect. The object must come before the particle because it is a pronoun:
Ruth was wearing new jeans this morning and she had them on yesterday.
we
This meaning of the phrasal verb have on is never used in the continuous
aw
1 Can you move over to make room for your sister?
2 When jill finished her essay, she asked Harry to read it over.
3 Jim has invited me back to his house tomorrow.
4 Paul was only having his parents on when he told them he'd failed his driving test.
5 What do you have on tomorrow?
6 Sue had the light on in her bedroom, so I knew she was at home.
Or Sue had on the light in her bedroom, so I knew she was at home.
Unit 4
phrasal verb verb + particle noun
show off show-off
warm up warm-up
hold on none |
hide out hideout
turn over turnover
tear down| none
English Phrasal erbs in Use 147