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Supplementary Material: Using Phrasal Verbs
Supplementary Material: Using Phrasal Verbs
8. Please, _____________ the first floor and ask for more information.
9. I want to watch the news. Will you please ______________ the TV for me?
10. a) Where are the scissors? b) _________ them _________ the drawer.
EXERCISE 2. Match the parts in column A with the ones in column B to form sentences.
A B
1. When I get into ... __ our coats. It’s too hot in here!
2. I get on ... __ her robe when she gets up.
3. She puts on ... __ the car, I lock the door immediately.
4. We didn’t get off ... __ the cinema next weekend?
5. Pete always gets to ... __ at the bus stop you said.
6. Get out of ... __ school late.
7. Let’s take off ... __ my office now!
8. Why don’t we go to ... __ the same bus everyday.
9. Turn off the gas, please. __ the kettle is boiling.
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EXERCISE 3. Write your own sentences using the phrasal verbs in parentheses.
1.
(get out of)
2.
(take off)
3.
(get in)
4.
(get on)
5.
(put on)
6.
(get off)
7.
(get into)
8.
(get to)
9.
(turn off)
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USING PHRASAL VERBS
KEY CHECK
I. 1. got on
2. Get in / into
3. put on
4. get off
5. got out of
6. take off
7. get to
8. go to
9. turn on
10. take... out
II. 1. When I get into the car, I lock the door immediately.
2. I get on the same bus everyday.
3. She puts on her robe when she gets up.
4. We didn’t get off at the bus stop you said.
5. Pete always gets to school late.
6. Get out of my office now!
7. Let’s take off our coats. It’s too hot in here!
8. Why don’t we go to the cinema this weekend?
9. Turn off the gas, please. The kettle is boiling.
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PHRASAL VERBS
(Supplementary Material for Gamma Intermediate Module)
Some verbs can be combined with prepositions or adverbs to obtain a new verb. The meaning of the resulting
verb is different from the original one. We call this new combination a phrasal verb. Pay attention to the
following formula.
Study the meaning of the following phrasal verbs formed with the verb ‘LOOK’. As you can see, the meaning
is different from both the verb and the preposition taken separately.
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Study the meaning of the following phrasal verbs formed with the verb ‘PUT’:
Study the meaning of the following phrasal verbs formed with the verb ‘GO’:
Go after: to follow.
Example: In most books, the index goes after the text.
Go back: to return.
Example: After the long trip it was nice to go back home.
Go up: to explode, be destroyed by fire.
Example: We saw the building go up in flames.
Study the meaning of the following phrasal verbs formed with the verb ‘TAKE’:
More examples:
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Exercise 1. Answer the following questions changing the words in bold type with the phrasal verbs
provided in parentheses.
7) Can he give his friend a bed for the night? (put up)
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
1) We can’t put them up.
___ I’m sure she made it up.
2) She always fights with her boyfriend.
___ It is too loud!
3) This story can’t be true.
___ as they were coming into the Pub.
4) He has been sitting on the plane for half an hour
now. ___ Please , slow down, or we may have an accident.
5) Would you turn the television down, please? ___ They don’t get along with each other.
6) You are driving too fast. ___ When is it going to take off?
7) They ran into him. ___ because we don’t have an extra room.
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Exercise 3. Complete the sentences using the following phrasal verbs in the correct verbal tense.
1) If she doesn’t understand this word, she should ____________ it ____________ in the dictionary.
4) Would you like a cigarette? No, thanks, I ____________ smoking a year ago.
5) Smoking is not permitted inside the building. Please ____________ your cigarette.
6) When are you going to ____________ your winter clothes? We are in summer now.
KEY CHECK
EXERCISE 1.
1) Yes, they will go up. 7) Yes, he can put him up for the night.
2) Yes, he has given it up. 8) Yes, It was pulled down.
3) Yes, he put it off. 9) Yes, she is taking up yoga.
4) Yes, she went on watching it. 10) Yes, he got over the infection.
5) Yes, they will pick him up at the airport. 11) Yes,he made it up.
6) Yes, I am taking them back.
EXERCISE 2.
EXERCISE 3.