UNIT 8 LIVE AND LEARN

Puiu Mara, XI D

PHRASAL VERBS
Exercise 10,page 171

DRAG
drag sb. down = cause sb to fail /
be destroyed drag in = innapropriately mention drag on = continue unnecessarily drag out of = menage to elicit

KEEP
keep back = reserve keep sb. on = continue to employ keep to = adhere keep up with = stay on the same
level as

a. adhere b. reserve c. innapropriately mention d. ruin,lessen sb

e. manage to elicit f. continue to employ g. stay level with h. continue unnecessarily

1 Youve had all the advantages in the world.Why would you get involved with that man when hell only drag you down ? 2 Keep to your study plan throughout the academic year and youre sure to do well.

3 In order to keep up with your classmates during your recovery youll have to do a lot of revising at home. 4 The teacher managed to drag a confession out of the naughty pupil.

5 I keep back 10 % of my pay each week for when Tommy attends university . 6 When did you drag in the fact that you had never graduated in front of your new boss?

7 The lecture dragged on well into the afternoon. 8 The college kept the elderly gardener on even after he was too old to do much work.

Answers
1 d 5 b

3 4

g e