You are on page 1of 5
2 22 23 25 Exercises ‘Complete these sentences using verbs from the lst in A opposite. 1 Thecarb. down on the way to the airport 2 The heavy snow blocked the roads and ths farm off complete. 5 took him long time to & over his illness. 44 Ie isn® easy to learn German but you must k ‘on eying. If you'd like a lift tothe station tomorrow, Team p you up at 9am, 6 This isa really stupid programme. Please the TV off. le in a different In which of the sentences in exercise 2-1 above could you put the par position? Decide whether the phrasal verbs in thes sentences are concrete or abstract in meaning, bby wsiting C for conerete or A for abstract in the brackets. xanpis He looked up (C) and saw a hota halloon inthe sky. 1 Lsvould never go against (_) my parents” wishes 2 Shall lcut out ( ) this ad for the new CD player? We might want ro buy one. 3 About five miles into our journey the engine cut our ( }and we broke down ( ) completely, Ir was over an hour before the rescue service turned up ( 4 Do we need to deess up (| tonight ois it informal? 5 | shall never really appreciate what my grandparents wert through ( ) during che war. Replace the underlined verbs in these sentences with phrasal verbs made using the verbs and particles from the boxes below. If necesary, use the Mini dictionary at the end ofthis book. rake chase brush eve fal up for, outside ot 1 They just ignored my complaints it nade me very angry 2 T aligved his story about having lostall his money. How stupid 1 was! 3 Leouldn' understand what he was saying with all the mise 44 Could you pursue Janer’s repor? She promised it last wack but I haven't seem i ye, 5 i you are phoning from outside the country, amit the fist zero in the city code Use more formal equivalents from the box instead ofthe phrasal verbs in these sentences. ‘Write the formal verbs in the correct form, Jeclne fave organise cancel escape 1 The government have put outa statement condemning the eecent protests, 2 The union accepted the new pay dea. and called off he strike. 3 The number of people not owning a TV set nowadays has gone down dramatically: |4 There was a distorhance in Blackmoor Prison yesterday and three prisoners got away '5 Could you see to lanch for out visters? There will be four of shem. xg Pra ets io Use ° Particles in phrasal verbs “This unit looks atthe role of particles in phrasal vers. A parti i either 3 preposition {e.g fom, to, with) or an adverb (eg, out, up, about). You can create phrasal verbs by adding different particles toa basic verb. ‘What do particles mean? In some phrasal vers che particle has a clear basic meaning. Look atthe examples of diferent particles used with the verb invite. On the right, in spexch bubbles, you can see ‘what the original speaker probably said. Jack invited me out, << Tet os ogstien ) Rosie invited me in, << Pease mein!) Jil invited me over. Paul invited me round,

You might also like