Phrasal Verbs- TO ASK

To ask for= 1) to say that you wanted something:

I asked for the chicken but you have brought me the beef.

2) to do something that is likely to lead to trouble

Speaking like this to his parents he was asking for trouble.

To ask for someone= to ask to speak to them

He asked for Anna but there is no one working here called Anna.

To ask around= ask many people the same question

I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet.

'Ask over' means...

Invite
Write something completely
 Eat a big meal
'Ask after' means...

Disappear when washed

Recover consciousness
Enquire about someone's health, how life is going
'Ask out' means...

Close or fill a space with bricks

To invite someone for a date
When something bad has a wider impact on other people or situations
'Ask round' means...

Invite someone
Give something, usually when you shouldn’t
Enter a building or place
'Ask about' means...

Ask how someone is doing, especially professionally and in terms of health

Carry an injured player off the pitch, field, etc.
Produce or create something quickly
'Ask in' means...

End negotiations unsuccessfully

When something breaks off
To invite somebody into your house
'Ask for' means...

Request to have or be given

Make or persuade someone to accept something you don’t want
Control someone or something to stop them causing more trouble
'Ask around' means...
 Finish something in a satisfactory manner
Have a relationship and live in the same place without marrying
Ask a number of people for information of help
'Ask for' means...

Increase substantially
Approach
To provoke a negative reaction
'Ask around' means...

Move backwards, of a tide

Invite someone
Wear, fit
Ask st of' means...

To request more information

To request something from someone
To provoke a negative reaction
Ask back' means...

To be invited to a place
Invite someone
To be invited return to a place
3. Answer the following questions:
-Have you been asked out recently?
-Has Di asked you in when you visited her?
-Have you colleagues asked you back to the Business Center?
-Have your parents asked you over?
-Has anyone asked about you recently?
-Have you ever asked for something and you received in return something else?
-Do you usually ask after your friend?
-Has anyone asked an impossible thing of you?
-Have you been asked round for supper recently?
-Will you ask around if you lose your keys?
-Buying something from a shop, have you ever asked for the manager?

5. Your turn, ask me some questions: