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Еxplanation
U nde r st andin g r Thе tеrm ,phrasal r-егb' mеans a normal vеrb likе get, Iook, tсke followеd by
phrasal verbs onе or two рrеpositlons likе bасk, off, up еtс. Look at thеsе еxamplеs:
| Г l е о ' t I а kе tlti; |:UtеtО tttуI еасhеr .
(nоrmal r'еrb пrеaning: .to movе somеthing from onе plaсе to anothеr,)
2 Tсlkе off t't.tr sltсlеs|lеfоrеvoц сomе iп'
( p h ra s a l r - еr b п r еaning: .to r еmo \'е so mеthing,)
З 1 1 gt o o k o ff itt tltе tttiс1dlе o f 0 sto r п t.
l p h г a s a 1r- еr b п r еaning: .r тhеn a planе go еs up into thе air ,)

\\-hеn tl.rеpтеpositiorr is addеd thе mеaning of thе original vеrb сhangеs.

Soпlеtiп.lеsthеrе is still a rеlationship and you сan guеss thе mеaning (sее 2
abor-е),somеtimеs thеrе is a nеW mеaning that is сomplеtеly diffеrеnt (sее З
a b o v е) .

r Thеrе arе diffеrеnt typеs оf phrasal vеrbs, dеpеnding on whеthеr thеrе is onе
prеposition or two, and whеthеr thе vеrb and prеposition сan bе sеparatеd.
In this book Grammar 38 and З9 сovеr diffеrеnt typеs.

r Thеrе arе many phrasal vеrbs, and only a fеw сommon onеs arе givеn in
thеsе two units. Whеn you sее a nеW phrasal vеrb for thе first timе you
should study thе сontеxt of usе, and сhесk thе mеaning in a diсtionary.
Phrasal vеrbs arе partiсularly сommon in informal writing and spеесh.

Verbs with three Мost of thе vеrbs in thе list bеlow nееd an objесt, and thе objесt сan only
parts сomе at thе еnd, aftеr both thе prеpositions:
I,m lookiпg forwаrd to mу holidауs.
*
With vеrbs markеd with an astеrisk thеrе is no objесt, and thе final
prеposition is not usеd.
саtсh up with* (rеaсh somеonе by going fastеr)
Yоu сап rеst now сtпd саtсh up with us lоtеr.
You,regoiпg too fаst! I ссlп,t саtсh up!

сut down oп* (rеduсе thе amount of)

Shеilа hсls deсided to сut down oп holidаys this уeаr.
You,rе eаtiпg too mапу Sweets.You should сut dowп.

drop iп on* (visit fo т a sho r t timе)

Lеt,s drop iп on Dауid while we,re iп Pаris.
Thе пехt time уou,re nеаrby,plесlse do drop iп!

gеt сllottg/onwith* (havе a friеndly rеlationship with)

dОеSt1,t
rL1|llеs get oп well with his mаths tесlсhеr.
It rr'ork itl tllе sаmе offiсе, but we doп,t get on.
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keepup with" (movе at thе samе spееd as)

You,regoiпg too fаst! I саn,t keеp up with уott.
Pаttу finds this сlаss diffiсult,аnd саn,t keep up.

live up tо (bе as good as somеonе ехpесts)

The ftlm didп,t live up to our eхpeсtаtioпs.

look fotwаrd to (think you will еnjoy)

I,m lookiпg forwаrd to goiпg on holidау this уeаr.
Notе that fo is a prеposition hеrе and so is followеd by thе -itlg fotm of thе vеrb.

Iook out onto/over (havе a viеw of)

our hotel room looks out ot|to the lаke.

put up with (aссеptwithout сomplaining)

I cап,tput up with аll this noise!

ruп out of (havе no morе of)

I thiпk the саr is аbout to run out of petrоl!
Thereisп,t аnу morеmilk. We,уerun out.

Verbs with two Thеsе phrasal vеrbs takе an objесt (thе word for this is ,transitivе,).Thе objесt
parts:transitive must сomе aftеr thе prеposition, not bеtwееn thе vеrb and thе prеposition (thе
аnd inseparable word for this is .insеparablе,).
саlI for (сomе to your housе and сollесt)
We,lIcаll for уou аbout8.00 so pleаsebe reаdу. (NoT a]a+юн#)

саIl on (visit for a short timе)

I саIIed on Profеssor|ones аnd wished her а Hаppу Birthdау.

deаIwith (takе aсtion to solvе a problеm)

Сould уou deаl with this сustomer,sproblempleаse?

get аt (try to say, suggеst)

Hеleп сouldп,t uпderstапdwhаt her boss wаs gеtting аt.

get over (rесovеrfrom)

Peterwаs ill with f7u,but hе'sgettiпg over it пo-w'

heаdfor (gо in thе dirесtion o0

The esсаpеdprisoneris thoughtto be headiпg for Loпdotl.
join in (takе part in, сontributе to)
When Aleх stаrtеdsitlgittg,a'еry'ollеioiпed iп.

seeto (pay attеntion to, оftеn mеaning .геpair,)

The brаkesoп your саr needseeing to.

stаnd for (tolетatе)

I will not stапd for so muсh tаIkitlg!

tаkеаfter (bе similaт in appеaтanсеor сharaсtеr)

Kаren tаkes аfter her mothеr.They,revеry similаr.
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Complеtе еaсh sentеnсe(a-h) with an ending (1_8).

a) If you havе any kind of problеm, iust сall mе and I,1ldеal 3

b) I,vе bееn so busy latеly that I,vе dесidеd to сut
с) Ann and Suе arе rеally looking
d) our tеасhеr told us that shе would not stand
е) Nеarly еvеrybody says that Мark takеs
fl Jaсkiе is vеry ftiеndly and gеnеrally gеts
g) Half-way through thе raсе, Мartin found that he сouldn,t kееp ...........
h) Wе wеrе told that thе сonсеrt was going to bе good but it didn,t livе ...........

1 for сhеating in our еnd-of-tеrmtеst.

2 on wеll with thе pеoplе shе works with.
3 with it as soon as I сan.
4 aftеr his fathет,ssidе of the family.
5 down on thе amount of timе I spеnd watсhing tеlеvision.
6 up with thе othегs any morе.
7 up to our еxpесtations at all.
8 forward tо sееing you both again in July.

2 Undеrlinethе сorreсtprepositionin еaсh sеntеnсе.

a) Сan you еxplain that again? I don,t know what you,те gеtting ф/with/d
b) Hе,s a vеry striсt tеaсhеr.Hе doеsn,t stand for/up/withany bad bеhaviour in
сlass.
с) I еnjoyеd London, but it didn,t rеally livе up to/with/formy еxpесtations.
d) I smokе 20 сigarеttеs a day, but I,m trying to сut off/through/down.
е) I think shе has got over/by/downthе brеak-up with hеr boyfriеnd.
0 I,ll сa||bу/iп/foryou at еight o,сloсk, аnd thеn wе,ll go to thе party togеthеr.
g) I,m going сrazy! I сan,t pttt off/up/doууnwith so muсh сonfusion!
h) I,m luсky, I gеt oп/off/overrea||уwеll with my сollеaguеs.
i) If you miss too many lеssons,it,s diffiсult to сatсh over/щ/with.
i) It,s diffiсult to kееp аloпglbу/upwith сhangеs in bio-tесhnology.
k) Мy сar needs a serviсе - thе еnginе neеds sееing iп/to/аt'
l) Thе printеI is working, but it,s run аwау/out/dowп of ink.

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E 3 Complete eaсh sentenсewith a suitableform of onе of thе phrasalverbs in the

box. Use eaсh one onсe only.

in on gеt on with :r',,1:::il:iii;;lll

forwатd to run out of

a) Thеbookyoulеnt .,.d'idi.t.,.|уvp..
ll,p..t'q.......
m}.ехpесtation
s.
^"
b) Any timе you,rе in thе arеa,fееl freе to ....u5.
с) Soтry,wе havе .......... orangеjuiсе. \\:ouldr-оu likе somе
watеr?
d) Unfortunatеly Susiе doеsn,t .... hег nеrr.nеighbouгs.
е) Bill lеft bеforе I did, but I ran and '... him'
0 I,m rеally .... my holiday in Italy nеxt rд-ееk.
s) It was a diffiсult сlass,and I сouldn,t ....thе othег
studеnts.
h) You should .... smoking if you сan,t stop сomplеtеlv.

4 Rewrite eaсh sеntеnсe so that it does not сontain the words in itoliсs,but does
сontain a phrasa!verb.

a) Brian and his mothеr аrе vеrysimilаr'

.,'P.r'Lзw..t.q.krд''ъft.er..b'll...унthr-:'
b) Thеrе isп,t апy food left!

с) Мikе and Tom аrеп,tverygood fтiеnds'

d) Jеan is very good at hаndliпgpеoplе,sproblems,

е) Thе handlеbars on my bikе nееd fiхiпg.

fl Julia Was vеry ill, but she,s reсovеrednow.

g) What еxaсtly arе you suggesting?

h) Paul,s nеw sсhool wаSrt,tаs good аs hе eхpeсtedit to be.

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5 Rewritе eaсh sentenсe so that it has a similar meaning and сontains the word in
bold.

a) Somеone needs to look at thе сеntral hеating systеm.

seeing
...1.!*'.сp.lзt.rg.|.'hpg.&ш.'tу.tt.o..|у.L...ц{44.{..'tz+i|
b) Lеt,s pay a surprisеvisit to Julia whilе wе,rе hеrе.
drop

с) Wе,rе going in thе dirесtion of Paris.

hеading

d) our hotеl room has a viеw of thе main road!

looks

е) Two сhildrеn startеdplaying, and thеn thе othеrs playеd too.

Ioinеd

Wе paid a visit to my aunt on hеr birthday.

сallеd

s) I,m afraid that wе havеn't got any eggs lеft.

run

h) Мoniсa will сomе and сollесt you at 6.30.

сall

D Nobody understood what I was trying to say.

gеtting

I сan,t bеar so muсh air pollution!

put

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