STRESS IN PHRASALS – ACTING AS NOUNS VS.

ACTING AS VERBS

Use the following multi-word nouns and their verb forms to fill the gaps in the following pairs of sentences. Remember that the noun and the
verb often have different meanings.

BREAK-IN MAKE-UP SEND-OFF BREAKDOWN FALL-OUT TAKEOFF DROP-OUT COMEBACK SELL-OUT LOOKOUT

a. They’ve had another _______________ next door. Fortunately nothing very much was stolen this time.

Did they _____________________ through the back window, then?

b. Keep a ________________ for a parking space, will you?

________________ for pickpockets!

c. She had a nervous _____________________ last year and had to give up her job.

I hope our car doesn’t _______________________ again.

d. I’d rather you didn’t use my ___________________! You left the top off the mascara and it’s all dried up now.

Don’t let’s argue, darling. Let’s kiss and __________________, shall we?

e. He’s a university ____________________, you know. He left after only two years.

She wants to ___________________ of the play. She says she’s had enough.

f. If ever there’s a nuclear war, more people will die from radioactive ___________________ than from the explosion.

I don’t want to ___________________ with you. I hate arguments.

g. He does a wonderful __________________ of Margaret Thatcher. He sounds just like her.

Is the plane going to ___________________ soon?

h. We gave the newlyweds a fantastic __________________ - champagne, cake, tin cans tied to the car! It was perfect.

This summer school in Rome looks interesting. I think I’ll ___________________ for a brochure.

i. The Michael Jackson concert was a complete ______________________ . There wasn’t a single ticket left.

I’m sure we’ll ___________________ of these cards before Christmas, and we won’t be able to order any more before the New Year.

j. This was the year that 1950´s heart-throb, Bart Pontoni, made his __________________.

Goodbye Arthur. I’m leaving. Maybe one day I´ll ____________________ to you, but don’t count on it