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GENERAL ENGLISH · VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2-C1)

PHRASAL
VERBS WITH
BE
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1 Reading

In pairs, read the two short conversations below:

Conversation
Alice: Simon, hurry up! The film is about to start.
A
Simon: I’ll come to you in a minute. I’m just brushing my hair. Isn’t George joining us?
Alice: No, he isn’t in town this week. He’s hiking in the mountains. Didn’t I tell you?
Simon: No, you didn’t. Do we have anything to eat?
Alice: There’s some food in the fridge but I think it is no longer fresh.
Simon: What about coffee?
Alice: No, we don’t have any coffee left.
Simon: Oh, well. Maybe I’ll call for a pizza.
Alice: Pizza sounds good. I’m eager for that!

Conversation
Alice: Simon, hurry up! The film is about to start.
B
Simon: I’ll be along in a minute. I’m just brushing my hair. Isn’t George joining us?
Alice: No, he’s away this week. He’s hiking in the mountains. Didn’t I tell you?
Simon: No, you didn’t. Do we have anything to eat?
Alice: There’s some food in the fridge but I think it’s off.
Simon: What about coffee?
Alice: No, we’re out of coffee.
Simon: Oh, well. Maybe I’ll call for a pizza.
Alice: Pizza sounds good. I’m up for that!

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Which conversation sounds more formal? Which sounds more natural?

2 Practice

Work in pairs. Tell your partner about a time when ...

1. you ate something that was off.

2. you were out of something you needed.
3. you were away for a week and somebody tried to get in touch with you.
4. your friend said that he/she would be along soon and then didn’t come.
5. you were up for something exciting.

Use the phrasal verbs in your answers. Report your findings to the class.

3 More phrasal verbs with ‘be’

In pairs, look at the sentences below. Match the infinitive forms of the phrasal verbs with their
definitions on the right. Try to discover their meaning from the context.

a. The police are after a dangerous criminal.

b. Why are they always down on him? It’s not his fault.
c. I’m off. See you tomorrow!
d. Is tomorrow’s meeting still on?
e. Michael has problems sleeping so he went to see his doctor. Now he is on sleeping pills.
f. I know what you’re trying to do! I’m onto you.
g. Jack has been up since 5:45am.

1. be after a. be awake and out of bed

2. be down on someone b. be aware of someone’s intentions

3. be off c. have a negative attitude towards (somebody)

4. be on d. leave, depart

5. be on something e. take medicines

6. be onto somebody f. take place (as planned)

7. be up g. try to find

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4 Find someone who ...

Now complete the questions:

1. Have you ever been antibiotics?

2. Have you ever been somebody unfairly?
3. On a typical day at work or school, are you before 5pm?
4. Have you ever been somebody who was planning to do something wrong?
5. Have the police ever been somebody you know?
6. Are you usually before 8am?

One-to-one and small classes: Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions. Find out more
information.

Larger classes: Ask your classmates the questions and find a person who can answer ‘yes’ to each
question. Find out more information. Report your findings to the class.

5 Homework

Write 10 original sentences using any of the phrasal verbs from this lesson.

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