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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 A
Alice: Simon, hurry up! The movie is about to start.
Simon: I’ll come to you in a minute. I’m just fixing 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 drink? 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 B
Alice: Simon, hurry up! The movie is about to start.
Simon: I’ll be there in a minute. I’m just fixing 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 drink? 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!

Which conversation sounds more formal? Which sounds more natural?

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2 Practice

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

1. you were out of something you needed.

2. you were away for a week and somebody tried to get in touch with you.
3. your friend said that he/she would be there soon and then didn’t come.
4. 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. We’re going to a beach party tonight. Are you down for that?
c. The decision is up to you. You can do whatever you want.
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 5:45 am.

1. be after a. to agree with someone about something

2. be down for something b. to be awake and out of bed

(informal)
3. be up to somebody c. to be aware of someone’s intentions

4. be on d. to be somebody’s responsibility (used to say that someone can

decide about something)
5. be on something e. to take medicines

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

7. be up g. to 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 something that seemed fun but later turned out to be a bad
idea?
3. On a typical day at work or school, are you before 5 pm?
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 8 am?

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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Key

1. Reading

The aim of this exercise is to point out that phrasal verbs can be said or written in a different way, usually as a more
formal one-word equivalent (appear = turn up) or as a phrase (test the quality of = try out). Learners of English
tend to prefer the non-phrasal verb equivalent. However, they often sound formal like in Conversation A.

3. More phrasal verbs with ‘be’

1. g 2. a 3. d 4. f 5. e 6. c 7. b

4. Find someone who ...

In a large class, have the students complete the questions individually or in pairs. Go through the answers. Have
the students stand up and ask each other the questions. Tell them that they cannot have the same name written
down more than twice during this activity. Do some feedback on the exercise, asking what the students discovered
about each other.

1. on
2. down for
3. out
4. onto
5. after
6. up

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