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Phrasal verbs:
Run & catch
 Run after

• = run and try to catch

• Ex: The cop is running after the thief.

(The cop trys hard to chase the thief.)
 Run into
• = meet someone by chance
The water is
• = come across running into this
square glass tank.
• Ex: I ran into a friend of mine while at Lotte supermarket.
(I unexpectedly met a friend of mine while at Lotte
supermarket.)
 Run out (of)
• = use all of something and then nothing left

• = (be) out of

• Ex: I ran out of petrol when on the way to school.

(I ran on empty when on the way to school.)
 Run over

• = hit by a car while walking

(= be knocked down with a car or a moving vehicle)

• Ex: A truck suddenly appeared and ran the boy’s toy

over.
(A truck suddenly appeared and knocked down
the boy’s toy.)
 Catch on
• = become popular

• Ex: Shopping online is catching on to young people nowadays.

(Shopping online becomes popular to young people
nowadays.)
 Catch up (with)

• = try to reach the same level as someone/something else

• Ex: Slow down so that I can catch up with you.

(Slow down so that I can reach the same level as you.)
 Complete these sentences with the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs below:
run after run into run out of run over catch on catch up with
run out of
1. I’ve ………….. coffee so I can’t offer you any.
ran after
2. I …………. him and stopped him before he could leave.
3. You’ll never guess who Iran into yesterday!
………..
caught on
4. His invention .…………. and he became a very wealthy man.
5. Be careful crossing the road or you might getrun over
…………
6. Having been off school for some time, I had to catch up with
………………. the rest of the class
when I got back.