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Pronunciation and phrasal verbs

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a ʌ

fond fund

shot shut

lock luck

cop cup
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some confront somehow
tongue country someone
touch couple something
tough cousin sometimes
won cover somewhat

above income blood

among London come
become Monday does
beloved money done
brother young son
color rough
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deduction production
otherwise
destruction productive
overcome
difficult profundity
recover
discussion pronunciation
publication
publicity

coverage abrupt conduct

discomfort adjunct construct
discover adult consult
everybody wonderful corrupt
everyone
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How to pronounce ED

id / d / t

id t (voiceless) d (voice)

wanted asked called

waited relaxed loved
hated watched moved
ended worked played
excited finished compared
needed helped used
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Answered added arrived

attacked belivied changed

lived studied liked

accepted shoked passed

identified stayed admired

behaved celebrated contained

created decied discovered

expected Opened believed

My mother sold a lot of clothes

I swam last year

My parents drove to the supermarket yesterday

I played outside many years ago

Dropped

Studied

Ran

Went hung
Gave
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1. Many people watched when the space shuttle touched down in Florida for the

last time in 2011.

2. No human has ever set foot on Mars.

3. For most people, dropping out of school is not a good idea.

4. Sometimes a musical group takes the world by storm and then

disappears a few years later.

5. The military couldn’t act until the President gave the go-ahead.

a. to quit
b. to walk somewhere or go somewhere
c. go give permission
d. to land
e. to become very popular very quickly
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Read the definitions. Then complete the following sentences with the
phrasal verbs

set off cause to occur or explode

let on admit

turn out result

set up put together, construct

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1. The cameraman _________ his equipment.

2. They expected to see the concert, but it _____________ that the gate was

closed.

3. The boy didn’t __________ that he knew about the concert.

4. The economic problems __________ a wave of protests.

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