If we need to discuss something, we need to talk it.. When we have a problem to solve, we need to work it.. Some phrasal verbs are intransitive; i.e., they are not followed by an object.
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12 I didn't take off my hat when I came inside I left it
13 I hate to bring this problem , b u t we need to talk about it
14 A: Are you going to accept the job offer?
B: I don't h o w I'm still thinking it
15 I can't sell this old sofa I guess I'll give it Someone will be able to use it
16 My parents usually help me with a little money when I'm having trouble paying my bills
EXERCISE 15 Phrasal verbs (Group E)
Directions: Work in pairs, in groups, or as a class
Example:
SPEAKER A ( b w k qpm): If I am sad, you will try to cheer me
SPEAKER B (book ched): Up
1 You need to return that book to the library You need to take it
2 1 lost my job The company I'm working for laid me
3 If you don't need the light from a candle anymore, you blow it
4 If we need to discuss something, we need to talk it
5 You walked into a cold building Instead of taking your coat off, you left it
6 If you give your old clothes to charity, you give them
7 When we have a problem to solve, we need to work it
8 If I lend you something, I want you to return it to me I want you to bring it
(Switch roles if wonhing in pairs.)
9 Parents feed, educate, and love their children They bring their children
10 When I finish using my computer, I don't turn it off each time Instead, I often leave
it
11 Someone offered you a job Before you give an answer, you need some time to think
It
12 When you take guests to a restaurant and pay the bill, you take them
13 If you introduce a topic into a conversation, you bring it
14 If you make a mess, you need to clean it
15 You rented a video When you were finished with it, you took i t
16 When friends need our assistance, we offer to help them
(a) The machine h k e down
@) Please come in
(c) I fen dooun
Some phrasal verbs are intransitive; i.e., they are not followed by an object
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M9y I m e i d
People usually dws up for weddings
Would you l i i to eat out tonisht?
I J W down and hurt myself
m a t time did you get up
I can't do it I giwe up
t's not stop Let's go on
k grew up in Sweden
people m o d in next door to m
t count, so I stmred w
EXERCISE 16 Phrasal verbs (Group F )
Directtons: Complete the sentences
1 A: Are you comfortable?
B: Yes This is a very comfortable chair
B: Let's sit in the shade of that tree I'll get you some water
3 A: I don't feel Like cooking tonight Let's eat
:,; :.' B: Okay Where do you want to go?
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v ,
B: Yes I thiik so You?
B: Around seven
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B: Ah, Miss Sweeney Hello Come , come Here, have a seat Please sit
7 A: I couldn't print out my composition
B: Why not?
A My printer broke
8 A: Are you going to bed soon?
B: No I think 1'11 stay for a while and read
9 A: When I saw a pregnant woman on the crowded bus, I stood and gave her my seat
B: Good for you That's very considerate
10 A: I don't feel like staying home Let's go this evening I'm bored
B: How about going to a movie?
A: Great! Let's go!
1 1 A: A riot broke after the soccer finals
B: I find it hard to believe that people riot over a sports event
12 A: Are you all right? What happened?
B: I tripped on the rug and fell
A: Let me help you up
13 A: Shall we begin the meeting without Ms Lane?
B: Yes She'll probably show soon, but we can begin without her
14 A: When are Bill and Gloria getting married?
B: They're not They broke
15 A: Don't forget that Grandma is a little hard of hearing
B: I won't I'll be sure to speak when I'm talking to her
16 There's an empty apartment next to mine My neighbors moved -
' 4 ,
- Why
& ' don't you move ? It'd be fun to live next door to each othea- 5 ;- ; , ,
$@; - - 17 A: It's been fun talking to you, but I need to hang now "' ,,- ., "+&:',
B: Okay Let's talk again tomorrow
18 I can't solve this math problem I give
I,
19 Dan had trouble figuring out what to say in his letter to his girlfriend He had to start
1 ,
three times
20 My flight was supposed to leave at 6:30, but the plane didn't take until nearly 8:OO
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Directions: Work in pairs, in groups, or as a class
Example:
SPEAKER A (book open): Don't stop I'm enjoying your story Please go
SPEAKER B (book closed): on
1 If I'm sitting and then get to my feet, I stand
2 If you don't feel like staying at home, you go
3 When you put on nice clothes for a special affair, you dress
4 If you're not tired at night, instead of going to bed you stay
5 When you play soccer, sometimes you fall
6 When a fax machine stops working, you say that it broke
7 You walk to a chair, and then you sit
Switch roles
8 If you relax into the chair, you sit
9 If nuo people end a relationship, they break
10 After you stop sleeping in the morning, you get
11 If you continue to do something and don't stop, you go
12 If a war begins, you say that it broke
13 If I invite you to enter my house, I say, "Please come ."
14 If you eat at a restaurant instead of at home, you eat
15 If you ask someone to speak more loudly, you ask them to speak
16 When someone arrives for a meeting, you say that he or she shows
17 When you decide a problem is impossible to solve, you give
18 An airplane increases its speed on the runway, and then it takes
(a) Lsst night some friends dropped in
(b) La's drop in on Alice this afternoon
(c) We dtvpped in on her last week
Some two-word verbs (e.g., drop in) can become three-word verbs (e.g., drop in on)
In (a): drop in is not followed by an object It is an intransitive phrasal verb (i.e., it is not followed by an object)
In (b): drop in on is a three-word phrasal verb Three-word phrasal verbs are transitive (they are followed by objects)
In (c): Three-word phrasal verbs are nonseparable (the noun
or pronoun follows the phrasal verb)
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&i (m) visit without calling first or We dmpped in on my aunt
without an invitation
drop eut (of) stop attending (school) Beth dropped oul ofgraduate school
rood arorurd (with) have fun while wasting time M y son likes t o e l mound with his
0 EXERCISE 18 Phrasal verbs (Group G)
- Directim: Complete the phrasal verbs
1 Look a&+ ! There's a car coming!
2 Look a&+ Gov that car!
3 Where did you grow ?
5 I couldn't finish the examination I ran time
6 A: What did you do yesterday?
B: Nothing much I just fooled
7 A: Hi, Chris! What's up? I haven't seen you in a long time Where have you been? B: I went to California last week to visit my brother
B: Just yesterday
8 A: Where's Jack? He hasn't been in class for at least two weeks
B: What truck?
rk?
10 A: What time do you expect to get your homewo
B: In about an hour, as soon as I finish reading this chapter
11 A: I haven't seen the Grants for a long time Let's drop them
this evening
B: We'd better call first They may not like unexpected company
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13 A: I signed MIS Grant's art class
B: You're lucky I tried to sign too, but it was full
m e along (with) , accompany Do you want to m e along munch us?
over (to) h i t chc speaker's place Some friends are m h g mw tonight
ut out (of) remove with scissors or knife I cut an article our iftoday's paper
aut (about) discow infomarion about When did youfind out abour the pwblen
) return to a place I went back w work aftu my illness ovn (to) (1) approach I wsnt oyer w the window
(2) visit another's home Let's go mw w Jim's tonight
John likes to hang a dthe coffee shq
Kids like to hang atu w'th each other
aagy (horn) not give to Kesp matches awayfmnr children
out (for) begin a trip We set atufor our destination at dawn
EXERCISE 19 Phrasal verbs (Group H )
Directions: Complete the sentences
1 A: Are you busy tonight?
B: No
a h s
2 A: I need to talk to you When can we get ?
B: How about tomorrow morning?
3 My teenage daughter is lazy All she wants to do is hang
her friends
4 I saw a young child who was all alone He was crying I went
him and asked if I could help
6 It's a long nip We'd better set early
8 Do you want to come tonight? We could watch a movie or something
9 There was a fumy cartoon in the newspaper I cut it for my aunt
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"
A: Yes
11 A: What did you do at your aunt's?
there
A ask out ask (someone) w go on a date
break down stop functioning pmperly
break out happen suddenly
break up sepamte, end a relationship
bring back return
bring up (1) mire (children)
(2) mentiun, starr to talk about
C call back return a telephone call
call off cancel
call on ask (someone) w speak in class
call up make a telephune call
cheer up make happier
clean up make neat and ckan
come along (with) accompany
come from originate
come in enter a room or building
come over (to) visit the rpeaker's place
cross out dmw a line through
cut out (of) remove with scissors or knife
D dress up put on n k clothes
drop in (on) erin't without callingfirst or without an invitation
drop out (of) stop attending (school)
E eat out eat outside of one's home
F fall down fall to the ground
figure out find the solution w a problem
'For more informadon abour phrasal verbs and their meanings, see dictionaries written especially for second language learners,
such as the L o n a m ~ AdvoncedAmen'can Dictionary, the Lonmon D*tionary ofCafempomry Enplish, the Conins GOBUILD