Expressions with bring and take

Choose ten phrasal verbs and other expressions from the opposite page that you particularly want to learn and write a paragraph using them.. Expressions with bring and take Here are some

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Here are some different ways in which do up, make up and make out can be used What is the meaning of the phrasal verb in each case?

Take this prescription to the chemist and she’ll make it up for you

Can you make out the little grey house on the shore?

A human being is made up of many, often conflicting, desires

If you do up the newspapers, I’ll take them to be recycled

I find it impossible to make Jo out

Let’s advertise the talk in the hope of making up the numbers a bit

He made out that he had never loved anyone else

We’re planning to do up our bathroom at the weekend

Add the necessary prepositions or particles to complete this story

Last weekend we decided to start doing (1) our bedroom We agreed that we could do (2) the old fireplace In the corner As we began to remove it from the wall we found some old pictures done (3) in a bundle behind a loose brick At first we could not make (4) what was in the pictures but we wiped them clean and realised they all depicted the same young man We spent an enjoyable evening making

c TH nh ky ve (5) stories to explain why the pictures had been hidden,

Correct the mistakes in the sentences below Either the wrong preposition has been used or the word order is wrong

1 This weekend we are planning to make the seaside for

2 Vast amounts of money do not always make of happiness

3 He makes up for anyone he thinks can help him

4 Your shoelaces are untied Do up them or you’ll trip

5 They like to make away that they have important connections

Write word forks (see Unit 2) to help you learn the meanings of make up, make out, do with and do up

Divide the expressions in D opposite into any groups which will help you to learn them Complete the following sentences using an appropriate expression from D

Pactfist posters In the 1960s used to say 'MAKE LOVE NOT Ụ

It doesn’t matter if you pass or not as long as you do

Though many companies are going bankrupt, ours made a huge Mrs Thatcher said she could do Mr Gorbachev

You must make the fact that he’s only seven years old

Dressing smartly for an interview helps you to make

Choose ten phrasal verbs and other expressions from the opposite page that you particularly want to learn and write a paragraph using them

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Expressions with bring and take

Here are some common phrasal verbs with bring Each is exemplified in a typical spoken .sentence and a more formal equivalent is provided in brackets

I hope they don’t bring back capital punishment _ [re-introduce]

Here are some common phrasal verbs with take

Doesn’t he take after his father! [resemble|

The plane took off two hours late _ [left the ground]

Here are some other common idioms with bring and take

had to be made]

other’s qualities]

1 took it for granted you’d come [assumed]

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Complete these sentences with the appropriate preposition

1 The new school reforms which plan to bring regular exams for young children are generally unpopular

2 The long journey brought labour and the baby was born on the bus

3 Ithink the strikes wIll bring - some changes in management

4 If anyone can bring it , he can

$ He won't agree to it for me but she can always bring him .

6 She brought six children all on her own

The diagram below can be called a ripple diagram Can you complete it?

Reword these sentences using expressions from C opposite

The story of the film happens in Casablanca during the war

Today’s newspaper has revealed some fascinating information about the Prime Minister The situation reached crisis point when the union called for a strike

How does she always manage to be so calm about things?

The view from the place was astonishing

He capitalised on her weakness at the time and she sold it to him

The main function of a nurse is to look after the sick

You shouldn’t assume that anyone or anything will always be the same

Reply to these questions using one of the phrasal verbs in A or B opposite

What is the Conservative Party promising in its manifesto?

How did you like her?

What causes your rash?

Who does your little boy resemble?

Have you any special hobbies?

How’s your new business doing?

What is a mimic?

Do you think you’ll manage to persuade him to let you come?

Make up a ripple diagram like the one in 86.2, based on phrasal verbs with bring

Which of the expressions in C mean the opposite of:

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Expressions with get

Get seems to be used all the time in spoken English It has the following basic meanings:

¢ receive, obtain or buy something, e.g Please get me a newspaper when you’re in town;

1 got a letter from John today; She got top marks in her exam

® show a change in position — move or be moved, e.g How are you getting home tonight?

¢ show a change in state ~ become or make, e.g We are all getting older if not wiser Get also has a number of other more specific meanings

The table below shows just some of the phrasal verbs based on get

get at

get away with get behind get by get down get down to get on get on get out of get over get round get through get through get up to

reach, find

do something wrong without being caught fail to produce some- thing at the right time manage (financially) depress

begin to give serious attention to

manage advance, develop avoid a responsibility recover from

spread

come to a successful end

use up all of

to do (especially something bad)

I hope the enquiry will get at the truth

The robbers got away with several thousand pounds

I’ve got terribly behind with my work

We could never get by on my salary alone This weather is really getting me down

It’s time you got down to some work

However will we get on without you?

Jo is getting on very well at school now

VII try and get out of my lesson tomorrow She’s getting over a bad attack of flu

The rumour soon got round the whole village What a relief that she got through all her

exams!

He got through his month’s salary in just one weekend

They’re very quiet I wonder what they’re

getting up to?

Here are some other expressions based on get

You seem to have got out of bed on the wrong side today

The meeting got off to a good/bad start with JR’s speech

Pm organising a little get-together I hope you can come

When their relationship ended he got rid of everything that reminded him of her

away, destroyed]

I'm going to get my own back on her somehow

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{be in a bad mood]

{started well/badly]

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{take my revenge]

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There are a lot of instances of get in this text Replace them all with another way of

conveying the same idea Notice that by doing this you are changing the text from something very informal to something slightly more formal

I don’t often get interesting advertising circulars these days However, quite an unusual one came this morning It was headed ‘Are you worried about getting out of touch?’ And it went

on, ‘If so, get some of our.special tablets today Taking just one in the morning will help you get on well at work and at home It will stop little problems from getting you down and will ensure that you get rich and successful with the minimum of effort on your behalf Send just

$25 today and you will get your tablets and your key to success within ten days.’

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below in the most appropriate way

1 Although they had only told their parents about their engagement, the news soon got

to the second round of interviews for the post

3 J love watching TV cookery programmes but when they describe a recipe, it can be hard

; 0= all the details in time

4 We get .cccee tcc only because we live very economically

$ _ What have you been getting since we last met?

Match the situations in list A with the appropriate expressions in list B

A 1 Someone has been very impolite to one of your friends 4°

Someone is about to throw something away

Someone has done something very unkind to you 8

A good friend is leaving

I don’t know how we’ll get by without you!

You wait! P’ll get my own back on you one day!

Don’t get rid of that yet!

You got out of bed on the wrong side this morning!

Your rudeness really gets me!

Complete the following sentences in any appropriate way

1 J should hate to get rid of

2 The dinner got off to a bad start when

3 I find it very hard to get down to

4 J wish I could get out of

5 J don’t think she has got over

6 .is really getting me down,

There are a number of other common phrasal verbs and expressions based on get not listed

on the opposite page Write example sentences using any that you can think of,

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Look at the examples of following phrasal verbs based on set

You should set aside some money for a rainy day _ [reserve]

Here are some of the many phrasal verbs with put

We had central heating put in last year _ [install]

Every now and then she would put in a remark _ [interject]

The government is sure to put up taxes soon _ [raise]

Here are some more expressions with set

aim/goal)]

Did someone set fire to the house deliberately? [put a match to] Be7 Fees

to put your foot down: to be firm about something

to put all your eggs in one basket: to risk all you have on a single venture

to put your mind to: to direct all your thoughts towards

to put two and two together: to draw an obvious conclusion

to put something in a nutshell: to state something accurately and in a few words only

to put someone’s back up: to irritate someone

a put-up job: something arranged to give a false impression

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Put the following sentences into slightly more formal English by replacing the phrasal verbs with their formal equivalents

1 They have recently set up a committee on teenage smoking

2 We try to set aside some money for our holiday every week

3 Set aside all your negative feelings and listen with an open mind

4 If we hadn’t set off so late, we would have arrived on time

5 The government’s unpopular proposals set off a wave of protests

Write down three nouns which could follow each of the verbs Remember that their

meanings might be different depending on the noun which follows

Example: put in money / a comment / a telephone system

Complete the responses to the following statements or questions using any appropriate phrasal verb from A or B opposite

Example: He’s always so rude | wouldn't put up with it if | were you

How should we publicise our play?

This room is in a terrible mess

What time do we have to leave for the airport tomorrow?

Any chance of a bed on your floor this weekend?

Why have you suddenly lost interest in the project?

What is Geoff planning to do when he gets his business degree?

Using the expressions in C and D opposite, reword the following sentences without changing their meaning

He never wants to do anything in a new or different way

He’s bound to draw the obvious conclusion if you keep on behaving like that

Her aim is to become Prime Minister

I find her terribly irritating

It’s sound business advice not to risk everything at once

Please concentrate on the problem in hand

She is determined to get a seat in Parliament

She threw petrol on the rubbish and put a match to it

She’s very good at stating things succinctly

10 The building started burning because of terrorist action

11 This is the first time I’ve ever been to the southern hemisphere

12 We spent most of our evenings discussing the problems of the world rather than

studying

13 You really should be firm with him or there’ll be trouble later

14 If the teacher doesn’t behave properly, the children certainly won’t

Choose ten of the phrasal verbs and other expressions with set and put which you

particularly want to learn and write them down in example sentences of your own

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89 Expressions with come and go

Here are some phrasal verbs based on come

Notice the large number of expressions with come to (usually with an idea of arriving at) and come into (often with an idea of starting) Where the meaning isn’t obvious, help is given in brackets

start fighting] / to terms with [acknowledge and accept psychologically] / one’s senses [to become conscious after fainting or to become sensible after behaving foolishly]

come into: bloom / flower / contact / a fortune / money / a legacy / operation [start working] / sight / view / power [of a political party] / existence / fashion / use Here are some phrasal verbs based on go Some have a number of different meanings

Go on: What is going on next door? [happening]; They went on working despite the noise [continued]; As the weeks went on, things improved [passed]; You go on, we’ll catch you up later [go in advance]; The oven should go on at six [start operating]; He’s always going on at me about my hair [complaining]

Go through: I wouldn’t like to go through that again [experience, endure]; Let’s go through the plans once more [check]; Unfortunately, the business deal we were hoping for did not go through in the end [was not completed or approved]; He went through

a fortune in one weekend [spent, used]

Go for: He really went for her when she dared to criticise him [attack]; He goes for older women [is attracted by]; Which course Have you decided to go for? [choose]

D_sHere are some expressions based on go

Let me havea go! [Let me have a turn or try!]

The story goes that they were once very close friends _ [It is said that ]

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Which of their several meanings do these underlined verbs have?

She was so suspicious that she used to go through his pockets every night

The dog went for the postman

The actor’s interpretation of Hamlet was interesting but it didn’t quite come off

He has a new book coming out in June

I wish you’d stop going on at ine!

I was sure he’d go for a sports car

I went through three pairs of tights this weekend

Choose one of the expressions in B to complete each of the sentences,

When his grandmother dies, he”lÍ come

Halfway up the h/ll, the bus came c,

They disagreed so strongly that I was afraid they”d come

Replace the underlined expressions with one of the expressions in D

I don’t need to say that we wish you all the best in the future

They took great pains to avoid meeting each other

I’ve been moving around all day and I’m longing for a shower now

His school-teachers always said that he would be a success in life

I don’t think you’ll be able to push the car on your own Let me try

The film is quite good up to a point but it doesn’t tackle the problem deeply enough Which answer on the right fits each question on the left?

Complete the following sentences in any appropriate way

The stain won’t come out unless you

Those shoes don’t go with

I never want to go through

As the party went on

It is not easy to come to terms with

The interview committee came to the conclusion that

I came across not only some old letters in the attic

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This diagram illustrates some of the most useful phrasal verbs formed with look The meaning of the phrasal verb is given in brackets

Here are a few more useful phrasal verbs based on look All of them are illustrated below in

a business context but they can also, of course, be used in other situations

When you go to New York, be sure to look up our representative there _ [find and visit]

Here are some other useful expressions based on look

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someone without fear or guilt]

The officer looked the men up and down and then started to tell them what he thought of

socially inferior]

appearance]

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