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Know your grammar She tried on her new uniform. He got on the starting blocks. I had to fill in a form. ■ Some actions are made up of more than one word. When an action is a verb and a preposition (on, under, over, for), the combination is called a phrasal verb. These phrasal verbs mean something quite different from the two words just on their own. ■ Turn on the light is one action. It doesn’t mean to change directions on a light, the way you would if you were driving a car! Practise your grammar 1. Underline the verb groups in the following sentences. Not sure? Ask yourself: is only one thing going on? If there is only one action, it doesn’t matter if it’s just one word or even four! a. The cold weather brought on my cold. b. My mother brought me to school. c. We had to fill out the forms. d. We filled up our water bottles. e. They filled the room with plants. 2. Insert a phrasal verb into the following sentences. Choose the one that fits the best. You can use each one only once. a. Do you __________ fairies? b. It is important not to _______ glass that can be recycled. c. It is so loud! Can you _________ the radio? d. The firemen ___________ the fire very quickly. e. Please come in out of the cold. __________ your coat. UNIT 6 • 23 Unit 6 Switching on! phrasal verbs In this unit we’ll learn more about phrasal verbs – verbs that are usually made up of a verb and a preposition. Remember, we called word groups that start with a preposition a phrase ? Phrasal verbs usually include a preposition too. throw away, take off, turn down, put out, believe in
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Know your grammarShe tried on her new uniform.
He got on the starting blocks.
I had to fill in a form.■ Some actions are made up of more than one
word. When an action is a verb and apreposition (on, under, over, for), thecombination is called a phrasal verb. Thesephrasal verbs mean something quite different from the two words just on their own.
■ Turn on the light is one action. It doesn’t mean to changedirections on a light, the way you would if you were driving a car!
Practise your grammar1. Underline the verb groups in the following sentences. Not sure? Ask yourself:
is only one thing going on? If there is only one action, it doesn’t matter if it’sjust one word or even four!
a. The cold weather brought on my cold.
b. My mother brought me to school.
c. We had to fill out the forms.
d. We filled up our water bottles.
e. They filled the room with plants.
2. Insert a phrasal verb into the following sentences. Choose the one that fitsthe best. You can use each one only once.
a. Do you __________ fairies?
b. It is important not to _______ glass that can be recycled.
c. It is so loud! Can you _________ the radio?
d. The firemen ___________ the fire very quickly.
e. Please come in out of the cold. __________ your coat.
UNIT 6 • 23
Unit6
Switching on!phrasal verbs� In this unit we’ll learn
more about phrasal verbs –verbs that are usually made
up of a verb and apreposition.
Remember, we called word groups that start with apreposition a phrase? Phrasal
verbs usually include apreposition too.
throw away,take off, turn down,put out,believe in
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3. The following sentences use the same phrasal verbs as in Exercise 2, but in adifferent way. The phrasal verbs need to be changed into past tense. So, youhave to choose the best phrasal verb and change it into past tense!
a. When she decided to cheat on the test, she __________ her chance of being
the champion.
b. The plane was delayed, but it finally __________ 30 minutes late.
c. We stayed in a special hotel. Before we went to sleep, the hotel staff came
in and ___________ the bed.
d. He was quite annoyed. He let us know he was _______ that he was
expected to help with the judging.
e. I thought she would keep her promise. I really ___________ her.
Read to understandThe Runaways‘I want to run away! I want to leave rightnow!’
My friend was upset with me, andcouldn’t believe I would just run off andleave her at Sharon’s party. The birthday girlhad just turned ten.
‘Look’, I said. ‘We’ve been here for over an hour. She’s ignoring us. Herparents probably made her invite us. She thinks we’re not good enough for heranymore, and I think she’s a snob. So I want to leave.’
Sharon, Sally and I used to be friends, but we weren’t anymore. Sharonstarted to show off all the time, and put down less popular kids with her snidelittle comments. Our parents were all still friends though, and they didn’t knowanything was wrong.
Sally looked over at Sharon, who was trying to get on with impressingeveryone she could. Then she looked at me. ‘Okay, Ali. Let’s go.’
1. Who wanted to run away? _______________________________________________
2. What are the names of the three former friends?
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3. What is the purpose of the party? _________________________________________
4. Find the phrasal verbs that are synonyms for the following. The answers arein the story.
a. escape ________________________________________________________________
b. boast _________________________________________________________________
c. insult _________________________________________________________________
Fun with words1. Match the beginning of the proverb with the end. If you aren’t sure, ask an
adult or check on the Internet.
a. A bad workman put all your eggs in one basket.
b. Birds of a feather blames his tools.
c. Don’t is good news.
d. Honesty make light work.
e. No news is the best policy.
f. Many hands flock together.
2. Crossword
Word bank
Down
1. Walk out on
2. Catch on
3. Hint at
Across
4. Cut down on
5. Put off
6. Put up with
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leave, postpone, reduce, suggest, tolerate, understand
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