11. Don't forget to take the video to the store today.
12. I didn't take off my hat when I came inside.
I
left it
13. I hate to bring this problem
,but we need to talk about it.
14.
A:
Are you going to accept the job offer?
B:
I don't how. 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
(bwk
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 it.
. . .
16. When friends need our assistance, we offer to help them
. . .
.
I
A1-2
PHRASAL VERBS: INTRANSITIVE
Phrasol
Verbs
443
(a) The machine
hke
down.
@)
Please
come
in.
(c)
I

fen
dooun.
Some phrasal verbs are intransitive; i.e., they are not followed by an
object.
~nn
.&d
'Ibm
hk
up
M9y
I
meid
People usually
dws
up
for
weddings.
Would you
lii
to
eat
out
tonisht?
IJW
down
and
hurt
myself.
mat
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
mod
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.
A:
Good. Now just sit
back
and take it easy. There's nothing to worry about.
2.
A:
I'm exhausted. I can't go
.
I have to stop and rest.
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?
:
>
4
.v
,,,
.
/.
.
,
4.
A:
Are you going to get dressed
for the symphony t
.
.

B: Yes.
I
thiik so. You?
5.
A:
What time do you usually get
in
the morning?
B: Around seven.
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I
6.
A:
Knock, knock. Hello? Is anyone here? Professor Cook?
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.
Phrasal
Verbs
445
EXERCISE
17.
Phrasal verbs.
(Group
F)
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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1
I
Vsrb
De5ition
E*amPh
&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
My
son
likes toel
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
?
4.
I
grew Springfield.
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.
A:
Oh? When did you get
California?
B: Just yesterday.
8.
A:
Where's Jack? He hasn't been in class for at least two weeks.
B: He dropped school.
9.
A:
Watch that truck!
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.
Phrasal
Verbs
447
12.
A:
I
want to change
my
room
in
the dorm.
B:
Why?

4:
I don't get my roommate.
13.
A:
I
signed
MIS.
Grant's art class.
B:
You're lucky.
I
tried to sign too, but it was full.
DeWw
Example
me
along
(with)

,

accompany
Do you want to
me along
munch
us?
over
(to)

hit
chc

speaker's place
Some
friends
are
mhg
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
(wltg)


join, meet kt's
get
together
after
work today.
)

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
ad
the
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.
ahs
A:
Would you like to come
with
us to the movie?
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.
5.
How did you find the change in the schedule?
6.
It's a long nip. We'd better set early.
7.
Keep that cat me! I'm allergic.
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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1
10.
A:
I
was born inViet Nam, but
I
haven't been there for many years.
.
"
B:
Do you expect to go
Viet Nam again someday?
A:
Yes.
11.
A:
What did you do at your aunt's?

B:
Not much. We just sat and talked about the relatives who weren't
there.
A
ask out

ask (someone)
w
go
on a date

B
blow out
extinguish (a match, a candle)
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
nk
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
Lonam~
AdvoncedAmen'can
Dictionary,

the
Lonmon
D*tionary
ofCafempomry
Enplish,
the
Conins
GOBUILD