Unit 14: Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

Use the following verbs and particles to create phrasal verbs, which have both or all 3 meanings. there is an example.

Verbs:

DO / GET / TAKE / MAKE / PUT / FALL

Particles:

OUT / OFF / WITH / UP / ON / FOR

example:

01. FALL FOR

-fall in love with someone
-to be deceived or ticked

02. _____

-accept (a challenge/an offer)
-start doing (a new sport/hobby)
-use or occupy (time or space)

03. _____

-fasten or button up (clothes)
-repair or redecorate (a room/a building)

04. _____

-pretend or claim falsely that something is true
-see, hear or understand something with difficulty

05. _____

-have a good relationship with someone
-start or continue doing (work/a job)

06. _____

-invent (a story/an excuse)
-become friends again (after an argument)

07. _____

-accommodate someone (in your house/apartment)
-increase (prices)


Use the phrasal verbs created above to complete the sentences below.

08. I must have put on weight- I can't _____ these pants any more.

09. Stop talking to everyone and _____ your work!

10. She decided to get rid of some of her books; they were _____ too much room in her apartment.

11. He _____ that he'd written the poem himself, but we all thought he must have copied it from a book.

12. I wanted to see that opera, but I was _____ by the cost of the tickets.

13. We often have arguments and fall out, but it's never very long before we kiss and _____ again.

14. The only way to stop people using their cars is by _____ the price of gas.

15. He told me I'd spilt something on my jacket, but I didn't _____ that old trick. I knew he was after my wallet.

due: November 26, 2010

R4FCE: Unit 14

Unit 14: As Pretty as a Picture

pg.174/175: Vocab1: The Arts 1-2 Reading1: 1-2

pg.176: LF: hypothetical situations A: 1-2-3 Practice: 1-2 B: Practice

pg.177: Word Formation (suffixes): 1-2

pg.178: Vocab2: 1-2-3

pg.181/182: 4 Vocab3: Television 1-2 Reading2 1-2

pg.183: Vocab4: Phrasal Verbs 1-2 Writing2

Review (pg.184-185)

Use of English: Word Formation
Vocab: A-B(1-2)-C
Transformations: Hypothetical situations
Writing

Unit 14: Transformation #6

Transformation #6

Transform the following sentences using the key word (unchanged) and 2-5 additional words. Make sure the transformed sentence retains the same meaning as the original sentence.

01. I don't really want to go out.
RATHER
I _____ home.

02. I did it entirely by myself.
ALL
I did it _____ own.

03. You should not be so shy.
SPEAK
You should _____ yourself.

04. He has been in hospital for six months.
WENT
It is six months _____ hospital.

05. If only he had been taken to hospital sooner.
PITY
What _____ taken to hospital earlier.

06. The doctors tried very hard to save him.
BEST
The doctors _____ to save him.

07. She was surprised to find there was little she could do.
SURPRISE
She _____ there was little she could do.

08. Only Holland permits the smoking of marijuana.
PERMITTED
The smoking of marijuana _____ Holland.

09. The salesman said he was sorry he was late for the meeting.
APOLOGIZED
The salesman _____ late for the meeting.

10. Our decision has not yet been confirmed by head office.
CONFIRMATION
We haven't _____ head office.

Unit 13: Verb City

Verb City

From the list below choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentences. You will need to use each verb twice. An example is done for you.

List:

GET
HAVE
TAKE
COME
GIVE
PUT
MAKE
DO

01. He cut himself quite badly, so he was TAKEN to hospital, where he was GIVEN an anti-tetanus injection.

02. He knew he had _____ several silly mistakes in the exam, so it _____ as no surprise to him to hear that he'd failed.

03. Soto, a piano teacher for 42 years, _____ great pride in the fact that he had _____ an important influence on the playing styles of some of the world's finest pianists.

04. Recently we've been _____ a lot of difficulty _____ our son to _____ his homework.

05. I had considered _____ research, until I found out just how much time and effort I would need to _____ into it.

06. I've _____ to the conclusion that a lot of these off-piste skiers are just selfish; as well as _____ their own lives at risk, they endanger those of the rescue services who are called out to help them when they _____ into trouble.

07. The director _____ a deep sigh when he saw the figures for June; the company had _____ a loss of $3 million in the first half of the year.

due: November 12, 2010

R4FCE: Unit 13

Unit 13: Against the Odds

pg.162: 2-3

pg.163/164: 1-2-3

pg.165: LF1: Ability 1-2-3-4

pg.166: Vocab2: Make and Do A(1-2)/B(1)

pg.167:

Writing: 1-2-3

pg.168: Word Formation2

pg.169: Reading2: 2

pg.170: LF2: 1-2
Vocab3: 1-2-3-4

Review (pg.172/173)

Use of English: Word Formation
Use of English: Transformations
Vocabulary: A(1-2)/B
Writing

due: November 12, 2010

Unit 13: Transformation #5

Transformation #5

Transform the sentences below using 2-5 words & the word in bold. Remember, do not change the key word nor the meaning of the sentence.

01. It was difficult for the yachtsman to steer into the wind.
GOT
The yachtsman _____ into the wind.

02. I couldn't have managed without your help.
BEEN
If it _____ your help, I couldn't have managed.

03. We had just arrived when it started to rain.
THAN
Hardly _____ it started to rain.

04. He only did the work after he had been paid.
DID
Not until he had been paid _____ the work.

05. The idea that the Scots are miserly is simply not true.
TRUTH
There _____ the idea that the Scots are miserly.

06. She was too busy to see us.
SO
She was _____ see us.

07. It is quite pointless to complain.
POINT
There _____ complaining.

08. I've never met anyone who works as hard as he does.
MAN
He is the most _____ met.

09. A long speech is unlikely to be interesting.
LITTLE
There _____ a long speech being interesting.

10. It was difficult to hear the speaker from the back of the room.
DIFFICULTY
From the back of the room, we _____ the speaker.

due: November 12, 2010

Unit 12: Prepositions+

Prepositions+

Complete the spaces with an appropriate preposition.

01. It was a race AGAINST the clock to get the menus printed in time for the opening.

02. In a restaurant the maitre d' is the person IN charge OVER all the the waiters.

03. It's typical OF you to order the most expensive dish in the restaurant!

04. Welcome to Food Matters. In tonight's programme the focus is ON Mediterranean food.

05. Luis has a reputation FOR eating too quickly.

06. Ravioli is usually filled WITH minced meat or cheese.

07. The emphasis in this restaurant is ON quality, not quantity.

08. All the wedding guests were full of praise FOR the chef.

Have, Put, Take & Give

Match the beginning of each sentence (numbers) with the suitable ending (letters).

01. He had both...E...his legs in plaster for 6 weeks.

02. he had another... D...operation on his leg.

03. They put him...G...on a course of antibiotics.

04. She put a...A...plaster on her cut.

05. They gave him...B...an injection in his leg.

06. He gave her...H...a prescription, which she took to the chemist's.

07. She took a...F...pill for her headache.

08. He took his...C...own temperature.

due: October 22nd, 2010