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

Assignment: Unit 12

Unit 12: Looking After Yourself

pg.146:
LF1: Countable/Uncountable NounsA-1/2

pg.147:
LF2: Countable/Uncountable NounsB

pg.148/149:
Reading: 1/2
LF3: Reported Speech-1/2/3/4/5

pg.150:
LF4: Reporting Verbs-1/2/3/4

pg.151:
Use of English1: Multiple-choice Cloze-1/2/3

pg.152/153:

Writing1: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8
LF5: Reported Questions-1/2/3

pg.154:
Vocab. (Health Matters)-1/2/3/4
Word Formation: noun suffixes-1/2/3

pg.155:
Use of English2
Writing2

pg.156/157 (Review):
all sections

due: October 22nd, 2010

Units 11 & 12: Additional Practice

Transformation #4

Transform the second sentence in each section, using 2-5 words. Don't change the KEY word and don't change the meaning of the sentence.

01. She had not bought so much for a long time.

SINCE

It was a long time SINCE SHE NOT much shopping.

02. Rodolfo arrived there twelve months ago.

FOR

Rodolfo HAS BEEN THERE FOR A year.

03. If Melissa hadn't failed her driving test, she wouldn't be unhappy.

PASS

Melissa is unhappy BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T PASS her driving test.

04. Rabbits used to be more numerous.

NOT

Rabbits ARE NOT SO NUMEROUS AS they used to be.

05. His new book has been widely criticized.

LOT

His new book has come A LOT OF criticism.

06. His secretary updated the list.

BROUGHT

His secretary BROUGHT THE LIST TO date.

07. I couldn't have managed it without your help.

NOT

If I HAD NOT RECEIVED your help, I couldn't have managed it.

08. Regular exercise kept him healthy.

OWED

He _____ regular exercise.

09. He couldn't lend us the car because it didn't belong to him.

HIS

The car _____ lend.

10. We were not surprised when he won.

CAME

His winning DIDN'T CAME A surprise.

due: October 22nd, 2010

Unit 11: Error Correction

Read the following text carefully. Some of the lines are correct and some have an extra word which should not be there. If the line is correct, place an X in the space. If the line has an extra word, write that word in the space provided.

Bad Weather

0 I'm writing to you from our hotel room on the Mediterranean island of............... X

00 Mallorca. Unfortunately, I can't tell to tell you very much about the island...... to

1 because we've had such a terrible weath that we've hardly been out of................A

2 the hotel since we have arrived. On our very first day here the sky was............. HAVE

3 overcast and the temperature was about 20ºC, much lower than......................... X

4 normal is at this time of year. Then, the next day, we woke up to the.................. IS

5 sound like of torrential rain beating against the windows, and it's been................ LIKE

6 pouring with almost non stop ever since. We'd have brought more books............ WITH

7 and games with us if we would have known it was going to be like this-................ X

8 the kids are beginning to get bored with playing cards all the time. Poor.............. X

9 Katie was really looking forward to go swimming in the sea, but it's far................ GO

10 too rough for that and she can't even go in the pool, which it has been................ IT

11 closed. The weather forecast says us that it should begin to improve by............. US

12 the end of the week, but some of the shopkeepers we've spoken to in the.......... X

13 town of Palma aren't so optimistic-they think it might well go on......................... X

14 raining for longer. We've decided that unless it will brightens up in the............... WILL

15 next few days, we'll probably come home a week earlier than had planned. ...... HAD

due: October 10th, 2010

Assignment: Unit 11

Unit 11: What on Earth's Going On?

pg.134/135: Vocab.01-1/3 Multiple Matching-1/2

pg.136:Language Focus.01-A/B/C Practice: 1/2

pg.137:Conditionals: Expressing Regret

pg.138/139:Vocab.02-A (1 & 2)/B (1)

pg.140:Reading

pg.141:LF2-1/2 Use of English-Open Cloze (1/2/3)

pg.144/145 (Review):all sections

due: October 10th, 2010

Units 11 & 12: Additional Practice

Transformation #3

Transform the second sentence in each section using 2-5 words. Do not change the KEY word & do not change the meaning of the sentence.

01. Luis does not work half as much as he used to.
HARD
Ken used to work HARDER THAN he does now.

02. The experts thought that the cost of petrol would rise next year.
EXPECTED
The cost of petrol IS EXPECTED TO RISE next year.

03. Some people who start smoking find it difficult to stop.
ALWAYS
It IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT to stop smoking once you have started.

04. If he isn't careful, he is bound to end up in hospital.
HIM
His carelessness is bound TO END HIM UP in hospital.

05. Because of his illness he could not work effectively.
IMPOSSIBLE
His illness MAKES IMPOSSIBLE FOR him to work effectively.

06. Scotsmen will never give anything to waiters.
TIP
No NO TIP IS GIVEN TO waiter.

07. Mary said, I do not want to get married yet.
RATHER
Mary protested that she RATHER PREFER NOT GET married yet.

08. Mothers must try hard to understand.
BEST
Mothers must TRY BEST understanding.

09. The younger you marry, the greater the chance you will be unhappy.
LIKELY
The younger you marry, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO be unhappy.

10. I was wrong to argue with him.
MISTAKE
IT WAS MY MISTAKE to argue with him.
due: October 10th, 2010

Assignment: Unit 10

Unit 10: Nothing But The Truth
pg.122: Vocab.1A (1-3)/Vocab.1B (1)
pg.125-127: Writing1/Reading (1-8)
pg.127-128: LF1 (passives)
pg.129-130: Writing2 (1-6)
pg.131: LF2
Review (132-133): complete all sections

Units 9 & 10: Additional Practice

Transformation #1
Complete the second sentence using between 2 and 5 words (including the word given). Do not change that word in any way.

1. May we borrow your ladder for an hour?
MIND
Would you _____your ladder for an hour?

2. I'm not frightened, he said; in fact, he was terrified.
BE
He pretended _____ frightened.

3. The Majestic is better than this hotel.
GOOD
This hotel _____ the Majestic.

4. To enjoy travel, you must go on your own.
ONLY
You _____ enjoy travelling if you go on your own.

5. You were very generous, giving us all that money.
OF
It was very generous _____ us all that money.

6. he was sorry he had asked the bank to lend him money.
WISHED
He _____ asked the bank to lend him money.

7. I haven't owned a car for five years now.
SINCE
It is five years _____a car.

8. Why didn't you warn me it was going to rain?
HAVE
You _____ me it was going to rain.

9. Heavy smokers are more likely to suffer illness than non-smokers.
RUNS
A heavy smoker _____ serious illness than a non-smoker.

10. Even though she knew she had to get up early, Mary still went to the disco.
DESPITE
Mary still went to the disco _____ that she had to get up early.


Transformation #2

Complete the second sentence using 2-5 words, including the word in bold. Don't change the word in bold.
01. The dog is wagging its tail because it is trying to be friendly.
FRIENDS
The dog is wagging its tail because it wants_____ you.
02. It is a good habit to save in case of hard times.
ASIDE
It is a good habit to _____ a rainy day.
03. My mother-in-law has invited us to share her house.
MOVING
We _____ my mother-in-law.
04. His lack of interest surprised me.
SURPRISING
It _____ that he showed so little interest.
05. I am sorry that I cannot come to the party.
MISS
I am sorry _____ the party.
06. It is pointless to carry samovars to Samarkand.
POINT
There _____ samovars to Samarkand.
07. The path was so narrow they had to walk one behind the other along it.
SINGLE
The path was so narrow they had to walk _____ along it.
08. Small children are full of mischief.
SORTS
Small children get _____ tricks.
09. Can you help me? the old lady asked.
COULD
The old lady asked _____ help her.
10. When he was much older, he understood.
UNTIL
It _____ much older that he understood.

Unit 10: Phrasal Verbs

Verb is the Word
*01. Use the verbs and particles to make phrasal verbs and match them to the definitions below. Then, use them to complete the sentences.
Verbs: take/ make/ look/ get
Particles: up/ in/ out/ up to/ into/ away with

1. trick or deceive TAKE IN
2. investigate LOOK INTO
3. not to be punished for something GET AWAY WITH
4. see, hear, or understand with difficulty MAKE OUT
5. invent (a story or excuse) MAKE UP
6. start doing _____
7. admire or respect LOOK UP TO
8. do things you know you shouldn't _____
a. Is this story true or are you _____ it _____?
b. I couldn't _____ what he was saying. I think he was drunk.
c. He said he had been robbed and needed some money for a taxi, but I wasn't _____ by his story.
d. You're a fool if you think you can drive so fast all the time, and _____ it.
e. The police are _____ the causes of the accident.
f. Are you in trouble with the police again? What have you been _____ this time?

*02. Transform the words from the list into their appropriate form.

0. INCREASE
1. BUILD
2. RESIDENT
3. AMAZE
4. REDUCE
5. ROB
6. EFFECT
7. CRIME
8. PRESENT
9. INVADE
10. EVIDENT

Close circuit television cameras are (0) increasingly becoming a fact of life in Britain. they can be seen in office (1) buildings, shopping centres, banks, (2) residential areas and even parks, and it ti estimated that the average Briton is filmed an (3) amazing 200 times a day. It is believed that CCTV leads to (4) reduction in certain types of crime, such as car theft, (5) robbery and street violence. Its supporters defend it as an (6)effective way of improving security in town centres, and of helping to bring (7) criminals to justice. Civil liberties groups, who object to the (8)presence of CCTV cameras, feel that they constitute a serious (9)invasion of privacy and say that there is little (10) evidence that they reduce offending.

Unit 9: Give & Get

01. Match each sentence beginning (number) with the appropriate ending (letter).

1. As soon as I gave up...G
2. The cooker was giving off...E
3. Suspected of giving away...B
4. He listened closely as they gave out...A
5. She said we had to give in...C
6. Street Aid is a charity which gives out...D
7. He says he can't give back...D

a. ...state secrets, he was arrested and held in jail.
b. ...the homework tomorrow morning.
c. ...smoking, I felt a lot better.
d. ...food to homeless people.
e. ...a strange smell, so I got someone to look at it.
f. ...the money I lent him until Friday.
g. ...the winning lottery numbers on the news.

02. Complete each sentence with a word from the list below.

List: (not all the words will be used)

LIFT
EXAMPLE
IDEA
IMPRESSION
CALL
PARTY
HAND
PERMISSION

1. Risk is a verb which takes the gerund. Can anyone give another EXAMPLE?
2. Dave gave me a PERMISSION to work on his new car this morning.
3. I can't move this table on my own. Can anyone give me a HAND?
4. The manager has given me PERMISSION to take two days off work.
5. He gave me the IMPRESSION that he was bored; he kept sighing during the lesson.
6. I won't be at home tomorrow, but you can give me a CALL on my cell.
7. Would you give me some IDEA of what time you'll be coming home?

03. Use each word (only once) to complete the sentences below.

List:

AWAY
BY
DOWN
OVER

1. It was such a sad, depressing film; it really got me DOWN.
2. We were all very sick last week with food poisoning. I'm ok, but my parents still haven't got OVER it.
3. I'm going to try to get AWAY for the weekend. I'll probably go to the beach.
4. I don't know they get BY; they're both unemployed and they've got 3 children.