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.