Phrasal Verbs: What They Mean PDF

Phrasal verbs: what they mean The most common verbs Here are the most common verbs that form part of phrasal verbs: break bring call come cut get give go keep knock look...

Phrasal verbs: what they mean The most common verbs Here are the most common verbs that form part of phrasal verbs: break bring call come cut get give go keep knock look make pass pick pull put run set take turn Units 6-12 deal with a selection of these verbs which form a large number of useful, everyday phrasal verbs. Meanings m The basic meanings of the verbs in A refer to concrete actions (e.g. break means separate into pieces), but when they are part of phrasal verbs, they often have abstract meanings too. Sometimes the concrete meaning can help you guess the abstract meaning, for example, o you can look back to wave goodbye to someone as you leave in a car (concrete meaning - look behind you), or you can look back on your past life (abstract meaning - remember or.c recall). Y verb concrete meaning abstroc; meaning rs 1A I v 1 give I gave my essay in yesterday. [handed it I l Her parents finally gave in and let her go to the to the teacher] i party. [agreed to something they had refused before] r e I get She got on the bus. [entered] I Jim and Mary don't get on. [don't like each other and are not friendly to each other] tt -1 come Would you like co come round this I He was unconscious for three hours but evening? [come to my home] i I came round in hospital [became conscious again] a.Ur Synonyms of phrasal verbs M A phrasal verb can often be replaced by a single verb with more or less the same meaning. The single-verb synonyms are often, but not always, more formal (see Unit 5, section C). S phrasal verb $ingle-verb synonym 1 LT put off postpone n - - _ - » l l take off remove »1 l e turn up arrive IE s » < less formal more formal Let's put off the meeting until Friday. Let's postpone the meeting until Friday. i i Please take off your shoes when you enter VPlease remove your shoes when you enter -wl-I.s L the temple. I the temple. * I =; I i Everyone turned up on time for the meeting. Il Everyone arrived on time for the meeting. 4 If you know a single-verb synonym of a phrasal verb. write it in your vocabulary notebook. and note whether or not the phrasal verb is more informal. 8 English Phrasal Verbs in Use IELTSMatters.com  Exercises 2.1 Complete these sentences using verbs from the list in A opposite. 1 The car b.................................. down on the way to the airport. 2 The heavy snow blocked the roads and c.................................. the farm off completely. 3 It took him a long time to g.............................. over his illness..... 4 lt isn't easy to learn German hut you must k.................................. on trying. 5 If you'd like a lift to the station tomorrow, l can p.................................. you up at 9 a.m. 6 This is a really stupid programme. Please t................................. the TV off.. 2.2 In which of the sentences in exercise 2.1 above could you put the particle in a different position? 2.3 Decide whether the phrasal verbs in these sentences are concrete or abstract in meaning, by writing C for concrete or A for abstract in the brackets. EXAMPLE He looked up (C) and saw a hot-air balloon in the sky. l I would never go against ( ) my parents' wishes.. 2 Shall I cut out ( ) this ad for the new CD player' We might want to buy one. 3 About five miles into our journey the engine cut out ( ) and we broke down ( ) completely. It was over an hour before the rescue service turned up ( ). 4 Do we need to dress up ( ) tonight or is it informal' S l shall never really appreciate what my grandparents went through ( ) during the war. 2.4 Replace the underlined verbs in these sentences with phrasal verbs made using the verbs and particles from the boxes below. If necessary, use the Mini dictionary at the end of this book. make chase brush leave fall up for out aside out 1 They just ignored my complaints; it made me v e r y angry. 2 I believed his story about having lost all his money. How stupid I was! 3 I couldn't understand what he was saying with all the noise. 4 Could you pursue janetls report' She promised it last week but I haven't seen it yet. 5 If you are phoning from outside the country, omit the first zero in the city code. 2.5 Use more formal equivalents from the box instead of the phrasal verbs in these sentences. Write the formal verbs in the correct form. decline issue organise cancel escape I The government have put out a statement condemning the recent protests. 2 The union accepted the new pay deal and called off the strike. 3 The number of people not owning a TV set nowadays has gone down dramatically. 4 There was a disturbance in Blackamoor Prison yesterday and three prisoners got away. 5 Could you see to lunch for our visitors' There will be four of them. English Phrasal Verbs in Use 9 Telegram:@IELTSMatters Instagram:@IELTS_Matters