Stay up stay up & stays up staying up stayed up stayed up

1. stay up p.v. When something stays up, it remains in a place that is higher than ground level.

That shelf won't stay up if you put all those books on it.

The astronauts stayed up for 241 days.

2. stay up p.v. When you stay up, you go to bed later than you normally do.

Judy's tired because she stayed up until dawn studying for a chemistry test.

Don't stay up late — tomorrow's a school day.

EXERCISE 20a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. This is a dangerous neighborhood — so stay with me and don't _____ _____ by yourself.

2. Yesterday at work Leticia ________ ________ showing everyone her engagement ring.

3. Wedding ceremonies in some countries can ________ ________ for days.

4. The bomb will ________ ________ at exactly 6:00.

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5. Where are you going? Why don't you ________ ________ until Jim comes home and then we can order a pizza.

6. The driver took a wrong turn, and we _______ _______ in the middle of nowhere.

7. On Sundays my husband usually ________ ________ on the couch watching football games.

8. My lazy son ________ ________ the house all day not lifting a finger to help with anything.

9. She's going to ________ ________ at her new job working only part-time, but later she'll switch to full-time.

10. Buy lots of champagne for the party; you want to be sure there's enough to ________ ________.

11. Bill likes to go to bed early — he can't ________ ________ past 8:00 p.m.

12. Rosa wanted to study medicine in college, but she ________ ________ studying law instead.

13. The paleontologist was amazed to find dinosaur eggs just ________ ________ in the desert.

14. I can't believe you ______________town wearing those dirty clothes all day.

15. I'm sorry I missed the party. Did anything exciting ________________?

16. I'm nervous about the wedding. I hope it ________ ________ the way we planned it.

17. A rumor is ________ ________ the school about two of the teachers.

18. It's normal for the power to ________ ________ during a thunderstorm.

19. If that poster doesn't ________ ________ with tape, we'll have to use thumb tacks instead.

20. In the morning Dr. Smith usually__________the hospital visiting his patients.

21. Jim is usually a good boy, but when he ________ ________ with Jake he gets in trouble.

22. He was trying to ________ ________ a slow truck when he had the accident.

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23. I ________ ________ a diet two weeks ago, and so far I haven't lost an ounce.

24. In the past no one believed that the earth ________ ________ the sun.

25. If you're leaving, what are you waiting for? ________ ________, leave!

26. How can I make such an important decision with so little information? I need more to ________.

27. I'm surprised that the heat ________ ________ last night — it's only September.

28. Miguel's new race car is really fast. Yesterday he ________ ________ the track in record time.

29. After you cross the bridge, you'll see a gravel road that ________ ________ a lake and heads toward the mountains.

30. I don't want to retire. I'm going to ________ ________ working as long as I can.

EXERCISE 20b — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. You're going to spend the day on the sofa watching TV. What are you going to do all day?

2. Lydia walked to various places in her new house making decorating plans. What did Lydia do in her new house?

3. The letter was supposed to go to Austria, but it finally arrived in Australia. What happened to the letter?

4. The electricity stops working everyday at 2:00. What does the electricity do?

5. Joe called and asked what was happening. What did Joe ask?

6. Bob goes to every office at work telling awful jokes. What does Bob do at work?

7. Janice didn't go to bed all night. What did Janice do?

8. Dan stays in his house all day. He doesn't go anywhere or do anything. What does Dan do all day?

9. You were late to work because your alarm clock didn't ring this morning. What didn't your alarm clock do this morning?

10. Jerry went to many places wearing a Hawaiian shirt. What did Jerry do?

11. When it gets dark the street lights begin to operate automatically. What do the lights do?

12. I bought only twenty-five hot dogs for the party, but thirty people showed up, so some people didn't get a hot dog. Why didn't some people get a hot dog?

13. There are a lot of potholes in the street, and I have to avoid them while I'm driving. What do I have to do while I'm driving?

14. I couldn't decide between the red car and the blue car, but I finally decided on the red car. What did I finally do?

15. Mr. Watson is the brains of this company. If he left we couldn't continue. What couldn't we do without Mr. Watson?

16. Jane began the project thinking it would take only a few weeks. What did Jane do?

EXERCISE 20c — Write original sentences using these phrasal verbs from this section and previous sections followed by the -ing form. The first number after the verb is the section; the second number is the meaning. It is only that mean­ing that can be followed by the -ing form. Try to make some of the sentences similar to those in the FOCUS section.

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10. _______________________________________________________

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EXERCISE 20d, Review — Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs from previous sections. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.

1. My teacher made a mistake when he corrected my test and ________ me________ ________ ten points.

2. You'd better wear a jacket — it has ________ ________ outside.

3. Her letter made me so mad that I ________ it ________.

4. You don't need to rake the leaves; the wind will ________ them ________.

5. We knew we didn't have any hope of winning the battle, so we _______ _______.

6. You can't run ten miles on the first day of your exercise program. You have to ________ ________ to it.

7. Michael didn't see the red light and hit a gasoline truck. He ________ ________ his mistake with his life.

8. Sam asked me if I knew someone named Francisco, and I said I had never ________ ________ him.

9. My family has been in Massachusetts since the seventeenth century. They ________ ________ on the Mayflower.

10. Our trip to Miami was_______ _________ because of the hurricane.

11. I'm going to ________ the dentist ________ getting my teeth whitened.

12. Do you know how to _______ _________ getting a passport?

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13. This rug is wet; let's take it outside to ________ ________ in the sun.

14. The new restrictions on cigarette advertising are ________ ________ reducing the level of teenage smoking.

15. They ________ ________ of prison by tunneling under the prison wall.

16. We don't have enough plates for the party, so I called Maria and asked her to ________ some ________.