10. Thanks for helping me move my piano. I'm sorry to ________ you ________.
11. We got a fixed-rate mortgage so we could ________ ________ a low rate,
12. The workers were ________ ________ by management during a labor dispute.
13. I totally ________ ________ and forgot about the cake in the oven,
14. Sally and her brothers had a big argument, but they got everything _____ _____.
15. As I was falling, I ________ my arm ________ to protect my head.
16. Wreckage from the crashed airplane ________ ________ on the coast.
17. Jim ________ bowls of peanuts ________ for his guests.
18. The band hasn't ________ ________ a CD in three years.
EXERCISE 30b — Write three sentences using the objects in parentheses. Be sure to put the objects in the right place.
1. He locked in. (the crazy guy, him)
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2. Jim Iocked out. (his wife, her)
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3. Did you punch in? (Rosa, her)
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4. Would you punch out7 (Linda and Erik,them)
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5. They couldn't put out. (the fire, it)
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6. The bright lights spaced out. (Janice, her)
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EXERCISE 30c — Complete the sentences with participle adjectives from this section.
1. Mark isn't working; he's taking a break. He must be ________ ________.
2. You can't leave the building because you're ________ ________.
3. The clothes were all mixed together, but now they're ________ ________.
4. I forgot my key, and I can't get in my office. I'm ________ ________.
5. We had a big misunderstanding, but it's all ________________ now.
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6. Joe went to the store, but when he got there, he couldn't remember what he wanted. He was ________ ________.
7. Nancy invited her father-in-law for dinner, and after dinner he told Nancy that his other daughter-in-law was a better cook. Nancy was really ________ ________.
8. The manager asked, "If you're________________, why aren't you working?"
EXERCISE 30d — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs and participle adjectives from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.
1. There was a fire in the wastebasket, so I got some water to extinguish it. What did I do?
2. I don't want the children in here while I'm working, so I'm going to push the button on the doorknob to lock the door. What am I going to do to the children?
3. In Question 2, how would you describe the children after I lock the door?
4. David forgot what he was going to say. What did David do?
5. In Question 4, how would you describe David when he forgot what he was going to say?
6. Sally told me to use soap and water to get my hands clean before I handle food. What did Sally tell me to do?
7. The newspaper is published only once a week. What is done to the newspaper only once a week?
8. Lydia put Jim's time card in the time clock when Jim was late for work. What did Lydia do for Jim?
9. In Question 8, how would you describe Jim after Lydia put his time card in the time clock?
10. Your books are all mixed together and you ought to separate them into different groups. What should you do to your books?
11. In Question 10, how would you describe your books after you separate them into different groups?
12. I made the thief stay until the police came by putting him in the closet and using a key to prevent him from leaving the closet. What did I do to the thief?
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13. In Question 12, how would you describe the thief after I used the key to prevent him from leaving the closet?
14. It really annoyed Erik when Jane told him that he needed to lose weight. How was Erik affected by Jane's remark?
15. In Question 14, how would you describe Erik after Jane told him he needed to lose weight?
16. The employees can't put their time cards in the time clock and go home before 4:30. What can't the employees do?
17. In Question 16, after the employees put their time cards in the time clock, how would you describe them?
18. Jane didn't try very hard to make her brother and his family comfortable when they stayed with her. What didn't Jane do?
EXERCISE 30e, Review — Complete the sentences with these participle adjectives from previous sections. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.
beefed up, 28 | lit up, 13 | shut off, 26 | worn off, 27 |
broken off, 27 | made out, 29 | torn off, 27 |
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closed off, 13 | made-up, 23 | washed off, 27 |
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dried off, 27 | messed up, 28 | wiped off, 27 |
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1. The children baked cookies this morning, and they left the kitchen all______ ________.
2. The ________ ________ security force can handle any terrorist attack.
3. Charles didn't pay his bill, and now his electricity is ________ ________.
4. I can't read the sign because the paint is all ________ ________.
5. There aren't any tags on this mattress. They're all ________ ________.
6. Those apples aren't ________ ________, so don't eat them.
7. You can't drive down that street; it's ________ ________.
8. This check isn't blank; it's ________ ________.
9. The Christmas tree isn't ________ ________ now, but when it is it'll be beautiful.
10. I put the coffee cup with the ________ ___ handle downstairs. I'm going to fix it later.
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11. The kitchen counter isn't________ ________, so don't put those papers on it — they might get grease on them.
12. That was quite a rain we just had. I don't think I'll drive to work until the roads have ___________.
13. I didn't believe a word he said. It was just a lot of ___________ nonsense.
EXERCISE 30f, 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.
ask for, 29 | fill out, 14 | make out, 29 | wipe off, 27 |
butt in,14 | have on, 25 | open up, 26 | work out, 11 |
carry out, 28 | head into, 17 | stand up, 28 |
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drop in, 29 | hurry up, 25 | trade in, 24 |
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drop out, 23 | knock over, 25 | wash off, 27 |
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1. ________ ________ of school was the dumbest thing I ever did.
2. The loan application was rejected because it hadn't been _______ _________ properly.
3. I'm going to ask the car dealer how much I can ________ my car ________ for.
4. My feet are killing me. I've been ________________ all day.
5. Did you see what Sally was wearing yesterday? She ________ a green dress and purple shoes ________.
6. Mike ________ the bartender ________ a gin martini, but she made a vodka martini instead.
7. We'll have to ________ ________ if we're going to get to the theater before the movie starts.
8. Don't leave that glass there — the baby might ________ it ________.
9. Dad's hardware store went out of business after a huge discount store ________ ________ across the street.
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10. You won't be able to ________ that paint ________ with water; you'll have to use turpentine.
11. It was raining, so I had to ________ the water ________ my glasses after I came inside.
12. Sergeant Jones has always ________ ________ his orders without fail.
13. If you're ever in my neighborhood,______________; you're always welcome.
14. Things aren't ______ ______ at my new job, and I think I'm going to quit soon.
15. Judy left her home in the suburbs and ________ ________ the city.
16. When I met Jim I was surprised at how nice he was. Everyone always ________ him ________ to be a real jerk.
17. I would have been next, but then some jerk _______ _______ line.
31. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and gerund subjects
As we saw in Section 16, gerunds — verbs in the -'ing form that function as nouns — can serve as the objects of many phrasal verbs. But gerunds can also serve as the subject of a sentence:
Eating meat everyday was something we did without.
gerund
Voting was immediately done away with by the dictatorship. gerund
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1. care for p.v. When you care for children or people who are old or sick, you provide them with the food or medicine they need or you do things to help them. When you care for machines or buildings, you keep them in good condition.
The nurses have to care for several very sick patients.
John has been caring for his eighty-three-year-old mother since her stroke.
2. care for p.v. When you care for people or things, you like them.
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Jane doesn't care for coffee; she prefers tea.
I asked Sally to go to the dance, but she said that dancing is not something she cares for.
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cut out | cut out & cuts out | cutting out | cut out | cutout |
1. cut... out (of) p.v. When you cut something out or cut something out of a piece of paper, cloth, or other material, you use scissors or a knife to remove part of it.
The bank robber had a pillowIcase over his head with two holes cut out.
I cut an interesting story out of the newspaper to show to my father.
cutout n. Something that has been cut out of a piece of paper, cloth, or other material is a cutout.
Timmy made some cardboard cutouts shaped like animals.
2. cut... out p.v. When you cut out part of a film, television program, book, magazine, and so on, you remove that part.
The movie was too long, so the director cut a couple of scenes out. Before the book was published, the parts that were critical of the king had to be cut out of Chapter 4.
3. cut... out p.v. When you cut out something that you consume, you stop using it. When you cut out doing something, you stop doing it. When you say "Cut it out" to people, you want them to stop doing or saying something.
Smoking is the first thing you've got to cut out if you want to improve your health.
If you want to lose weight, you'll have to cut cookies and ice cream out.
It bothers me when you do that, so cut it out!
4. cut out p.v. When a motor suddenly stops working, it cuts out.
I was driving when the motor suddenly cut out.
This plane has only one engine, so if it cuts out, we're in big trouble.
- The ultimate phrasal verb book
- 28. Passive Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 210
- 30. Participle Adjectives Formed from Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 223
- Come from
- 2. Focus on: phrasal verbs and do, does,anddid
- Fall for
- 4. Focus on: present and past continuous phrasal verbs
- 5. Focus on: pronunciation of two-word phrasal verbs
- 7. Focus on: separable phrasal verbs with long objects
- 8. Focus on: present perfect phrasal verbs
- 9. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 1
- 11. Focus on: phrasal verbs used in compound nouns
- Light up
- 14. Focus on: participle adjectives formed from phrasal verbs, 1
- Dress up dress up & dresses up dressing up dressed up dressed up
- Dry up & dries up drying up dried up dried up
- Put away
- Stick up
- 16. Focus on: phrasal verbs with gerund objects, 1
- Hold off hold off & holds off holding off held off held off
- Put past
- Intransitive phrasal verbs
- 18. Focus on: phrasal verbs and can, could, will, andwould
- Figure on
- Lift upon
- Line up
- Tell apart tell apart & tells apart telling apart told apart told apart
- 19. Focus on: phrasal verbs and the adverb right
- Bring over
- Cool off
- Hand over hand over & hands over handing over handed over handed over
- Pull over
- 20. Focus on: phrasal verbs followed by the -ingform
- Start out start out & starts out starting out started out started out
- Stay up stay up & stays up staying up stayed up stayed up
- 21. Focus on: phrasal verbs and shouldandought to
- Very probable: should and ought to
- Look over look over & looks over looking over looked over looked over
- Pick on
- Step on
- Take out on
- 22. Focus on: the particle upand the adverbsright andall
- Clear up
- Heat up
- Plug up
- Wipe up
- 23. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 2
- Cut down
- Get away
- Make up
- Watch out
- Exercise 23b — Complete the sentences with the correct second particles.
- Print out print out & prints out printing out printed out printed out
- Slow down
- Trade in trade in & trades in trading in traded in traded in
- 1. The doctor said I was cured, but he wants me to see him in a year for a __________.
- 25. Focus on: phrasal verbs and haveto,have got to,andmust
- Do with
- Have on have on & has on having on had on had on
- Knock over
- Lighten up
- Plan ahead
- Think up think up & thinks up thinking up thought up thought up
- 26. Focus on: phrasal verbs and the adverb back
- Open up open up & opens up opening up opened up opened up
- Put together put together & puts together putting together put together put together
- Shut off shut off & shuts off shutting off shut off shut off
- Start up
- 27. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle off and the adverbright
- Break off
- Tear off
- Wash off
- Wipe off
- Break up
- Call up
- Carry out carry out & carries out carrying out carried out carried out
- Mess up
- It looks like Timmy was the last one in the bathroom — it's really messed up.
- 29. Focus on: phrasal verbs and might,may, andcan
- Drop in
- Flip out
- Look out
- Luck out
- Run across run across & runs across running across ran across run across
- 30. Focus on: participle adjectives formed from phrasal verbs, 2
- Lock out
- Punch out & punches out punching out punched out punched out
- Put out & puts out putting out put out put out
- Wash up wash up & washes up washing up washed up washed up
- 10. Thanks for helping me move my piano. I'm sorry to ________ you ________.
- Do away with
- Look into look into & looks into looking into looked into looked into
- Plan on
- Put off & puts off putting off put off put off
- 32. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle out
- Come out come out & comes out coming out came out come out
- Fall out
- Stick out
- 33. Focus on: phrasal verbs and midsentence adverbs
- Catch on catch on & catches on catching on caught on caught on
- Fall behind
- Goof around
- Know about know about & knows about knowing about knew about known about
- Pull off pull off & pulls off pulling off pulled off pulled off
- Exercise 33b — Complete the sentences with the correct second particles.
- 34. Focus on: pronunciation of two-and three-word phrasal verbs, 2
- Lead up to
- Stand for
- Stick to stick to & sticks to sticking to stuck to stuck to
- Leave behind
- Live with
- Narrow down narrow down & narrows down narrowing down narrowed down narrowed down
- Trick into trick into & tricks into tricking into tricked into tricked into
- 36. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle down
- Fall down
- Go down
- Put down put down & puts down putting down put down put down
- 37. Focus on: phrasal verbs used as nouns, 3
- Hang out
- Leave over left over
- 38. Focus on: the verb keepand adverbs and adverbials showing degrees of variability
- Keep away
- Keep down
- Keep off keep off & keeps off keeping off kept off kept off
- Keep on keep on & keeps on keeping on kept on kept on
- Keep up
- 39. Focus on: passive phrasal verbs, 3
- Cross off
- Fill up
- Take over
- 40. Focus on: gerund phrasal verbs vs. Phrasal verbs followed by the -ing form
- Bring up & brings up bringing up brought up brought up
- Come back
- Go away
- Run around run around & runs around running around ran around run around
- 41. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs with the particle in that require into when used with an object
- Let in & lets in letting in let in let in
- Plug in
- Sneak out
- 43. Focus on: modals and present perfect phrasal verbs
- Gross out gross out & grosses out grossing out grossed out grossed out
- Head toward & heads toward heading toward headed toward headed toward
- Run up & runs up running up ran up run up
- Stop off
- 44. Focus on: participle adjectives and passive phrasal verbs with the verb get
- Stress out & stresses out stressing out stressed out stressed out
- 45. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the verb turn
- Turn in
- Turn off
- 46. Focus on: pronunciation of phrasal verbs with the particle into
- Bump into
- Freak out freak out & freaks out freaking out freaked out freaked out
- Make for make for & makes for making for made for made for
- Talk into
- Talk out of
- 47. Focus on: particles used without verbs
- Cut back
- Move out
- 48. Focus on: modals and present perfect passive phrasal verbs
- Knock out
- Look up to
- 1. Look up to p.V. When you look up to people, you admire and respect them.
- Put back
- Switch on & switches on switching on switched on switched on
- Throw out throw out & throws out throwing out threw out thrown out
- 49. Focus on: combinations of get, right, back, and to
- Get ahead
- Get back to
- Start off
- Come down to
- Deal with
- Pay back
- Take up on
- 1. Take... Up on p.V. When you take people up on an offer, you accept their offer.
- Wear out
- Index of Phrasal Verbs by Section