English Phrasal Verbs - Cambridge University Press

1 EnglishPhrasalVerbs70 units ofvocabularyreference andpracticeSelf-study andclassroom useMichael McCarthyFelicity O'DellPUBLISHED BY THE Press SYNDICATE OF THE University OF CAMBRIDGEThe Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge , United KingdomCAMBRIDGE University PRESSThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011 4211, USA477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, AustraliaRuiz de Alarc n 13, 28014 Madrid, SpainDock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Cambridge University Press 2004 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exceptionand to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,no reproduction of any part may take place withoutthe written permission of Cambridge University published 2004 Second printing 2004 Printed in Italy by G.

2 Canale & C. 10 [OD&I]A catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryISBN0 521 52727 9 paperbackAcknowledgements3 Using this book4 Learning about Phrasal verbs1 Phrasal Verbs : the basics2 Phrasal Verbs : what they mean3 Particles in Phrasal verbs4 Nouns and adjectives based on Phrasal verbs5 Metaphor and registerKey verbs6 Come7 Get8Go9 Look10 Make11 Put12 TakeKey particles13 Up14 Out15 Off16 On and in17 Down and over18 Around and about19 For and with20 Through and back21 Into and awayConcepts22 Time: spending time23 Time: passing of time24 Location25 Cause and effect26 Change27 Success and failure28 Starting and finishing29 Actions and movement30 Destroying and reacting to destruction31 CommunicationFunctions32 Describing people and places33 Describing public events34 Describing situations35 Giving and getting information36 Solving problemsEnglish Phrasal Verbs in Use1 Contents37 Decisions and plans38 Disagreeing39 Persuading40 Praising and criticising41 Exclamations and warningsWork, study and finance42 The classroom and learning43 Student life: courses and exams44 Student life: reading and writing45 Work.

3 Jobs and career46 Work: being busy47 Money: salaries, bills, payments48 Money: buying and selling49 Business50 TelephoningPersonal life51 Feelings52 Relationships53 Relationships: problems54 Secrets and conversations55 Stages through life56 Health57 Sport58 Homes and daily routines59 Socialising60 Food and drinkThe world around us61 Weather62 Travel63 Driving64 Technology65 Computers66 News67 Crime68 Power and authority69 American and Australian Phrasal verbs70 New Phrasal verbsKey 146 Mini dictionary 183 2 English Phrasal Verbs in UseWhat are Phrasal Verbs ? Phrasal Verbs are Verbs that consist of a verb and a are small words which you already know as prepositions or adverbs.

4 Here are some of the most common Phrasal verb particles:about (a)round at away back downfor in into off on out over through to upWhat do I need to know about Phrasal Verbs ?First you need to know the meaning of the whole Phrasal verb as a unit. The Mini dictionaryin this book will help you. For example, lookmeans to use your eyes and upmeans theopposite of down, but the Phrasal verb look upcan have several different meanings:Lookthe word upin the dictionary. [look up= search for information in a book/computer]I lllookyouupnext time I m in London. [look up= visit someone you have not seen for along time] Things are looking up.

5 [look up= improve]Next you need to know the grammar patterns of Phrasal Verbs , whether the verb takes anobject. The table shows the way the grammar patterns are shown in this book and in many dictionaries. Note that sthmeanssomething; Phrasal Verbs in UsePhrasal Verbs : the basicsAB1verbparticleexamplemeaninglooku pgetthroughmakeoutYou can look upany new words in tried to phone her but I couldn t get just can t makeJimoutat can find the meaning of any newwords in your tried to phone her but I couldn t get a just can t understand Jim s patterncommentexampleeat outbring backsthorbringsthbackask outsborasksboutlook aftersb/sthringsbbacklook aftersb/sthdrop offsb/sthordropsb/sthoffthe verb is used withoutan objectthe verb must have a non-human objectthe verb must have ahuman objectthe object can be eitherhuman or non-humanthe object must comebefore the particlethe object

6 Must comeafter the particlethe object can be beforeor after the particleWe were too tired to cook at home so we decided toeat out. [eat in a restaurant] Not:We decided to eat out a photograph brings back happy memories. [makesme remember or think about something from the past] Not:This photograph brings back my d love to askSallyout. [invite Sally to go to a placelike a cinema or a restaurant] Not: I d love to ask my dog lllook after the babywhile you re you look after my bikewhile I m away?I llringyoubacklater. [phone you again] Not: I ll ring back you look after the dogwhile I m away? Not: Can you look the dog after while I m away?

7 Idropped off the packageat her house. [delivered/left]Idropped the packageoffat her Phrasal Verbs in the twelve Phrasal Verbs in these I sent off the order last week but the goods haven t turned up yet. 2 I came across an interesting book in the library. I took down the title. Here it We asked some friends around to watch a film, but the video was playing up and iteventually broke I brought up this problem at the last meeting. It s really time to sort out the I wish he d stop messing us about! He s put the meeting off three times and now he wants to call it off the twelve Phrasal Verbs from sentences 1 5 in exercise above with their meaningsfrom the box which of these sentences contain errors.

8 Explain why they are wrong and suggest acorrect answer. Use the table in B to help That song you just sang brings back memories of my days at She looked the children after when their mother was in I promised to ring my brother back. He called earlier when I was We ate out a wonderful dinner last It was a beautiful summer evening so I asked the cat out for a Phrasal Verbs are followed by a particular preposition to make three-part to learn these prepositions with the Phrasal Verbs . Look at these examples of three-partverbs, then complete the sentences below with a preposition from the box. Use a dictionary or the Mini dictionary at the back of this book if mlooking forwardtothe s been going out withhim for six months She seems to look who are less intelligent than her.

9 2 The school decided to do language lab as no-one was using came serious problem when I tried to save my work onto a How can some students get no work and yet pass the exams?5 Her son is so horrible. I don t know how she puts inconveniencedeal withstop workingfindinvite homearrivepostcancelwritepostponenot work properlymentionThat s not what I meantwhen I said, Can you drop me off at the beach, please !