EXERCISE 21 b — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. Dan ought to look at the car very carefully before he decides whether to buy it. What should Dan do?

2. You went to a big bookstore and walked around so that you could see what books they have. What did you do in the bookstore?

3. Our neighbors were arguing all evening, but they stopped arguing and got quieter at around 1:00 a.m. What did our neighbors do around 1:00 a.m.?

4. It's freezing outside, so you ought to close the zipper on your jacket. What should you do to your jacket?

5. In Question 4, how would you describe the jacket after it is closed?

6. At the meeting, the boss asked Betty some difficult questions, and Betty wasn't ready with the answers. What didn't Betty do?

7. Frank unfairly criticizes his son. What does Frank do to his son?

8. Mark had a bad day at work, and when he came home he yelled at his wife. What did Mark do to his wife?

9. When Mike was dancing with Heather, he put his foot on her foot. What did Mike do to Heather's foot?

EXERCISE 21 c, Review — Rewrite the underlined words in the sentences using these phrasal verbs from previous sections and should or ought to. Remember that ought to is not usually used in negative sentences.

break through, 18	cool off, 19	hold up, 7
burn out, 8	fall off, 10	pull through, 2
come over, 17	get off, 18	warm up, 19
come through, 15	get through, 16	wind up, 14
come up, 12	go for, 16

 

Example: If they go to that restaurant, they will veryprobablyexpecttopay $200.

If they go to that restaurant, they should figure on paying $200.

or

If they go to that restaurant, they ought to figure on paying $200.

1. Business in this restaurant will very probably decrease in January.

2. They are veryprobably finishing the investigation.

3. These cheap shoes will very probably not stayingood condition more than three months.

4. Jim flies from Florida to Boston every year in April, and it's April now. Jim willveryprobablytravel to Boston soon.

5. It almost always gets cooler in October, and it's October 1st today, so it will very probably get cooler soon.

6. Paul's disease is not serious, so he will very probably be well again.

7. Francisco almost never works past 5:00, and it's 4:50 now. He will very probably stop working in a few minutes.

8. Lydia likes skiing a lot, so if you suggest that we go skiing next weekend, she will very probablylike the idea.

9. The enemy soldiers have been trying to smash a hole in the wall of the fort for two hours, and they will very probably smashahole in the wall soon.

10. Sally said she would come to my house at 5:30 and it's 5:40 now. She will very probably come to my house soon.

11. This work normally takes four hours to finish, so if you start at 9:00 you will very probably finish around 1:00.

12. The train almost always passes through town at 3:25, and it's 3:20 now, so the train will very probably pass through town in five minutes.

13. I put a lot of wood on the fire, so it very probably will not stop burning before morning.

14. The car heater is on maximum, so it will very probably get warm soon.

EXERCISE 21 d, 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.

bring back, 19	go around, 20	hand over, 19	pull over, 19
end up, 20	go back, 19	hang around,20	ring up, 8
fall apart, 17	go off, 20	lie around, 20	start out, 20
get back at, 17	go on, 20	line up, 18	stay up, 20

 

1. After Mark's father died, Tom ________ ________ the office collecting money to buy some flowers for the funeral.

2. Who said you could use my camera? ________ it ________ right now!

3. The smoke alarm in our kitchen ________ ________ every time I fry chicken.

4. We've been driving for five hours straight. Let's ________ ________ and rest for a few minutes.

5. Our travel agent is trying to ________ ________ a hot air balloon to take us to the top of Mt. Everest.

6. Last night I ________ ________ late watching Casablanca on TV.

7. My old bicycle is in very bad condition. I ought to buy a new one before it completely

8. I'm mad at Sarah for telling my husband what happened at the office party. I'll ________ ________ ________ her someday.

9. I ________ ________ thinking it wouldn't cost more than $300 to fix my car, but I've already spent more than $700.

10. Jimmy didn't used to get in trouble until he started to _______ ________ with Jake.

11. If you don't quit smoking and lose some weight, you're going to ________ ________ dying before you're fifty.

12. Visiting my old high school last week______________a lot of great memories.

13. Are you going to do anything today or just ________ ________ watching TV?

14. I'm sorry I interrupted your story. Please ________ ________.

15. The cashier ________ ________ my stuff and said, "That comes to $47.21."

16. Alfonso left his credit card at the restaurant, so he had to ______ ______ to get it.

22. FOCUS ON: the particle up and the adverbs right and all

The particle up is used in many phrasal verbs, and one of its uses is to say that something has been done thoroughly or completely:

The building burned. (The building was damaged but not destroyed.)

The building burned up. (The building was completely destroyed.)

Right, discussed in Section 19, is often used in phrasal verbs with up to indicate that the action of the verb not only happened thoroughly and completely but also quickly:

They ate it up. (They ate all the food.)

They ate it right up. (They ate all the food, and they ate it quickly.)

Remember that right can be used in this way only after an object that is separat­ing the verb and particle:

They ate the pizza right up.

They ate right up the pizza.

Even though up indicates that the action of the verb is thorough and complete, all is sometimes used for further emphasis with participle adjectives derived from phrasal verbs with up:

My taxes are all paid up.

The drain is all plugged up.

 

 

Infinitive
	present tense	-ing form	past tense	past participle
burn up
	burn up & burns up	burning up	burned up	burned up

 

1. burn up p.v. When something is completely destroyed by heat or fire, it burns up.

The meteor burned up in the atmosphere.

The rocket's fuel will burn up after only forty seconds.

2. burn... up p.v. When people or things destroy something with heat or fire, they burn it up.

There's no more coal. We burned it all up.

Jet engines burn up fuel at a tremendous rate.

burned up part.adj. After something is completely destroyed by heat or fire, it is burned up.

There isn't anymore firewood; it's all burned up.

The house is all burned up. There's no way it can be saved.

3. burned... up p.v. [informal] When something makes you very angry, it burns you up.

It really burns me up when other people take credit for my work.

I have to say something to Sally about what she did. It's burning me up.

burned up part.adj. [informal] When you are very angry, you are burned up.

Jim was burned up when his boss criticized him during the meeting.

Relax — it's nothing to get all burned up about.