Amazingly Easy Phrasal Verbs!

231 Pages·2013·1.42 MB·English

by  Sandford

Amazingly Easy Phrasal Verbs!
by
George Sandford
Amazingly Easy Phrasal Verbs! © 2012 George Sandford
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For those of you who like to get straight down to business without the bla bla
bla, here's a sample chapter for you to see what it looks like and how it works.
Chapter 1 - Alan returns from holiday
^Table of contents
List of PVs
Run out of - to have no more of something
This morning, I wanted some toast but I’d run out of bread. So, I rushed
out of the house and got into the car. I turned the key but the car didn’t start
- I’d run out of petrol! I ran down the road to the shop but they’d run out
of sliced bread. I decided to buy some rolls instead. Then I realised I’d run
out of money. I’m always doing it and the shopkeeper has run out of
patience with me. I came home, looked at the clock and saw that I’d run
out of time for breakfast.
You can run out of food, most substances and materials, time, money, patience
and luck. What have you ever run out of?
Put off - postpone doing something
It’s my own fault - I’m always putting things off. I don’t like shopping so I
put off going to the shops. I hate filling up the car with petrol so I put off
going to the petrol station. I hate queuing so I put off going to the bank and
now I’ve got toothache because I’ve been putting off going to the dentist
for weeks.
You can put off doing most things - although it’s not a good habit! What things
do you put off?
Get back - to return
Although, I have got an excuse; I only got back last night. I’d been away
on holiday and the flight got back late and it was even later by the time I
got back to the house. I can tell you, I wasn’t exactly looking forward to
getting back to work.
You get back to a place or activity.
Hold up - delay
The problem is that there was a hold up with my flight coming back. First
of all, we were held up at the airport because of a storm and no flights
could take off. Then we were held up waiting for other flights to take off.
Finally, we were held up at the airport when we got back because the
baggage carousel was broken. It was just one hold up after another.
As you can see, hold up also exists as a noun. Apart from the meaning of delay,
it can also mean stopped by a robber. Joke: a man goes to town and comes back
two hours later. When he returns his wife says, ‘You’ve been a long time.’‘Yes,
sorry,’he says, ‘I was held up at the bank!’
Break down - stop working
Oh, I nearly forgot, on the way home the taxi broke down. Can you believe
my luck? Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait too long for the breakdown
recovery vehicle to arrive but I was still worried; I don’t have any luck with
mechanical things. Before I went on holiday my car, my computer and my
printer all broke down.
Has anything broken down on you lately?
Give in - to stop fighting, admit defeat
I used to get annoyed about it but now I just give in. With technology, I
can’t win so I might as well give in. It’s like when Terry asks me stupid
questions, like what’s the capital of Guatemala? ‘I don’t know,’I say, ‘I give
in.’
Do you give in or fight back?
Show off - to boast and display
Oh well, I don’t care. I can’t wait to get back to work and show off my tan
and the photos of the beautiful beach. There’s even a picture of me standing
next to a Ferrari. I pretended it was mine - just to show off!
You can also be a show off. What do you show off about? Nothing? I believe
you!
Now summarise Chapter 1
Alan _____________ of bread because he _____________ going to the shops.
He hadn’t been shopping because he ______________ late. The flight was late
because it was ___________. He was also late because his taxi
______________. He doesn’t have much luck with technology so he finds it’s
easier just to ____________. Anyway, he doesn’t care because he can
_____________ his tan.
Mini test

1. Can you believe that’s the third time this week the photocopier has
_____________?
2. What time do you think you’ll _____________ from the meeting?
3. Julie loves herself; she’s such a ______________.
4. I don’t know, I ____________.
5. I think I’ll ______________ visiting my sister until next week.
6. I hope you like your coffee black, I’ve ____________ of milk.
7. He’s probably been _____________ in the traffic.
jump to answers
Contents
Introduction
How to use this book
Chapter 1 - Alan returns from holiday
Chapter 2 - Alan goes to work
Chapter 3 - Alan arrives at work
Chapter 4 - Alan shows Demetrius the ropes
Chapter 5 - The meeting
Chapter 6 - Home again
Chapter 7 - An evening in
Chapter 8 - Things that go ‘bump’ in the night
Chapter 9 - Purrfect
Chapter 10 - Something unexpected
Chapter 11 - shock, horror!
Chapter 12 - Alan puts his foot in it
Chapter 13 - Ups and downs
Chapter 14 - Mixed feelings
Chapter 15 - Failure
Chapter 16 - A day in the forest
Chapter 17 - From bad to worse
Chapter 18 - Drastic measures