1. The electric company stopped my electricity because I didn't pay my bill. What did they do to the electricity?
2. I bought some fried chicken, and I took it to my house. What kind of food did I buy?
3. Exercising is good for your health. What is good for your health?
4. The long-distance company offered to let me use their service free for thirty days, and I'm going to try it. What am I going to do to the long-distance company's service?
5. In Question 4, what is the long-distance company letting me do?
6. During the flood, a lot of people couldn't leave their houses because of the water. What did the water do to them?
7. In Question 6, how would you describe these people?
8. You're making an extra copy of your work just in case. What are you doing?
9. In Question 8, what would you call the extra copy of your work that you're making?
10. The newspaper reporter is getting more information about something interesting that someone told her on the phone. What is the reporter doing?
H. My exercise routine is very difficult. What is difficult?
12. The prosecutor proved his accusation with some photographs. What did the prosecutor do with the photographs?
13. Jane wants to show the basketball coach that she would be a good member of the basketball team. What does Jane want to do?
14. I have a second alarm clock in case the first doesn't wake me up. What does my second alarm clock do to my first?
15. In Question 14, what would you call my second alarm clock?
16. Nicole takes her friend to the train station every morning. What does Nicole do to her friend?
17. I have an appointment with my doctor next month so that he can see if my surgery was successful. What would you call my appointment next month?
18. Maria's plan isn't happening the way she expected. What isn't Maria's plan doing?
19. Bill went with Judy to dinner and a movie and he paid for everything. What did Bill do?
20. Two hundred guests at $45 each calculates to $9,000. What does 200 guests at $45 each do?
21. I have never stopped sleeping at 3:30 in the morning before. What have I never done before?
EXERCISE 11 e, 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.
| come from, 1 | give back, 1 | hand out, 10 | look for, 1 |
| fall off, 10 | go ahead, 10 | hear about, 2 | screw out of, 3 |
| feel up to, 3 | go along with, 3 | kick back, 10 | screw up, 10 |
| fill in, 10 | grow up, 10 | lay off, 10 | stay off, 2 |
1. If the company doesn't ________ ________ 20 percent of its employees, it's going to go out of business.
2. Blankets and boxes of food were ________ ________ to the flood victims.
3. I ________ ________ in Germany because my father was in the Army there.
4. Kathy didn't close her car window last night, and it rained. She really ________ ________.
5. You ________ ________; I'll catch up with you later.
6. The percentage of people who smoke ________________ after smoking was linked with lung cancer and heart disease.
7. What can I do to get my black cat to ________ ________ my white couch?
8. I've been _______ _______ an apartment that allows dogs, but I can't find one.
9. He's________________New York and will be here in two hours.
10. I was so stuffed from that huge dinner my mother cooked that I didn't ________ _______________ playing tennis afterward.
11. Their lawyer tried to ________ them ________ ________ $ 120,000.
12. I don't feel like going anywhere tonight. Let's just ________ ________ and take it easy.
13. I'm sorry I can't agree with you, Joe, but I have to ________ ________ _______ Linda on this decision.
14. Here's my flashlight. Make sure you ________ it ________ when you're finished using it.
15. I didn't get 100 on the test because I forgot to ______ ______ one of the blanks.
16. This restaurant is wonderful. I'm surprised I haven't____________ it before.
12. FOCUS ON: past perfect phrasal verbs
The past perfect is used to say that one thing in the past happened before another thing in the past:
Mike said the wedding had fallen through.
past earlier in the past
When I got to work, Mr. Toy for had already signed in.
past earlier in the past
The past perfect is formed with had and the past participle of the verb:
present: He wakes up.
past: He woke up.
past perfect: He had woken up.
| Infinitive | ||||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle | |
| back off | ||||
| back off & backs off | backing off | backed off | backed off |
1. back off p.v. When you move away from danger or a person you are arguing or fighting with in order to avoid injury or a more serious fight or argument, you back off. When you tell people to back off, you are warning them that you are becoming angry and that a fight or argument is likely.
I'm warning you! You'd better back off.
Tom backed off when he saw that Jake had a gun.
| Infinitive | |||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle |
| come across | |||
| come across & comes across | coming across | came across | come across |
1. come across p.v. When people cross from one side of a space or distance to where you are, they come across.
As soon as Nicole saw me, she came across the room and gave me a big hug.
By 1910, millions of immigrants had come across the ocean to America.
2. come across p.v. When you come across people or things, you see or find them without planning or expecting to. Run across is similar to come across.
/ asked the antique dealer if she had ever come across a Windsor chair.
On the trail, we came across some hikers from Australia.
3. come across p.v. When something you say or do comes across a certain way, your attitude or feelings are perceived in this way by other people.
/ was just joking, but I don't think it came across that way.
His American humor didn't come across well in Britain.
| come up | ||||
| come up & comes up | coming up | came up | come up |
1. come up (to) p.v. When people move toward you to a higher level or position, or from the south to the north, they come up. Come down is the opposite of come up.
Why don't you come up and see me some time?
My cousin from San Antonio came up to Detroit last week.
2. come up p.v. When you move to a higher social or professional position, you come up.
/ saw Dan driving a Mercedes. He's really coming up in the world.
The major didn't go to the military academy. He came up through the ranks.
3. come up p.v. When a new topic is introduced into a conversation, it comes up.
/ don't agree with Jim about anything, so if politics comes up, I just leave the room.
We were discussing possible candidates to manage the new office, and your name came up.
4. come up p.v. When something unexpected happens that requires further attention, it comes up.
I'm sorry I can't go to your party; something important has come up.
Until this situation came up, we were having a nice, relaxing weekend.
5. come up p.v. [always continuous] When something is coming up, it will happen soon.
Mother's Day is coming up, so I need to buy my mother a gift soon.
The TV announcer told the audience what was coming up after the commercial.
| Infinitive | |||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle |
| fall through | |||
| fall through & falls through | falling through | fell through | fallen through |
1. fall through p.v. When people or things drop through an opening from one side to the other side, they fall through.
The roofer had fallen through a hole in the roof.
My Uncle Fred was ice fishing when he fell through a hole in the ice and was never seen again.
2. fall through p.v. When a plan, an arrangement, or a business deal does not happen or is canceled because of a problem or because someone does not do what is expected, it falls through.
The family reunion fell through after Dad got sick.
Our house is back on the market. The deal fell through because the buyers couldn't get a loan.
| put out | ||||
| put up & puts up | putting up | put up | put up |
1. put... up p.v. When you move something to a higher level, you put it up.
Put these knives up where the baby can't reach them.
He aimed the gun at me and said, "Put your hands up or I'll shoot."
2. put... up p.v. When you attach something, such as a picture or a sign, to a wall, you put it up.
The teacher had put some posters up in her new classroom.
Our real estate agent is putting up a "for sale" sign.
3. put... up p.v. When you build or install something, such as a building, shelf, fence, or wall, you put it up.
We need to put up a fence to keep the rabbits out of our garden.
I talked to a carpenter about putting up some shelves in the family room.
4. put... up p.v. When you erect or assemble something that is collapsed, folded, or in several pieces, you put it up.
The circus put up their tent outside of town.
The Native Americans stopped by the river and put up their teepees.
5. put up p.v. When you contribute money to pay for or help pay for something, you put up the money.
14. The charity was asked to ________ ________ $2 million toward the purchase of new medica! equipment.
15. Someone had ________ the lid ________ so tightly that I couldn't get it off.
16. My house was destroyed by a tornado. Can you ______ me _____ for a few days?
17. I was upstairs working when my wife ________ ________ to ask me what I wanted for lunch.
18. The applicant's criticism of his previous employer didn't ________ ________ well with the interviewer.
19. I bought a plastic Christmas tree that's really easy to ________ ________.
20. Nancy ________ _______ the Golden Gate Bridge every morning to go to work.
21. I didn't go to a fancy Ivy League college. I ________ ________ the hard way.
22. Can you ________ the window shade ________ so that we can get more light in here, please?
23. Susie's mother told her that Christmas was ________ ________, so she had better be a good girl.
