1. If you ________ ________ a long airplane flight into two or three shorter flights, it isn't as boring.
2. My workroom was clean and neat, but my brother did some work and he ________ it ________.
3. It's going to be a surprise party, so don't ________ it ________.
4. The neighborhood council asked the police to ________ ________ their patrols in high crime neighborhoods.
5. I haven't talked to Sam in a long time. I think I'll _______ him _______ tonight.
6. The general expects his orders to be ________________ immediately.
7. In some countries, students always _______ _______ when they speak in class.
8. The huge iceberg ________ ________ when it drifted into warmer water.
9. Breaking my leg sure ________ my ski trip ________.
10. Janice didn't come to my house last night as she promised. She _____ me _____.
11. Timmy and his friend were fighting, and Timmy's mother ________ the fight ________.
12. These boxes are really heavy. Can you help me _____ them _____ of the house?
13. After the rally ended, the crowd quickly ________ ________ and went home.
14. I'm too busy to talk on the phone now. Can you ________ me ________ later?
15. Bob claimed to have an excellent education, but he was ________ ________ by his poor grammar.
16. Mark is very upset. His girlfriend just________________with him.
17. Jim told the Girl Scouts that he didn't want to buy any cookies, but as they walked away he changed his mind and ________ them ________.
18. Instead of charging for the software program, the company decided to ________ it ________ free.
EXERCISE 28b — Write three sentences using the objects in parentheses. Be sure to put the objects in the right place.
1. The White House beefed up. (security, it)
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2. The police are breaking up. (the protest, it)
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3. A trained technician ought to carry our. (the experiment, it)
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4. The foundation gave away. (the money, it)
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5. Susie always messes up. (the bathroom, it)
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6. Todd stood up. (Heather, her)
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EXERCISE 28c — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs and participle adjectives from this section. Make all the phrasal verbs passive.
1. Dr. Wood will do the test of the new drug. What will happen to the test?
2. The statue was smashed by thieves. What happened to the gold statue?
3. The children made the house dirty and disorganized. What happened to the house?
4. In Question 3, how would you describe the house?
5. Mike's friend promised to come to his house, but he didn't. What happened to Mike?
6. Karen called Sarah, but Sarah was at school. Sarah didn't call Karen later. What didn't happen to Karen?
7. A supermarket chain gave the food to charity and didn't receive any money for it. What happened to the food?
8. The palace is making security stronger. What is happening to security at the palace?
9. In Question 8, how would you describe the security now?
10. The personnel manager will call all the candidates for the job. What will happen to all the candidates for the job?
EXERCISE 28d, 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.
| back up, 11 | fix up, 15 | rip up, 17 | tear down, 8 |
| blow away, 15 | hand out, 10 | stick up, 14 | track down, 13 |
| cut off, 11 | hold up, 7 | take in, 7 | use up, 14 |
| drop off, 11 | lay off, 10 | take out, 11 | wake up, 11 |
1. The hard disk is ________ ________ by the computer operator every day.
2. The old buildings are being ________ ________ to make room for a new office building.
3. The isn't any paper in the copier. Someone ________ it ________.
4. Last night I was ________ ________ by a loud noise.
5. I can't believe I was naive enough to be ________ ________ by him.
6. The library book I wanted had already been ________________.
7. Something amazing happened yesterday. You are going to be ________ _______ when I tell you about it.
8. After the old house had been ________ ________, it looked a lot better.
9. Many employees are really worried that they're going to be ________ ________.
10. I was talking to my brother on the phone when I was suddenly ______ ______.
11. My shirt was ________ ________ when I fell off my bicycle.
12. The entire building is ________ ________ by these four steel beams.
13. The pamphlets will be ________ ________ in train stations and airports.
14. The liquor store was________________again last night.
15. The film was________________at the photo lab.
16. The escaped prisoner was easily ________ ________ by the FBI agents.
29. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and might, may, and can
Possibility: may and might
Both may and might are used to express a medium level of possibility. When may and might are used to express possibility in the present or future, their meaning is the same, but may has a slightly more formal sound. Might is slightly more common in everyday American English:
Nancy might drop in tonight. Nancy may drop in tonight.
The speaker believes that the possibility that Nancy will drop in and the possibility that she will not drop in are approximately equal.
Requests: may and might
Both may and might are used to make requests. May has a formal sound, and is less common than might. Can is the most common in American English:
most common: Can I drop in tonight? formal: May I drop in tonight? very rare: Might I drop in tonight?
Permission: may and can
May and can are also used to give permission. In this case, may is much more formal and is much less common than can. Might is not used for this purpose:
You can drop in after dinner. You may drop in after dinner.
| Infinitive | ||||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past^tidple | |
| ask for | ||||
| ask for & asks for | asking for | asked for | asked for |
1. ask... for p.v. When you ask for something, you tell someone that you want it.
We asked the waiter for some more coffee.
My wife might ask for more vacation time instead of a raise.
2. ask for p.v. When you say that people are asking for something or asking for it, you mean that they are doing or saying something that is likely to result in punishment or a negative consequence.
I'm warning you — if you keep doing that, you're asking for trouble.
You're asking for it! Don't say that again.
| Infinitive | |||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle |
| come apart | |||
| come apart & comes apart | coming apart | came apart | come apart |
1. come apart p.v. When something comes apart, the parts separate because it is old or in bad condition or because the parts were not strongly connected to each other.
This toy airplane is such a piece of junk that it came apart in my hand.
Be careful with this old book. It's coming apart.
