1. The construction business always improves in the spring. What does the construction business always do?
2. Pirates might take control of the ship. What might happen to the ship?
3. In Question 2, if pirates took control of the ship, what would this action be called?
4. There was a misunderstanding at work, but Nicole explained everything to the people involved, and now they understand. What did she do?
5. In Question 4, how would you describe the misunderstanding now?
6. Frank was supposed to go to the factory so he could give Ned a ride home. What was supposed to happen to Ned?
7. All the people in the town will be killed when the enemy captures it. What will happen to all the people in the town?
8. Someone ought to draw a line through Karen's name on the list. What ought to be done to Karen's name?
9. In Question 8, how would you describe Karen's name after someone draws a line through it?
10. Sarah went to the store to buy a CD, but they had all been sold. What did the store do?
11. In Question 10, how would you describe the CDs?
12. Tom tried to buy a ticket for the concert, but all the tickets had been sold. Why couldn't Tom buy a ticket for the concert?
13. You cut some bacon into very small pieces before you put it on your salad. What was done to the bacon?
14. The laundry closes at 6:00, so Jane has to go there before 6:00 to get her dress. What has to be done to the dress?
15. The copilot flew the plane so that the pilot could eat dinner. What did the copilot do?
16. Todd often asks me to stop at the store and buy a newspaper. What does Todd often ask me to do?
17. I'll tell Susie not to make the water in the bathtub rise all the way to the top. What will I tell Susie?
18. I stopped writing my book at page 94 and later started writing again on page 95. What did I do?
EXERCISE 39d, 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.
| bite off, 27 | come out, 32 | leave out, 32 | pull over, 19 |
| blow up, 33 | cut down, 23 | look over, 21 | settle down, 21 |
| break off, 27 | hand over, 19 | make up, 23 | slow down, 24 |
| bring back, 19 | knock off, 27 | pick on, 21 | wear down, 17 |
1. David's mother told him she'd like some grandchildren, but he's having too much fun as a bachelor and isn't interested in ________________.
2. I didn't finish my work because I was training a new employee, and explaining everything really ________ me ________.
3. Bob's doctor told him he was doing too much weight lifting and that he should _______ ______.
4. The movie wasn't the same as the novel. Several characters were ______ ______.
5. When I caught my sixteen-year-old daughter smoking cigarettes, I really ________ ______.
6. I didn't say you could use my car. ________ ________ those keys right now!
7. There must be something wrong with my camera — none of the pictures I took ________ ______.
8. Can I borrow your food processor? I promise I'll _______ it _______ tomorrow.
9. We've been working since 7:00 a.m. Let's______________and finish tomorrow.
10. Everything on the menu looks delicious. I just can't _______ _______ my mind.
11. If you don't stop _________ _________ me, I'm going to tell Mommy.
12. I told Mark not to pet the lion, but he didn't listen, and his hand was ________ ______.
13. He realized he was lost, so he _________ his car _________ and looked at a map.
14. My son asked me for a motorcycle for his birthday, but I told him no, so he's trying to ________ me ________ by asking me again and again and again.
15. I gave my job application to the human resources director, and he said he'd ________ it ________ and give me a call.
16. Do you have any glue? One of the arms has _______ _______this ceramic doll.
40. FOCUS ON: gerund phrasal verbs vs. phrasal verbs followed by the -ing form
We have seen in previous sections that phrasal verbs are sometimes followed by the -ing form. We have also seen that transitive phrasal verbs sometimes take gerund objects. At a glance, there seems to be no difference between these two constructions:
Jim went away singing.
-ing form
Jim stuck with singing.
gerund
But because a gerund is a verb functioning as a noun, it can be replaced with an ordinary nongerund noun. However, this is not true of the -ing form:
Jim went away it. Jim stuck with it.
| Infinitive | ||||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle | |
| blow off | blow off & blows off | blowing off | blew off | blown off |
1. blow... off p.v. [informal] When you do not do something that you are supposed to do because you do not want to or because you do not think it is important, you blow it off.
l was supposed to report for jury duty Monday morning, but I blew it off.
Bob had a hangover, so he blew off helping Marsha fix her car.
