1. Linda's three-year-old daughter can't put her shoes on. What can't Linda's three-year-old daughter do?
2. Luis started to feel a little depressed. What did Luis do?
3. Marvin had a nice family and a good job, but he lost them because of drugs. What did Marvin do to his family and job?
4. After I take a break, I'm going to continue working immediately. What am I going to do?
5. Betty doesn't have the information I want, so she's going to call me when she does. What is Betty going to do?
6. The sewer drain became blocked by dead leaves. What happened to the sewer drain?
7. In Question 6, how would you describe the sewer drain after it became blocked?
8. Ned has never arrived at his office after 9:30. What has Ned never done?
9. You continued with your work. What did you do?
10. When the temperature inside the turkey reaches 190 degrees, take it out of the oven. When should the turkey be taken out of the oven?
11. Bill said that he couldn't wait any longer. What did Bill say?
12. My taxes are due in three days, so I've got to do them tonight. What have I got to do?
13. Sam's birth certificate must have been accidentally put in the trash. What must have happened to Sam's birth certificate?
14. Dan showed me how to mount a horse. What did Dan show me?
15. Their marriage began well, but things got worse. What did their marriage do?
16. My brother told me that I shouldn't let it bother me. What did my brother tell me?
17. Alex was allowed to pet a baby tiger at the zoo. What happened to Alex?
18. The mountain climber held the rope tightly. What did the mountain climber do?
19. Mike went to the diving board and stood on it. What did Mike do?
20. The bus driver stepped out of the bus to check the tires, and then he entered the bus again immediately. What did the bus driver do after he checked the tires?
21. It's been only fifteen minutes since Heather left. She could not have arrived at the airport already. What couldn't Heather have done already?
22. The salesperson always begins his presentation by introducing himself. What does the salesperson always do?
23. Having an MBA should help you to progress in your career. What should an MBA do?
EXERCISE 49c — Write five original sentences using get to and get back to. Try to use right and back in some of the sentences.
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4. __________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 49d, 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.
| close down, 48 | get over, 42 | look down on, 48 | switch on, 48 |
| come in l into, 47 | knock out, 48 | look up to, 48 | throw out, 48 |
| cut back, 47 | know about, 33 | put back, 48 | trick into, 35 |
| get off on, 40 | let in l into, 41 | switch off, 48 | turn down, 45 |
1. The company has decided to save money by ________ ________ on advertising.
2. Look at the arrival monitor to see if his plane has ________ ________ yet.
3. That sneaky car salesperson ____ me ____ paying for a lot of options I didn't want.
4. Those shoes are so ugly. Why don't you just ________ them ________?
5. Anyone who has done as much good for other people as he has deserves to be ________ ________.
6. Charles used to ________ ________ ________ me because he went to college and I didn't.
7. What do you ________ ________ changing the meeting from Tuesday to Wednesday? No one has said anything to me about it.
8. The opening of the new factory had to be ________ ________ because some equipment hadn't been delivered.
9. Janice loves to cook, and she especially ________ ________ ________ baking fancy pastries.
10. The antigovernment newspaper was ________ ________ by the dictator.
11. Rio de Janeiro is so beautiful. It ________ me ________ when I saw it.
12. Jim asked Lydia to marry him, but she ________ him ________.
13. That chimney is ________ a lot of cold air ________.
14. Most people ________ ________ a cold in four or five days.
15. If it gets too cold in here,________ ________the air conditioner.
16. Could you ________ the lights ________ please, it's getting dark.
50. FOCUS ON: Keep at it!
I hope the time and effort you've put into finding out more about phrasal verbs has paid off. If you've knocked yourself out, stuck with it, and not fallen behind or gotten mixed up or burned out, a great improvement in your ability to understand and use English has come about — you've ended up being better able to figure out what you read and hear and better able to come up with the right word when you write or speak. But don't get stressed out and give up if you can't remember every meaning of every verb — improving your vocabulary takes time. It comes down to regularly brushing up on what you have learned and, when you come across a word you don't know, looking it up in a dictionary. Keep at it!
| Infinitive | ||||
| present tense | -ing form | past tense | past participle | |
| ask out | ask out & asks out | asking out | asked out | asked out |
1. ask... out p.v. When you ask people out, you ask them to go with you to a place of entertainment in order to have fun and spend time together.
Being asked out by Tom was quite a surprise to Judy.
The Bakers called and asked the Ortegas out.
