EXERCISE 27a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. Raquel ________ a piece of paper ________ and wrote her phone number on it.

2. After I washed the windows, I ______ them ______ with some old newspapers.

3. Jerry has to finish a lot of work before he goes home, so he probably won't ________ ________ until late.

4. It rained last night, so don't play outside until the grass ________ ________.

5. Be careful when you feed horses. They can _______ your finger right _______.

6. The doctor said the sedative would ________ ________ after four or five hours.

7. The shop owner was afraid to ________ the gang graffiti ________ his wall.

8. After Jake ________ ________ Hank, he was charged with murder.

9. During the storm, a tree branch ________ ________ and fell on the roof.

10. Youstwo kids have been arguing all day. ________ it ________ right now!

11. I can't use this old typewriter anymore. The painted letters have ________ ________ the keys.

12. The two sides couldn't agree on a solution, and the negotiations ________

13. I'll try to ________ ________ a few more pages of my book before I go to bed.

14. It was a long time before the shock of his brother's death ________ ________.

15. Don't put your glass of wine so close to the edge of the table. Someone might ______ it________.

EXERCISE 27b — Write three sentences using the objects in parentheses. Be sure to put the objects in the right place. Use right with questions 2 and 6.

1. Alex has bitten off. (the head of the gingerbread man, it)

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2. The movers broke off. (the cup handle, it)

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3. Please dry off. (the dishes, them)

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4. Don't knock off. (the ash tray, it)

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5. Can I tear off? (these mattress tags, them)

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6. The janitor washed off. (the blood, it)

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7. She didn't wipe off. (the milk, it)

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EXERCISE 27c — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs and participle adjectives from this section. Try to use right with some of the answers. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. I used water to remove the mud from my car. What did I do to my car?

2. Timmy forcibly removed the propellers of my model airplane. What did Timmy do to my model airplane's propellers?

3. In Question 2, how would you describe the model airplane's propellers?

4. You put your arm in the water, and the shark removed it with its teeth immediately. What did the shark do to your arm?

5. You could see that the ring wasn't solid gold because the brass under the gold was visible. What happened to the gold?

6. In Question 5, how would you describe the gold?

7. I accidentally hit the lamp with my arm, and it fell to the floor. What did I do to the lamp?

8. You used a paper towel to remove the glass cleaner from the mirror. What did you do to the mirror?

9. In Question 8, how would you describe the mirror after you removed the glass cleaner?

10. You have to remove the water from the table before you paint it. What do you have to do to the table before you paint it?

11. In Question 10, how would you describe the table after the water is removed?

12. You removed the gift wrapping paper from the gift. What did you do to the gift wrapping paper?

13. In Question 12, after using force to remove the gift wrapping paper, how would you describe the wrapping paper?

EXERCISE 27d, 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.

1. If I don't come up with $230 by Friday, they're going to ________ ________ my electricity.

2. The guy from the collection agency demanded that Miguel ________ ________ immediately.

3. It rained for forty days and forty nights before it ________ ________.

4. If you had ________________,you would have everything you need now.

5. We had a lot of questions about our school project, but the teacher ________ them ________.

6. Mark said his audition didn't ________ ________ well, and he doesn't think he'll get the part.

7. Soldiers are trained to take their rifles apart and ________ them back ________.

8. I think $15,000 is a little high for that car. If you ________ ________ a little, I might be interested.

9. The police closed the illegal casino, but it ________ right back ________ a few days later.

10. No one at the party ate the carrot sticks, but they ________ the shrimp right

11. I hate using the stove on really hot summer days; it________the whole house ________.

12. The minimum wage hasn't ________ ________ in more than three years.

13. The senator ________ her aides ________ ________ her plan to run for the presidency.

14. I doubt if I'll get much if I ________ this old car ________.

15. The engine ________ right ________ when I turned the key.

16. My daughter put one of her stuffed animals in the toilet and _______ it _______.

28. FOCUS ON: passive phrasal verbs, 2

When separable phrasal verbs are in the passive, they cannot be separated by the object of the verb because the object of the active verb is the subject of the passive sentence — there is no object:

1. beef... up p.v. When youbeef up security or some other arrangement to prevent or deal with a problem, you make this arrangement stronger.

After the terrorist attack, security wasbeefed up at the embassy.

The hospital decided tobeef up its emergency facilities.

The coach is planning tobeef the defenseup.

beefed-up part.adj. After security or some other arrangement to prevent or deal with a problem has been made stronger, it isbeefed-up.

The ambassador is confident that thebeefed-up security will prevent any further terrorist attacks.

Break up

break up & breaks up breaking up broke up broken up

1. break... up p.v. When youbreak up a fight, you stop the fight.

Two students were fighting, and the teacherbroke themup.

There was no way I couldbreak up the fight between the two dogs.

2. break... up p.v. When a gathering of people separates, itbreaks up. When the police tell people who are gathered together in a crowd to separate and leave the area, the policebreak the gatheringup.

The meeting shouldbreak up around 3:00.

The police ordered the gang members tobreak itup.

The demonstration wasbroken up by riot police.

3. break ...up (with) p.v. When two people end a romantic relationship, they break up. When you end a romantic relationship with another person, youbreak upwith that person. When other people cause a couple tobreak up, theybreak the coupleup.

I was sad to hear that Jim and Nancy hadbroken up.

It was Jim's secretary whobroke themup.

breakup n. When two people end a romantic relationshipsbreakup occurs. Nancy is very upset about thebreakup.

4. break... up p.v. When something breaks into smaller pieces, itbreaks up. When you break something into smaller pieces, youbreak itup.

The meteorbroke up when it entered Earth's atmosphere.

Sallybroke the cookieup before giving it to her baby.

breakup n. When something breaks into smaller pieces, abreakup takes place. Thebreakup of AT&T created several smaller telephone companies.

5. break... up p.v. When somethingbreaks up the day or some other period of time, it interrupts that time and makes it less boring.

The bank guard likes to chat with the tellers once in a while tobreak up the day.

My day wasbroken up by a going-away party for one of my coworkers.

1. call ...back p.v. When youcall someone back, you call a person on the telephone who has called you earlier.

Janice left a message asking me tocall herback.

Bob wascalled back by the salesman.

2. call... back p.v. When you leave a place or walk away from a person and are then asked to return, you arecalled back.

/ remembered something after she walked away, and Icalled herback.

Mike handed his letter of resignation to his boss, but he wascalled back after he left the office.

Call up

call up & calls up calling up called up called up

1. call ...up p.v. When youcall people up, you call them on the telephone.

Nicolecalled meup and asked me to come to her party. Every evening I'mcalled up by charities asking for money.

Carry out

carry out & carries out carrying out carried out carried out

1. carry... out p.v. When you carry out a duty, task, assignment, or order, you do it.

Sean will carry your dutiesout while you're on vacation.

The boss was furious because his orders hadn't beencarried out.

2. carry... out (of) p.v. When youcarry somethingout of a place, you hold it in your hands and take it from that place.

It took four guys tocarry the pool tableout.

David was so drunk that we had tocarry himout of the bar.

carryout n. Food that you take from a restaurant and eat in another place iscarryout orcarryout food.Takeout andtakeout food are the same ascarryout and carryout food.

We usually takecarryout food when we go to visit Aunt Kathy.

1. give... away p.v. When yougive somethingaway, you give it to someone without asking for anything in return because you do not want it or because you want to help the person you are giving it to.

This old furniture isn't worth very much, so I think I'll justgive itaway.

He made nearly a billion dollars, but after he retired hegave most of his moneyaway.

2. give... away p.v. When yougive a secretaway, you accidentally reveal that secret.

/ haven't seen that movie yet, so don'tgive away the ending.

You can trust me with the secret. I haven'tgiven itaway,

3. give... away p.v. When yougive yourselfaway, you accidentally reveal something secret about yourself. When somethinggives youaway, it accidentally reveals something secret about you.

Mark tried to keep his affair a secret, but he wasgiven away by his credit card bills.

Toad claimed he didn't care about Sally anymore, but hegave himself away when he asked who she had gone to the party with.

giveaway n. A giveaway is a statement or action that reveals secret information.

/ knew I was going to be fired from my job when everyone stopped talking to me — that was thegiveaway.

Mess up

mess up & messes up messing up messed up messed up

1. mess... up p.v. [informal] When youmess up a place, you make it dirty or disorganized.

Jim made spaghetti sauce, and he reallymessed up the kitchen.

You kids can play in the living room, but don'tmess itup.

messed up part.adj. After youmess up a place, it ismessed up.

It looks like Timmy was the last one in the bathroom — it's reallymessed up.

2. mess... up p.v. [informal] When youmess up a situation, you create problems. When youmess up a plan or arrangement, you interfere with it and prevent it from happening as planned.Mess up is similar toscrew up.

Everything was perfect until youmessed itup.

Our honeymoon wasmessed up by the airline strike.

messed up part.adj. When you interfere with a plan or arrangement and prevent it from happening as planned, it ismessed up. Messed up is similar toscrewed up.

Bob changed my plan, and now it's totallymessed up.

1. stand up p.v. When youstand up, you change from a sitting position to a standing position.Get up is similar tostand up.

Everyonestands up when the judge enters the courtroom.

When the students are sleepy, the teacher makes themstand up.

2. stand... up p.v. [informal] When youstand people up, you do not arrive at their house as you have promised or at a social event or meeting where you are expected.

Heather had a date with Jim last Saturday night, but she wasstood up.

The senator was scheduled to speak at our meeting, but hestood usup.

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