EXERCISE 28a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

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.

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 mightdrop in tonight. Nancy maydrop in tonight.

The speaker believes that the possibility that Nancy willdrop in and the possibility that she will notdrop 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 Idrop in tonight? formal: May Idrop in tonight? very rare: Might Idrop 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 candrop in after dinner. You maydrop in after dinner.

1. ask... for p.v. When youask for something, you tell someone that you want it.

Weasked the waiterfor some more coffee.

My wife mightask for more vacation time instead of a raise.

2. ask for p.v. When you say that people areasking for something orasking 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'reasking for trouble.

You'reasking for it! Don't say that again.

1. come apart p.v. When somethingcomes 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 itcame apart in my hand.

Be careful with this old book. It'scoming apart.

Drop in

drop in & drops in dropping in dropped in dropped In

l^drop in (on) p.v. When youdrop in on people, you visit them unexpectedly.

If you're ever in my neighborhooddrop in.

Sallydropped in on Marsha last night.

Flip out

flip out & flips out flipping out flipped out flipped out

1. flip out p.v. [informal] When youflip out, you become very upset or very angry.

Bobflipped out when the city doubled his property taxes.

Keep your hands off Jim's computer — he'llflip out if you screw it up.

Look out

look out & looks out looking out looked out looked out

1. look out (for) p.v. When youlook out orlook out for something, you remain alert for someone or something that is dangerous or important. When you tell people tolook out, you are warning them of possible danger.Look out is the same aswatch out.

Look out for bears when you camp in the mountains.

There's a lot of ice on the road, solook out.

lockout n. A lockout is someone wholooks out for someone or something that is dangerous or important.

The burglars hadlockouts on every corner to warn them if the police came.

Luck out

luck out & lucks out lucking out lucked out lucked out

1. luck out p.v. [informal] When youluck out, something good happens to you or you avoid something bad happening to you.

Toddlucked out when he found that lottery ticket on the ground; it was a $ 1 million winner.

I missed my flight, and the plane crashed. I guess Ilucked out.

1. make ...out p.v. When you canmake something out, you can see it or hear it even though it is difficult to do so.

The audio system is so bad in the bus station that I can nevermake out what the speakers are saying. I think that might be a mountain goat up there near the top of the mountain. I can just barelymake itout with these binoculars.

2. make... out p.v. [always used with "to be"] When youmake people or thingsoutto be a certain way or a certain thing, you describe or consider them to be this way or to be this thing.

Stop complaining — my food isn't as bad as youmake itout to be.

The criticsmade the filmout to be a real bore, but I liked it.

3. make... out (to) p.v. When you write the necessary information on the front of a check, youmake the checkout. When you write the name of a person, company, or other organization on the check, youmake the checkout to that person, company, or organization.

How should Imake this checkout?

There must be a mistake; this check ismade out to my brother, not to me.

Nancymade a checkout to the IPS for $ 17,000.

made out part.adj. After the necessary information has been written on the front of a check, the check ismade out.

Is the checkmade out, or is it blank?

4. make out (on) p.v. When youmake out ormake out on something, you do something successfully or survive a situation even though it may be difficult.

Karen had a job interview yesterday. I wonder how shemade out.

Even though Jerry has lost his job, we'llmake out somehow.

How did youmake out on the test yesterday?

Run across

run across & runs across running across ran across run across

1. run across p.v. When people or thingsrun across a place, room, or building, they move from one side to the other very quickly.

The receiverran across the field and caught the ball.

It's crazy torun across the street through the traffic instead of waiting for the light.

2. run across p.v. When yourun across people or things, you see or find them without planning or expecting to.Come across is similar torun across.

/ don't go to that supermarket anymore because I mayrun across my ex-husband. Bobran across one of his army buddies at the baseball game.

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