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Now choose one of these to complete each sentence below. Use reported speech.1. Bill was taking a long time to get ready, so I told him to hurry up. 2. Sarah was driving too fast, so I asked --- 3. Sue was very pessimistic about the situation. I told --- 4. I couldn't move the piano alone, so I --- 5. The customs officer looked at me suspiciously and --- 6. I had difficulty understanding him, so I --- 7. I didn't want to delay Ann, so I --- 8. John was very much in love with Mary, so he --- 9. He started asking me personal questions, so --- UNIT IX PHRASAL VERBS
We often use verbs with the following words: in, out, on, off, up, down, away, back, round, through, about, along, over, forward, by. So you can say put out/get on/take off/run away etc. These verbs are phrasal verbs. We often use out/off/up etc. with verbs of movement. For example: get on: * The bus was full. We couldn't get on. drive off: * A woman got into the car and drove off. come back: * Sally is leaving tomorrow and coming back on Saturday. turn round: * When I touched him on the shoulder, he turned round. But often the second word (out/off/up etc.) gives a special meaning to the verb. For example: break down: * Sorry I'm late. The car broke down. (= the engine stopped working) look out: * Look out! There's a car coming. (= be careful) take off: * It was my first flight. I was nervous as the plane took off. (= went into the air) get up: * I was very tired this morning. I couldn't get up. (= get out of bed) get on: * How was the exam? How did you get on? (= how did you do?) get by: * My French isn't very good but it's enough to get by. (= to manage) Sometimes a phrasal verb is followed by a preposition. For example: * Why did you run away from me? * You're walking too fast. I can't keep up with you. · Are you looking forward to your holiday? · Jack is trying to cut down on smoking. (=reduce smoking) Sometimes a phrasal verb has an object. Usually there are two possible positions for the object. So you can say: I turned off the light.(object) or I turned the light off. If the object is a pronoun (it/them/me/him etc.), only one position is possible: I turned it off. (not 'I turned off it') Some more examples: * Could you fill in this form?/ * Could you fill this form in? But! They gave me a form and told me to fill it in. (not 'fill in it') * The police got into the house by breaking down the door. * The police got into the house by breaking the door down. But! The door wasn't locked. Why did the police break it down? (not 'break down it') I think I'll throw away these newspapers./ I think I'll throw these newspapers away. But! Do you want these newspapers or shall I throw them away? (not 'throw away them'). * Don't wake up the baby. EXERSICES 9.1. Complete the sentences using one of these verbs (in the correct form) + it/them/her/you:
1. They gave me a form and told me to fill in it. 2. If you make a mistake on the form, just ---. 3. The story she told you wasn't true. She ---. 4. I don't like people who borrow things and don't ---. 5. Katy is going to Australia tomorrow. I'm going to the airport to ---. 6. I had a lot of books that I didn't want to keep, so I --- to a friend. 7. Would you like to see the factory? Would you like me to ---? 8. Sue was offered a job as a translator but she ---. Date: 2016-01-03; view: 2124
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