EXERCISE 26c — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs and nouns from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. Frank read my report carefully. What did Frank do to my report?

2. In Question 1, what did Frank give my report?

3. Judy walked toward the king, stopped next to him, and gave him the petition. What did Judy do to the king?

4. Mike told me a secret. What did Mike do?

5. Bill and some friends are going to meet and spend some time together. What are Bill and his friends going to do?

6. In Question 5, what is this activity called?

7. My computer begins to operate from the hard disk. What does my computer do from the hard disk?

8. In Question 7, what would you call the hard disk?

9. The mayor's plan to fight crime in the streets was very successful with the voters. What impression did the mayor's plan have on the voters?

10. The heater stops operating automatically when the temperature reaches a certain point. What does the heater do automatically?

11. In Question 10, what is the temperature that makes the heater stop operating called?

12. You quit your job so that you could begin your own company. Why did you quit your job?

13. In Question 12, what would you call your new company?

14. You assembled all the parts of your model airplane. What did you do to your model airplane?

15. This airplane schedule gives flight times until December 31. What does the airplane schedule do?

16. The supermarket unlocks its doors and lets people in at 7:00 a.m. every day. What does the supermarket do at 7:00 a.m. every day?

EXERCISE 26d, 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. I'm asking $10,000 for my car, but I'll ________________ $8,500.

2. That new manager is really hard on the employees. He ought to ______ ______.

3. At the supermarket, Tom hit the stack of boxes with his shopping cart and ________ them ________. 201

4. We had planned to go to France on our vacation, but we ________ ________ going to Spain instead.

5. Will you ________ ________! If we don't leave soon we're going to be late.

6. Mark hates his job, and he comes home every night and ________ it _______ ________ his family.

7. My doctor got the test results from the lab, and she ________ them ________ very carefully.

8. ________ your coat ________. It's cold outside.

9. Don't wait until the last minute to make your vacation airline reservations. You have to _______ ________.

10. The detective didn't believe that the gun had ________ ________ accidentally.

11. I hated my older brother when I was a kid. He always ________ ________ me.

12. How are we going to get $500 in two days? We need to ______ _____ a good plan.

13. I didn't understand everything the computer shop guy said, but it had something to ________ ________ memory.

14. Jim tries to answer every question the teacher asks. He's always_____ ______.

15. That meeting was so boring. It seemed like it was going to _____ _____ forever.

16. The police officer must be off duty; he doesn't ________ his uniform ________.

27. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs with the particle off and the adverb right

The particle off is used in many phrasal verbs to say that something is separated or removed:

The cup handlebroke. (The handle is broken, but it is still attached to the cup.) The cup handlebroke off. (The handle is no longer attached to the cup.)

Right, discussed in Section 19, is often used with these phrasal verbs to indicate that the action of the verb happened quickly:

Hewashed the dirtoff. (The dirt was removed.) Hewashed the dirt rightoff. (The dirt was removed quickly.)

Remember that right can be used in this way only after an object that separates the verb and the particle:

Hewashed the dirt rightoff.Howashed right off the dirt.

1. bite... off p.v. When you bite off something, you use your teeth to remove a piece. When youbite off more than you can chew, you agree to do something that you do not have the time or the ability to do.

The lionbit offa huge piece of the zebra's flesh.

You can't finish that huge project by tomorrow. I think you'vebitten off more than you can chew.

Break off

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1. break... off p.v. When somethingbreaks off or someonebreaks somethingoff,a part or smaller piece is separated from something larger by force.

Jimbroke offa piece of chocolate and gave it to his girlfriend.

One of the armsbroke off the statue when it fell off the pedestal.

broken off part.adj. After somethingbreaks off, it isbroken off.

The handle of the coffee cup isbroken off.

1. break... off p.v. When youbreak off relations or contact with someone, you decide to end relations or contact with that person.

The two countriesbroke off relations with each other.

I was so angry at my in-laws that Ibroke off alt contact with them.

Dry off

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1. dry... off p.v. When somethingdries off or youdry somethingoff, water or other liquids that are on it evaporate.

It rained for only a few minutes, so the streetsdried off quickly.

Leave your wet clothes outside and let the sundry themoff.

dried off part.adj. After something hasdried off, it isdried off.

They can't play baseball because the field isn'tdried off.

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1. knock... off p.v. When youknock somethingoff, you either accidentally or deliberately use force to make it fall from a place above the ground to the ground below.

Susieknocked a glass off the table and broke it.

The catknocked the clockoff the shelf.

2. knock off p.v. [informal] When youknock off, you finish working.

I quit working at 5:00 last night, but Sean didn'tknock off until 8:30.

You've been working all day. Why don't youknock off?

3. knock... off p.v. [informal] When yousay "Knock itoff" to people, you want them to stop doing something that is bothering you.

If you don'tknock itoff, you'll be sorry.

I'm tired of listening to you criticize me.Knock itoff!

4. knock... off p.v. When youknock somethingoff, you make something quickly and not very carefully.

The artistknocked off a quick sketch and gave it to the waiter.

Dan prefers writing novels, but he sometimesknocks off a magazine article to make a few bucks.

5. knock... off p.v. [informal] When youknock peopleoff, you kill them.

Jake was sent to prison forknocking off his brother-in-law.

Mario was the head of a gang of criminals until he wasknocked off by a rival.

Tear off

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1. tear... off p.v. When you use force to remove a piece of something that is flexible — paper, cloth, and so on — youtear itoff.

/ tore off a coupon for frozen pizza at the supermarket.

Alex alwaystears the tags off his shirt collars.

torn off part.adj. After something has beentorn off, it istorn off.

There aren't any more coupons. They're alttorn off.

Wash off

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1. wash ... off p.v. When youwash somethingoff or wash the dirtoff something, you use water and soap to remove dirt or unwanted items from a surface.

Mikewashed off his car.

Mikewashed the dirt off his car.

washed off part.adj. After youwash somethingoff orwash the dirtoff something, it iswashed off.

The maid said she hadwashed the grease off the wall, but the wall didn't look washed off to me.

1. wear off p.v. When the surface of something is gradually removed by friction or exposure to the elements so that what is beneath the surface is exposed, the surface wears off.

You could see the wood where the paint hadworn off.

The goldwears off this cheap jewelry right away.

worn off part.adj. After something has worn off, it isworn off.

These ancient temples used to be very colorful, but now all the paint isworn off.

2. wear off p.v. When the effects of drugs or alcohol gradually go away, they wear off.

The wounded soldier was in great pain after the morphinewore off.

He's going to have a big headache after the vodkawears off.

3. wear off p.v. When an emotional feeling gradually goes away, itwears off.

After the shock of getting firedwore off, I started to get angry.

When I met Jim I fell in love immediately, but thatwore off quickly as I got to know him better.

Wipe off

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1. wipe ...off p.v. When you completely remove a liquid from a surface by moving a towel or sponge across it with a sweeping motion, youwipe the surface off. You can eitherwipe off something that is wet orwipe off the liquid.Wipe up is similar to wipe off; however, youwipe up a liquid, but youwipe off the surface the liquid is on.

Wipe off your face.

Wipe the food off your face.

wiped off part.adj. After something has beenwiped off, it iswiped off.That table doesn't lookedwiped off to me.Wipe itoff again.

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