EXERCISE 40b — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs and nouns from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. They're not following the original plan. What aren't they doing?

2. I took some aspirin, and my headache was gone for a while, but now I have a headache again. What did my headache do?

3. You started to cry suddenly and loudly. What did you do?

4. Hank was supposed to meet with his parole officer in the morning, but he didn't go because he wanted to sleep late. What did Hank do to his meeting with his parole officer?

5. The hotel desk clerk didn't tell me he had canceled my reservation by mistake. Instead he invented a lot of crazy excuses that he knew weren't true. What did the hotel desk clerk do?

6. Todd's sister was very upset, and he asked what the problem was, but she told him to leave her alone. What did Todd's sister ask him to do?

7. Skiing is what Heather likes more than anything. How does Heather feel about skiing?

8. Everyone in the factory was busy, so when the delivery truck came, David was forced to unload it by himself. What happened to David?

9. Nancy began talking about joining the Peace Corps. What did Nancy do?

10. The number of people with malaria decreased, but now the number is increasing every year. What is malaria doing?

11. Poverty is a problem that never decreases or disappears. What doesn't poverty do?

12. You went on a business trip three weeks ago, and you haven't returned yet. What haven't you done yet?

13. Ned had to call his broker immediately, so he ran to various places looking for a telephone. What did Ned do?

14. It would be nice to leave this city for a week or two. What would be nice?

15. When I was young, my parents taught me to believe in the golden rule. What did my parents do?

EXERCISE 40c — Write eight original sentences using phrasal verbs from this section. Try to use either gerunds or the -ing form.

1. _____________________________________________.

2. _____________________________________________.

3.______________________________________________.

4. _____________________________________________.

5._______________________________________________________

6. ______________________________________________________

7._______________________________________________________

8._______________________________________________________

EXERCISE 40d, 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. At school, Luis got into a lot of trouble for something I did, and now he________it ________ me.

2. If I could ________ it ________ again, I'd do it differently.

3. The price of gas is expected to______________to$1 a gallon within a month.

4. The light suddenly ________ ________, and I couldn't see a thing.

5. Do you have to go already? Can't you ________ ________ for a few minutes?

6. We don't want to forget anything, so let's ________ ________ the list one more time to be sure.

7. The announcement was a real surprise. I'm not sure what to ______ _______ it.

8. This book I bought is missing some pages. Can you ________ it ________ to the bookstore for me tomorrow?

9. Crime was getting out of control, so a new sheriff was elected who promised to ________ ________ the law.

10. That gun is loaded, so I wouldn't ________ ________ with it if I were you.

11. After I threatened to go to the police and tell them everything, he ________ ________ and stopped making threats.

12. My brother always thought I would be a failure, so now that I'm rich, I love to _____ it _____ him by complaining about how hard it is to keep a thirty-room house clean.

13. My son is a good boy. If he was shoplifting, I'm sure someone ________ him ________________it.

14. In my history class we studied the various things that ________ ________ ________ the current situation.

15. The month we spent in Italy was a lot of fun, but it seemed to ________ _______ so quickly.

16. My brother-in-law is so sneaky. He tried to ________ me ________ telling him the combination to my safe.

41. FOCUS ON: two-word phrasal verbs with the particle in that require into when used with an object

We have seen in Sections 9 and 23 that some two-word phrasal verbs require a second particle when they are transitive, which makes them three-word phrasal verbs. Many phrasal verbs with the particle in have a meaning that relates to entering or penetrating. When what is being entered or penetrated is named, these verbs become transitive; however, this is not done by adding a second particle but by changing in to into. Another way to look at it is to consider intro two particles, in and to, written as one word:

The thief broke in.

The thievesbroke into the jewelry store.

But this is true only for meanings of the phrasal verb that relate to entering or penetrating, not for all meanings. Some meanings with in have no into version (and are included in this section), and some meanings with into have no in version (and are not included in this section). Moreover, sometimes into is optional, and the verb can be used transitively with either in or into.

We see also in this section that there is often a phrasal verb with an opposite meaning with in and into corresponding to out and out of:

I sneaked in.

I sneaked out.

Isneaked into the house.

Isneaked out of the house.

1. break inlinto p.v. When youbreak in orbreak into a place, you enter illegally using force or deception.

A thief brokein and stole my TV.

When I saw the smashed glass in the street, I knew my car had beenbroken into.

break-in n. A break-in is an illegal entry into a place using force or deception. The police investigated abreak-in at the liquor store.

2. break... in p.v. When youbreak in a new mechanical device or a car, you use it slowly and carefully until you are sure it ready for heavier use. When youbreak in a pair of shoes, you wear them only occasionally and for a short time until they are comfortable. When youbreak in people at a new job, you train and supervise them and give them less than the normal amount of work until they are ready for something more difficult.

l don't want to wear these boots on the expedition. I haven'tbroken themin yet.

We'rebreaking in a new secretary, so things have been a bit confused at our office lately.

broken in part.adj. After youbreak in a new mechanical device or a car, a pair of shoes, or people at a new job, they arebroken in.

l don't want to wear those shoes to the dance. They're notbroken in yet.

Check in

check in & checks in checking in checked in checked in

1. check inlinto p.v. When you arrive at a hotel and arrange for a room, youcheck inorcheck into the hotel.

After I arrive in Denver, I'll go straight to my hotel andcheck in.

Jimchecked into the hotel while I called home to check on the kids.

2. check... in p.v. When you arrive at an airport and give your ticket to an agent and receive a boarding pass, youcheck in.

You shouldcheck in at least two hours be fore your flight.

You can wait over there in the lobby while Icheck you in.

check-in n. The counter at an airport where you give your ticket to an agent and receive a boarding pass is thecheck-in or thecheck-in counter. The process of checking in ischeck-in.

Before your flight you have to go to thecheck-in counter.

3. check... in p.v. When you give your luggage to an airline agent so that it will be carried in the baggage compartment rather than the passenger compartment, you check itin.

That bag is too big for carry-on — you'll have tocheck itin.

checked in part.adj. Luggage that has beenchecked in or passengers that have checked in arechecked in.

Now that we'rechecked in, we can wait in the boarding lounge.

4. check in (with) p.v. When you visit or call people briefly and regularly because you want to get or receive important information from them or to make sure that a situation you are both interested in is satisfactory, youcheck in orcheck in with them.

After surgery, you'll need tocheck in once in a while to make sure the bone is healing properly.

If Hank doesn'tcheck in with his parole officer every week, the police will arrest him.

1. check out (of) p.v. When you pay your bill, return your key, and leave a hotel, you check out orcheck out of the hotel.

There's always a long line of people waiting tocheck out at that time of the morning.

Mrs. Gorciachecked out of her hotel and took a taxi to the airport.

checked out part.adj. After you have paid your bill, returned your key, and left a hotel, you arechecked out.

Okay, we'rechecked out; now let's get a taxi and go to the airport.

checkout n. The time before which you mustcheck out of a hotel in order to avoid paying for another day is thecheckout time.

We can sleep late tomorrow;checkout time isn't until 1:00 p.m.

1. check... out p.v. When youcheck a place or thingout, you inspect it carefully or learn more about it.

That new Mexican restaurant is great — you shouldcheck itout.

Hey George,check out that car Toad is driving. When did he buy it?

3. check ... out p.v. When youcheck peopleout, you investigate them in order to learn more about them. If you say that peoplecheck out, you mean that the information they have given you about themselves, such as their education and work experience, has been investigated and found to be accurate.

Applicants for child care jobs should be thoroughlychecked out.

Before you give that guy money to invest, you shouldcheck himout.

Frank didn't get the job he wanted with the CIA. Some things on his resume didn'tcheck out.

4. check out p.v. When youcheck out at a store, you bring the items you want to buy to the cashier and pay for them.

The store's closing in a few minutes. We'd bettercheck out.

Look at this line. It's going to take forever tocheck out.

checkout n. Thecheckout or thecheckout counter is where you pay for items in a store.

You get the bathroom stuff, I'll get the groceries, and we'll meet at thecheckoutcounter.

1. go inlinto p.v. When yougo in or go into a place, building, room, and so on, you enter it.

It's getting too dark to play tennis. Let'sgo in.

Frankwent into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.

2. go in p.v. When somethinggoes in orgoes into a place, container, enclosure, and so on, it belongs there, fits there, or can be put there.

That dishgoes in the cabinet next to the stove.

All those clothes will nevergo in this small suitcase.

3. go in p.v. When soldiers enter combat or an area where combat is likely, theygo in. Pull out is the oppositeof go in.

The National Guard was ordered togo in and stop the riot.

The marine shouted, "We'regoing in!" as he jumped from the landing craft.

Let in

let in & lets in letting in let in let in

1. let ...inlinto p.v. When youlet people or thingsin orlet people or thingsinto a place, building, room, and so on, you allow them to enter by giving them permission to enter or by opening a door, gate, and so on.

When the guests arrived, the butler opened the door tolet themin.

The guard wouldn'tlet meinto the stadium because I had forgotten my ticket.

2. let... inlinto p.v. When an opening, such as a window, door, hole, crack, and so on, allows something to enter, itlets itin.

That small window doesn'tlet in enough light to read by.

The hole in the screen isletting the mosquitoesinto the house.

Plug in

plug in & plugs in plugging in plugged in plugged in

1. plug ...inlinto p.v. When you connect an electrical device to an electrical outlet, youplug itin orplug itinto the outlet. When you connect any cord or cable to asocket designed to receive it, youplug itin orplug itinto the socket.

lplugged my 110-volt TVinto a 220-volt outlet and ruined it.

This phone isn't broken; you just forgot toplug the phone cordin.

plugged in part.adj. When an electrical device is connected to an electrical outlet, it isplugged in.

Be careful with that iron — it'splugged in.

1. sneak inlinto p.v. When you enter a place without anyone seeing or hearing you, yousneak in orsneak into the place.

When I was a kid I used tosneak into the movie theater through the emergency exit.

If you don't have a ticket for the game, you'll have tosneak in.

Sneak out

sneak out & sneaks out sneaking out sneaked out sneaked out

1. sneak out (of) p.v. When you leave a place without anyone seeing or hearing you, yousneak out orsneak out of the place.

Susie's father told her to stay upstairs in her room, but shesneaked out through the window.

The principal caught mesneaking out of my chemistry class.

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