EXERCISE 47b — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs and nouns from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. Tom is going to live with his Uncle John. What is Tom going to do?

2. The government is spending less on the military. What is the government doing?

3. In Question 2, what would you call this reduction in military spending?

4. I can't figure out where the mosquitoes are entering my house. What can't I figure out?

5. My plane didn't arrive on time. What didn't my plane do?

6. Bob's taking all his furniture out of his old apartment. What is Bob doing?

7. You spent all your money, and now you're broke. What did you do?

8. Nancy's truck was parked, but now she's driving it into the street. What is Nancy doing?

9. Sarah shouldn't have built a pool in such a small backyard. What shouldn't Sarah have done?

10. Daniela hasn't studied Italian since high school, but she's been studying it again lately because she's going to Italy soon. What is Daniela doing?

11. Charles might change his mind and decide not to participate in a business deal. What might Charles do?

12. Your dentist told you that you should eat less candy. What did your dentist tell you?

13. Ned is going to arrive at work late tomorrow. What is Ned going to do?

14. Jane is working very hard to learn Chinese. What is Jane doing?

15. The basketball game ended before Jim's team could score enough points to win it. Why didn't Jim's team win the game?

16. Joe hasn't placed his clothes in the washing machine. What hasn't Joe done?

17. Tom asked Sally when she was taking her furniture into her new apartment. What did Tom ask Sally?

18. Bill deposits $1,000 every month in his checking account. What does Bill do every month?

EXERCISE 47c, 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. Alfonso must have ________ ________ thirty pairs of pants before picking one out.

2. Bob got ________ ________ of the bar after he started a fight.

3. You can't trust Marvin at all. He ________ ________ everyone he does business with.

4. I can't reach those books on the top shelf. Would you ________ them ________ for me, please?

5. That sneaky real estate agent ________ me ________ selling her my house for a lot less than it was worth.

6. My parents live between my job and my home, so sometimes on the way home from work I ________ ________ for a visit.

7. Sam's wife didn't want to go camping with him, but he finally ________ her __________ it.

8. My father-in-law was ________ ________ ________ $800 by a house painter

who took the money but never came back to start painting the house.

9. When I was a child, my mother was on drugs and my father was in jail. That situation didn't ________ ________ a very happy childhood.

10. Carlos ________ ________ the table, and a glass of wine fell on the floor.

11. All you ever do is talk, talk, talk. Will you please ________ ________?

12. It sure was hot yesterday. It must have ________ ________ to 100 degrees.

13. Our daughter has decided to get her nose pierced, and there's no way we can ________ her ________ ________ it.

14. I found my old army uniform in the attic, and I can still ________________ it even though it's twenty-five years old.

15. My teacher caught me cheating on the test today, and he said he's going to call my parents tomorrow to tell them. How am I going to _______ _______ of this mess?

16. I saw a guy today who looked exactly like my dead brother. It really ________ me ________.

48. FOCUS ON: modals and present perfect passive phrasal verbs

In Section 43, we discussed the use of several modal and semimodal auxiliaries in the present perfect. These same modals and semimodals are commonly used in passive sentences. The modal or semimodal is followed by have or the contraction 've, been, and the past participle:

could + have + been + past participle would + have + been + past participle should + have + been + past participle have to + have + been + past participle must + have + been + past participle might + have + been + past participle may + have + been + past participle

Let's compare a present perfect active sentence containing a modal with a present perfect passive sentence containing a modal:

active: Jane might haveswitched on the light. passive: The light might have beenswitched on.

As we have seen, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. Also, there is no object in the passive sentence, so the pas­sive phrasal verb cannot be separated. The object of the active sentence can be used in a by phrase:

active: Jane might haveswitched on the light. passive: The light might have beenswitched on (by Jane).

And once again we see that it is not always easy to distinguish between a past participle:

The burglar alarm must have beenswitched off

(by the night manager because he's the only one with a key).

and a participle adjective:

The burglar alarm must have beenswitched off (because if it had been on, everyone in the neighborhood would have heard it when the burglars smashed the window of the jewelry store).

1. close... down p.v. When youclose down a business or a business isclosed down, it closes permanently or for a long time.

The restaurant wasclosed down by the health department.

The ski resort willclose down for the summer on May 1.

Knock out

knock out & knocks out knocking out knocked out knocked out

1. knock... out p.v. When youknock peopleout, you hit them hard enough to cause them to lose consciousness. When people areknocked out, they are hit by someone or something hard enough to cause them to lose consciousness.

The boxerknocked his opponentout with a blow to the head.

David fell and hit his head on the sidewalk so hard that itknocked himout.

knockout n. A hit hard enough to cause someone to lose consciousness is aknockout.

At the count often the referee declared aknockout.

2. knock... out p.v. If somethingknocks youout, it impresses or surprises you a lot.

Tom's new house is fabulous! It reallyknocked meout.

The Youngs'daughter is only twelve and she's already in college? That just knocks meout.

knockout n. A knockout is something that impresses or surprises you a lot. Have you seen Erik's new girlfriend? She's a realknockout.

3. knock... out p.v. When you try very hard to please other people, youknockyourselfout or knock yourselfout to do something.

Marsha's Thanksgiving dinner was fabulous. She reallyknocked herself out.

Thanks for inviting me to spend the weekend with you, but don't knock yourself out — I don't mind sleeping on the couch.

4. knock... out p.v. When soldiersknock out a piece of the enemy's equipment, they destroy it or damage it enough so that it no longer operates.

The enemy radar installation wasknocked out by a 500-pound bomb.

I can't contact headquarters. I think our communications system might have beenknocked out during the attack.

1. look down on p.v. When youlook down on people, you consider them to be less intelligent, less educated, or from a lower level of society than you.

Some peoplelook down on Hank because his father was in prison.

Looking down on people because of things they have no control over is stupid.

Look up to

look up to & looks up to looking up to looked up to looked up to

1. look up to p.v. When youlook up to people, you admire and respect them.

I've alwayslooked up to my father because of his honesty and concern for others.

You shouldlook up to people who have overcome difficulties to become successful.

Put back

put back & puts back putting back put back put back

1. put... back p.v. When youput somethingback, you return it to where it was before.

After you finish listening to my CDs, please put themback.

Susie, I told you we're eating dinner in ten minutes, soput that cookie rightback!

2. put... back p.v. When something slows the development or progress of project, itputs the projectback or itputs the people involved in the projectback.

The hurricaneput the hotel construction projectback by at least three months.

I had planned to finish college last year, but being hospitalized for several months put meback.

3. put... back p.v. When youput back the date that you plan to do or complete something by, you postpone it.

The closing on the house I'm selling might have to beput back if the buyers can't get their loan approved in time.

The graduation date will have to beput back if the teachers strike doesn't end soon.

4. put... back p.v. [informal] When youput back alcoholic beverages, you drink a lot of them.

Did you see how much David was drinking last night? He sure canput itback.

I'm not surprised he has a hangover — he must haveput back half a bottle of tequila.

1. switch ...off p.v. When youswitch off an electrical or mechanical device, you change the controls to stop it from producing or doing something. Turnoff is similar toswitch off. Switch on is the opposite ofswitch off.

Try to remember toswitch off the lights when you leave the room.

Iswitched the engine off and got out of the car.

switched off part.adj. After you have changed the controls of an electrical or mechanical device to stop it from producing or doing something, it isswitched off. Switched on is the opposite ofswitched off. Turned off is similar toswitched off.

Last night the light in the hallway wasswitched off, and I fell down the stairs. switch on

switch on & switches on switching on switched on switched on

1. switch ...on p.v. When youswitch on an electrical or mechanical device, you change the controls to make it start producing or doing something.Turn on is simi­lar toswitch on. Switch off is the opposite ofswitch on.

Push this button toswitch the computeron.

The sign should have beenswitched on by the manager in the morning.

switched on part.adj. After you have changed the controls of an electrical or mechanical device to make it start producing or doing something, it isswitched on. Switched off is the opposite ofswitched on. Turned on is similar toswitched on.

When I drove by the restaurant, I noticed that the sign wasn'tswitched on.

Throw out

throw out & throws out throwing out threw out thrown out

1. throw... out p.v. When youthrow somethingout, you dispose of it by putting it in the wastebasket, trash, and so on.Throw away is the same asthrow out.

l can't find some important papers, and I think they might've been accidentallythrown out.

Don'tthrow that newspaperout — I haven't read it yet.

2. throw... out (of) p.v. When youthrow peopleout orthrow peopleout of a group, place, building, or room, you order them to leave.Kick out is similar tothrow out.

Frank started a fight and gotthrown out of the bar.

I haven't paid the rent in six months, and I'm worried that the sheriff will come andthrow usout.

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