Uncle Bob’s new invention
Phrasal verbs with Turn
When I woke up on Saturday I didn’t realise it was going to turn out to out to be such an exciting day. While I was having breakfast, Uncle ob turned up. up. !e was depressed because his application to "oin the #ad Inventors Society had been turned down. !e down. !e had a new invention, a super strength $achine, which could turn a turn a poodle into a hunting dog. To cheer hi$ hi$ up I up I suggested we visit the Inventors Inventors %xhibit %xhibition ion at the town !all. !all. We went in $y car and after five $inutes $inutes we had to turn back, ob had forgo forgotte tten n his his inven inventio tion& n& 'nyw 'nyway ay,, we finall finally y arrive arrived d but but we were were turned away because it was full. So we cli$bed in through the window. Uncle ob saw ill (ates with his pet dog, and decided to show hi$ his new invention. !e put the dog inside the $achine. Uncle ob turned the $achine on $achine on and and we waited. )othing happened. The $achine was upside*down& So he turn turned ed the $achine $achine over . We waited. waited. )othing )othing happene happened. d. Uncle Uncle ob turned turned up the power. power. )othing. So he turned it up even up even $ore. )othing. +inally Bob turned the machine off and took out the the dog. dog. Sudd Sudden enly ly ther there e was a bang bang,, and and the the dog dog turned turned into a huge huge ten*fo ten*foot ot $onste $onster. r. '''! '''!!! !!&&& &&&-- Shoute Shouted d every everyon one. e. %very %veryone one starte started d runni running ng in all all direct direction ions, s, screa screa$in $ing, g, and shouting. It was a disaster& ut the story has a happy ending, because the experi$ent turned out to to be a success. ' business$an who wanted to create $ore effective guard dogs bought the $achine. It was exactly what he was looking for &
%xercise . #atch the phrasal verbs to the definitions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. !. ". #. $. 1%.
Turn out Turn up power/volu up power/volume me Turn into Turn back Turn up unexpectedl up unexpectedl Turn down /0 answers1 Turn on Turn off Turn over Turn away
a. 2hange into, beco$e b. 3e"ect c. 4ress button to stop working /light, T51 d. 4ress button to start working /light, T51 e. eco$e upside*down f. Increase volu$e g. 6ecrease volu$e h. )ot be allowed to enter /' disco1 i. 'rrive unexpectedly or after a lot of ti$e ". e, in the end end /'nd not not what you had had expected k. turn around and return
&xercise 2. 'ead through the stor with a partner and see if ou can remember which verbs go in each gap. When I woke up on Saturday I didn’t realise it was going to ______ to to be such an exciting day. While I was having breakfast, Uncle ob _____ ob _________ ____ . !e was depressed because his application to "oin the #ad Inventors Society had been _____ been ______. _. !e !e had a new invention, super strength strength $achine, $achine, which could could 7777777 7777777 a poodle poodle 777777 a hunting dog. To cheer hi$ up I suggested we visit the Inventors %xhibition at the town !all. We went in $y car and after five $inutes we had to 777777777, ob had forgotten his invention& 'nyway, we finally arrived but we were 777777777 777777777 because it was full. So we cli$bed in through the window. Uncle ob saw ill (ates with his pet dog, and decided to show hi$ his new invention. !e put the dog inside the $achine. Uncle ob 77777 the $achine $achine 7777777 7777777 and we waited. waited. )othing )othing happened. happened. The $achine $achine was upside* upside*dow down& n& So he 777777 7777777 7 the $achine 777777. We waited. )othing happened. Uncle ob 77777777777 the power. )othing. So he 777777777 even $ore. )othing. +inally ob 77777777 the $achine 777777 and took out the dog. Suddenly there was a bang, and the dog _______ _______ a a huge ten*foot $onster. '''!!!&&&- Shouted everyone. %veryone started running in all directions, screa$ing, and shouting. It was a disaster& ut the story has a happy ending, because the experi$ent _____ experi$ent _________ ____ to be a success. ' business$an business$an who wanted to create $ore effective guard dogs bought the $achine. It was exactly what he was looking for.
Exercise 3. In pairs, ask each other these 8uestions. 9ou 9ou $ust use the phrasal verbs in verbs in your answer, and you $ust both answer the 8uestion. . 0. ;. <.
When did did you you last see see a fil$ you you thought thought was was going going to be borin boring g but it turned out to out to be good: When did did you you last see see a fil$ you you thought thought was was going going to be good good but but it turned out to out to be boring: !ave !ave you you eve everr bee been n turned away fro$ away fro$ so$ewhere because it was full: ' restaurant, concert, disco: If you had had $agic $agic powers, powers, is there there anyon anyone e you would would like like to turn into so$ething: into so$ething: ' teacher, boss, $e$ber of your fa$ily: Dominic
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%xercise <. (dd the correct phrasal verb in the correct form) to the following examples. *e careful to add an pronouns where necessar. +rite the answer in the margin only . . 0. ;. <. =. >. ?. @. B. C.
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%xercise =. ey word sentence transformations 'ewrite the first sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence) using the ke word. ,ou must not change the ke word in an wa. %xa$pleD 'ngela started to s$oke when she was twelve. took 'ngela 'nswerD
'ngela took up s$oking when she was twelve
. +rank will probably re"ect the new "ob offer turn +rank 0. In the end the fil$ was 8uite good. turned In the end ;. If you hear a strange noise, stop the engine. turn If <. It was so hot that after an hour of walking they decided to not continue turned It was so hot that =. !e finally found the watch he had been looking for in the bathroo$. turned The watch >. They couldn’t hear the fil$ so they increased the volu$e turned They couldn’t hear ?. The argu$ent was heated and soon beca$e a nasty fight. turned The argu$ent @. We were dressed too casually so the $an on the door wouldn’t let us in to the disco. turned We were dressed too casually B. There were too $any of us in the boat and it ended up upside down. turned There were too $any of us in the boat Dominic
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Answers !hrasal verbs with "o %xercise D a 0b ;h
c ?i @e Bf Cg %xercise go out with ? go off @ go through B went out C gone up %xercise =D . She is #oin# throu#h a difficult ti$e right now. 0. I’m #oin# on a short trip to 3o$e ;. When the alar$ went off , everyone went out of the shop very 8uickly. <. I think this $eathas #one off. =. The price has gone up since last year. >. Is he really#oin# out with her. ?. We can walk for an hour and then #o back. @. I want to #o throu#h this contact carefully before I sign it. !hrasal verbs with $ake %xercise D b 0g ;f c ?h @d Bi %xercise $ake up $y $ind ? $ake up for lost ti$e @ $ake out B $ake /it1 out %xercise =D . The robber made up a story when the police interviewed hi$. 0. When he left hemade for the forest.;. I can’t make up my mind& <. I can’t make it out. =. We need to $ake up /for lost1 ti$e >. What do you make of her new boyfriend: ?. They $ade up after the argu$ent. @. !e was poor but he $ade out he was rich. !hrasal verbs with !ut %xercise D b 0e ;f " ?h @c Bg Cd %xercise . put up ?. put /hi$1 down1 @. put /you1 up B. put /$e1 through C. put /$e1 off %xercise =D . I can buy the car if I put $oney by%aside for a year. 0.9ou have to do the "ob before to$orrow so don’tput it off. ;. I don’t want to put you off seeing the fil$ because of what I said about it. <. The fire$en put out the fire. =. Ek, I’ll put you throu#h to the $anager. >. !ow do you put up with this heat: It’s boiling& ?. I can put you up if you want to stay the night. @. Wehave put up our prices !hrasal verbs with &urn %xercise D " 0f ;a b and g ?d @c Be Ch %xercise turned into ? turned down @ turn up B turned out C turn off %xercise =D +rank will probably turn down the new offer 0 in the end the fil$ turned out to be ; If you hear a strange noise, turn off the engine < It was so hot they decided to turn back = The watch turned up in the bathroo$ > They couldn’t hear the fil$ so theyturned up the volu$e ? The argu$ent turned into a nasty fight @ We were dressed too casually so the $an on the doorturned us away B There were too $any of us in the boat and it turned over !hrasal verbs with 'ook %xercise D i 0b ;g h ?" @d Be Ca %xercise look it up ? look through @ looking forward to B looking for C looked for %xercise =D When you buy things in a $arket, you have to look out for cheap i$itations 0 #y boss looked over the plans but see$ed to think they were ok. ; The police arelookin# into it. < F. it was $y uncle who I really looked up to. = you could try to look it up in his address book. > The neighbours have said they would look after the dog while we are away. ? I looked throu#h the catalogue 8uickly but I didn’t see anything that caught $y eye. @ I’$ really lookin# forward to seeing her after all this ti$e. !hrasal verbs w ith &ake %xercise D a 0f ;b <" =h >g ?d @c Be Ci %xercise took over ? took down @ take care B take to C taken in %xercise =D !e took down everything we said on a piece of paper. 0 We need totake on $ore people to work in the factory. ; !e takes care of his father < I’$ going to take it back the shop = The new pro$otion $eans $ore $oney but I have taken on a lot $ore work. > I lost $y "ob when a big co$pany took over $y co$pany. ?. I was taken in b everything he told $e. @. I can’t take in all the infor$ation !hrasal verbs with "et %xercise D d 0h ;e <" =a >b ?c @f Bg Ci %xercise . get in ?. getting in troubleGgetting up to so$ething @. get over %xercise =D . !e can #et round his dad. 0. I #et on with $y in*laws. ;. 9ou need to #et off the bus when it gets to the park. <. 3ainy weather #ets $e down. =. !e #ot into trouble because he broke the window. >. !e #ot over his illness. ?. 9ou can #et in here. @. !e always #ets away with it. !hrasal verbs with Brin# %xercise D e 0f ;g a ?b @d Bi %xercise bring in ? brought up @ bring round B bring out %xercise =D . The co$pany wants to brin# out another issue of the $agaHine. 0. Increased pollution couldbrin# about catastrophic results. ;. She was brou#ht up by her grandparents after the accident. < The boss decided tobrin# forward the date of the $eeting to this Thursday. =. !e brou#ht up the $atter in the $eeting on +riday. >. She said she would brin# back fro$ %ngland with that strong cheese he so liked. ?. That photographbrin#s back $e$ories. @. The "ob was too difficult so we brou#ht in an expert. B. 'fter he fainted, Uncle ob brought hi$ round with so$e brandy.
Dominic
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2011
Dominic
Streames
eftheatreclub.co.uk
©
2011
