Do you know what these phrasal verbs mean?
Quiz
I used up the butter when I made the cake.
- I made the cake with butter.
- I made the cake with butter and now there is no butter left.
- I spread butter on my cake.
I ran into Harry yesterday.
- I ran to Harry's house
- I went jogging with Harry
- I met Harry unexpectedly
If you don't know what a word means, look it up!
- find the meaning in a dictionary
- use a different word.
- guess what the word means.
The police stopped Harry for driving too fast, but later they let him off. What did the police do?
- they told Harry to go home.
- they decided not to prosecute Harry.
- they took his car from him
Joann's mother does not like Kevin; she always runs him down. What does she do?
- she criticises Kevin and says bad things about him.
- she hits him with her car.
- she makes Kevin want to run away.
On Saturday, we decided to eat out.
- we had a lot to eat
- we did not eat anything
- we had a meal in a restaurant.
Joanne has asked me to call her back. What should I do?
- telephone her, in reply to her call to me.
- ask her to come home
- tell her to stop doing something
Yesterday, Kate said some unkind things to Joanne. Now she wants to take it back.
- Kate wants to say some more unkind things to Joanne.
- she does not want to talk to Joanne.
- she wants to apologise and say that she was wrong.
Today, I must hand in my English homework.
- I must do my English homework
- I must finish my English homework
- I must give my English homework to my teacher.
I forgot to hand in my English homework. Now I must think up an excuse.
- I must tell my English teacher that I am sorry that I forgot my homework.
- I must tell my English teacher why my homework is late
- I must invent a reason why I did not give her my homework