EXERCISE 42a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. That bomb might explode. Maybe we should ________ ________ a little.

2. As soon as the car stopped, I _______ right _______ and went inside the house.

3. I'll lose my job if this information ________ ________, so don't tell anyone.

4. ________ ________ Jim's death took me a long time.

5. Now the police are outside. Look at all the trouble you've _____ me ____!

6. I thought these pants were ruined after I got ink on them, but this detergent ________ the ink right ________.

7. I was working in my office on the third floor, and my boss called from his office on the sixth floor and told me to ________ ________ there immediately.

8. Work, work, work — that's all you do. You need to _______ _______ more often.

9. It's 4:10. If we hurry, we might______a round of golf______before it gets dark.

10. I was trying to leave work a little early, but my boss said, "You can't go home until 5:00. ________ back ________ here!"

11. Would you like to go shopping at Wal-Mart tomorrow? They just________ some new stuff________.

12. The game is sold out, but I know someone who might be able to _____ us _____.

13. What time did your plane ________ ________ last night?

14. Hank is in a lot of trouble. If he________________of it, it'll be a miracle.

15. Nicole does her work very carefully and never makes mistakes. Nothing ________ ________her.

16. Your sister's upstairs sleeping. Go tell her to ________ right ________ here and eat breakfast.

17. Look, there's a bear! ________ ________ — it might see us.

18. My husband spent his whole paycheck on beer and lottery tickets. I don't know how we're going to ________ ________ this month.

19. I wish I hadn't ________ ________ late. I missed the bus, and now I have to walk to school.

20. This is a very difficult class. If you don't study hard, you'll _______ _______.

21. The teacher said, "Your midterm score wasn't very good, but I'm sure if you study hard, you'll do a lot better on the final. Don't let it ________ ________ you."

22. Excuse me, could you move? I can't_______ _________.

23. Mike usually leaves around 8:00 in the morning and _____ ______ around 5:30.

24. My cat has been in that tree for three days. Can you help me _____ her ______?

25. It's amazing. I can't ______ ______ how great Tom looks. I'll bet he's lost forty pounds.

26. If you lose your receipt,________ your money________ for something you bought is usually impossible.

27. Timmy's mother said,"Who said you could leave the table? _________ back ________ here and finish your vegetables!"

28. Our neighbor called and saidl'Your dog is in my garden. ______ it ______!"

29. The situation in that country is very dangerous, so Washington is making plans to ________ its embassy staff________.

30. David was so sick he couldn't even ________ ________ of bed.

31. It isn't easy to _________this big car _________that small garage.

EXERCISE 42b — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. My father came into my bedroom, shook my shoulder, and told me that breakfast was almost ready. What did my father do?

2. I live in New Orleans, and it's difficult to find the time to travel to Minnesota to visit my sister. What is difficult?

3. After you were arrested for drunken driving, you were in a lot of trouble. What did you do?

4. You need to return to your home very quickly. What do you need to do?

5. After Judy pays her bills, she just barely has enough money to survive until the end of the month. What can Judy just barely do?

6. If Heather doesn't work harder in her math class, she will not be able to stay at the same level as the other students. What will happen to Heather if she doesn't work harder?

7. It's been five years, but Frank is still sad about his brother's death. What hasn't Frank done yet?

8. I was trapped in my car after an accident, but a rescue worker removed me from my car. What did the rescue worker do?

9. Alex is removing his toy train from the closet. What is Alex doing to his toy train?

10. Carlos is standing on a table so that he can get the toy airplane that he threw on top of the refrigerator. What is Carlos doing?

11. The sofa was too big, and the movers couldn't bring it inside our new house. What couldn't the movers do?

12. There is a huge truck in front of us, and we can't pass it. What can't we do?

13. Lydia left the building when she heard the fire alarm. What did Lydia do?

14. After getting out of her car, Janice entered it again. What did Janice do?

15. Erik's bicycle was stolen, but now he has it again. What did Erik do?

16. The pilot had mechanical problems with her airplane, but the controllers on the ground helped her land. What did the controllers do to the pilot?

17. Bill called and asked me to come to his house very quickly. What did Bill ask me to do?

EXERCISE 42c, 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. There's nothing to eat for dinner tonight. Can you ________ some takeout food ________ when you come home from work tonight?

2. My brother wants to store some of his stuff in my attic, so tonight I'm going to ________ some of the junk up there ________ to make more room.

3. If you want to get a ticket for the Superbowl, you'll need to hurry — they're ________ ________ fast.

4. When I go on vacation, I want to relax at the beach and _____ my worries _____.

5. Ned is worried. There's a rumor ______ ______ that someone is going to get fired.

6. I can't find the toy my daughter wants for her birthday anywhere. I've been ________ ________ all day looking for it.

7. I'm going to be late for work. Would you mind _________ me _________?

8. Dan must still be here in the office somewhere. He hasn't _______ _______ yet.

9. I haven't talked to Nancy in a long time. I think I'll ______ her ______ tonight.

10. Nancy was in the shower when I called, but her brother said she'd ________ me right ________.

11. Are you sure this is the right key? It won't ________ ________ the lock.

12. Margaret Cummings decided to leave her job with a big company and ________ ________ her own company.

13. _______ _________the theater was easy. One of our friends went inside and opened the fire exit for the rest of us.

14. My father won't let me go to the dance, so I'm going to ________ ________ after he goes to bed.

15. None of the bad things people say about Charles bother him. He just ________ it ________.

16. I made a list of people to invite to my wedding, but after I heard all those nasty things Sarah said about my fiance, I ________ her name ________ the list.

17. Well, I think I've fixed the vacuum cleaner. Let's ________ it ________ and see if it works now.

43. FOCUS ON: modals and present perfect phrasal verbs

Remember that the present perfect is formed with have or the contraction 've and the past participle. The only difference is that has is not used for the third person singular:

He hasrun up a big bill. He would haverun up a big bill.

The meanings of the modal and semimodal auxiliaries are unchanged in the present perfect, except for may and might.

Past speculation and you do not know what happened: might have or may have

Gross out

gross out & grosses out grossing out grossed out grossed out

1. gross ...out p.v. [informal] When somethinggrosses youout, it upsets you or makes you sick because you think it is disgusting.

You had to dissect a cadaver in your biology class? Yuk, that would've reallygrossedmeout.

Alex hates changing his little brother's diapers — itgrosses himout.

grossed out part.adj. When something upsets you or makes you sick because you think it is disgusting, you aregrossed out.

l was eating an apple, and I found half a worm in it. I was sogrossed out that I almost threw up. head toward

head toward & heads toward heading toward headed toward headed toward

1. head toward p.v. When youhead toward a certain location, you move toward it. When you say that you areheaded toward or areheading toward a certain location, you mean that you are planning to go there or that you are going there but have interrupted your journey and will resume it.Head for is the same ashead toward.

The escaped convicts must haveheaded toward Mexico.

I'mheading toward Portland. Where are you going?

Run up

run up & runs up running up ran up run up

1. run up (to) p.v. When you run to a higher level or place, yourun up orrun up to that place.

Run up and answer the phone if it rings, okay?

If I'd heard the baby crying, I would haverun up to his bedroom.

2. run ... up p.v. When you accumulate a number of debts, resulting in a total debt of a certain amount, yourun up a bill for that amount.

Giving my son a credit card was a mistake — heran up a $2,500 bill in only one month.

Calling your family every week from Australia must haverun a big phone billup.

run-up n. A large, sudden increase in the price, value, or cost of something is arun-up.

Bill was lucky to buy 500 shares of the stock just before the bigrun-up.

3. run up (to) p.v. When you run toward people, yourun up orrun up to them.

The prince didn't have any bodyguards. Anyone could haverun up and attacked him.

After the explosion, a man covered with bloodran up to me and asked for help.

1. shut up (about) p.v. [informal] When people stop talking, theyshut up orshut upabout something they are talking about. When you are angry and want people to stop talking, you tell them toshut up.

Marvin talks and talks and talks — he never shutsup.

I said I was sorry about crashing your car. Now will you pleaseshut up about it!

1. shut... up p.v. [informal] When people or things cause you to stop talking, they shut youup.

Toad was making jokes about his wife at the party until she gave him a look thatshuthim right up.

I can't hear the TV — can youshut those kidsup?

Stop off

stop off & stops off stopping off stopped off stopped off

1. stop off (atlin) p.v. When youstop off at a place orstop off in an area on the way to another place, you stop there briefly before continuing your journey.

l would havestopped off at Sally's house this morning, but I was late for work.

Stopping off in Cairo on our way to India would be fun.

Try on

try on & tries on trying on tried on tried on

1. try... on p.v. When youtry on an item of clothing before deciding whether you will buy it or borrow it from someone in order to see if it fits or to see if you like it, you try iton.

She must havetried on twenty pairs of shoes before making up her mind.

Would you like to borrow this dress for the dance tonight? Here,try iton.