LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

8.1 Prepositions, adverb particles and conjunctions

8.8 Phrasal verbs: Type 3, verb + particle (intransitive)

Type 4, verb + particle + preposition (transitive)

8.8A Type 3: Verb + particle, intransitive, non-idiomatic: 'hurry up' [> LEG 8.29.2]

Study: We use these verbs in their normal sense. Many combinations are possible:

F**1 Hurry up! Sit down! Stand up! Compare Type 1 [> 8.6A-B]: Look! (Not *Look at*)

Write: Combine the following verbs with the following particles in different ways:

come, go, hurry, sit, stand + along, away, down, in, up

1 5 9 13

2 6 10 14

3 7 11 15

4 8 12 16

8.8B Type 3: Verb + particle, intransitive, idiomatic: 'break down'

Study: We cannot relate the parts of these verbs to their literal meanings: e.g.

Г**1 She broke down when she heard the news (= collapsed). [> LEG 8.29.3, App 36]

Write: Match these verbs (1-17) with the explanations on the right (a-q) after you have tried to explain them in

your own way.

1 All this information doesn't add up k a) be careful!

2 I'm glad to say my plan came off. b) make sense

3 I need the money and you'd better cough up. (informal) c) improving

4 You're tired. You should ease off. d) improving

5 When did the plane take off? e) work less hard

6 Please don't let on I told you this f) reveal the secret

7 I'm going to lie in tomorrow morning g) happen

8 Is there sufficient food to go round? h) succeeded

9 Business is looking up i) not working properly

10 You work and I'll look on j) pay

11 My car's playing up again k) start your journey

12 I'll be late, so don't wait up I) arrived

13 Mind out\ He's turning left! m) leave the ground

14 I waited for him, but he never showed up n) not go to bed

15 What time are you going to set out? o) be enough

16 I'm glad to say business is picking up p) be a spectator

17 How did that come about? q) stay in bed late

8.8C Type 4: Verb + particle + preposition + object, non-idiomatic: 'walk up

to the top'

Study: These verbs are used in their normal sense. [> LEG 8.30.2, 8.8]

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Write: Write sentences with the following.

1 (come down from) ТЫ*..(i/b.Ш^Ш..^..¡¡Ш^^ИШ.М.СЩ&.РШШ../WW..Ш*...

2 (drive on to)

3 (hurry over to)

4 (run along to)

5 (stay away from)