LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

8.6 Phrasal verbs: Type 1, verb + preposition (transitive)

8.6D Type 1 : Verb + preposition + object, idiomatic: 'get over an illness'

[> LEG 8.27.4, App 30]

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

F*1 I don't know what came over me. (= affected)

Write: Match these verbs (1-20) with the explanations on the right (a-t) after you have tried to explain them in

your own way.

1 Eggs don't agree with me. f. a) decide later

2 Please call for me at 6 b) found (it) easy

3 I came across this old book c) found

4 The dog went for the postman d) reaches

5 Let's go after him e) supervise

6 Can I count on you for help? f) have a bad effect on

7 I haven't got over my cold yet g) doing nothing with

8 This dress will do for Jane h) obtain

9 Where did you come by this information? i) come and collect

10 You can't dictate to me j) resemble

11 I'll sleep on your suggestion k) serve

12 I can't make anything ofthis I) attacked

13 I won't stand for your rudeness m) give orders to

14 Is there anyone here to wait on us? n) try and catch

15 The cost runs into millions o) inspect

16 She took to English quickly p) rely on

17 He's been sitting on my application q) understand

18 You take after your father r) tolerate

19 You can look over the house s) be all right for

20 You don't have to stand over me, you know t) recovered from

8.6E Context

Write: Put in at, for, from, in, of, on, out of or to. Use each word at least once.

IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?

A dentist in Bavaria has been haunted by a voice which swears

(^1) (ft..... him all the time. The voice comes (^2) light sockets,
washbasins and the telephone. It is a sharp, deep voice which laughs
(^3) the dentist and mocks him. The poor dentist is suffering
(^4) a bad case of nerves. Recently, the voice was recorded and
broadcast, so now everyone in Bavaria is looking^5 the ghost,
but so far no one has succeeded^6 finding it. People who don't
believe^7 ghosts think it is just a practical joke. The voice always
shouts^8 the dentist, but speaks sweetly^9 his 17-year-
old assistant, Claudia. But no one can blame Claudia^10 the
behaviour of the ghost or accuse her^11 playing tricks^12
her poor boss. Engineers don't know what to make^13 it. 'He's a
technical genius,' one of them said. The ghost has responded^14
all this activity by saying, in a thick Bavarian accent, 'You'll never get
hold^15 me!'
You'll never get hold of me!