Verb is the Word
*01. Use the verbs and particles to make phrasal verbs and match them to the definitions below. Then, use them to complete the sentences.
Verbs: take make look get
Particles: up in out up to into away with
1. trick or deceive _Take in_
2. investigate _Look into____
3. not to be punished for something _get away with_
4. see, hear, or understand with difficulty _Make out_
5. invent (a story or excuse) _____
6. start doing _____
7. admire or respect _____
8. do things you know you shouldn't
a. Is this story true or are you _____ it _____?
b. I couldn't _____ what he was saying. I think he was drunk.
c. He said he had been robbed and needed some money for a taxi, but I wasn't _____ by his story.
d. You're a fool if you think you can drive so fast all the time, and _____ it.
e. The police are _Getting_ the causes of the accident.
f. Are you in trouble with the police again? What have you been _Doing_ this time?
*02. Transform the words from the list into their appropriate form.
0. INCREASE*
1. BUILD*
2. RESIDENT*
3. AMAZE*
4. REDUCE*
5. ROB*
6. EFFECT
7. CRIME*
8. PRESENT*
9. INVADE*
10. EVIDENT*
Close circuit television cameras are (0) increasingly becoming a fact of life in Britain. they can be seen in office (1) _buildings_, shopping centres, banks, (2) _residential_ areas and even parks, and it is estimated that the average Briton is filmed an (3) _amazing_ 200 times a day. It is believed that CCTV leads to (4) _reduction_ in certain types of crime, such as car theft, (5) _robbery_ and street violence. Its supporters defend it as an (6) _effective_ way of improving security in town centres, and of helping to bring (7) _criminals_ to justice. Civil liberties groups, who object to the (8) _presence_ of CCTV cameras, feel that they constitute a serious (9) _invasion__ of privacy and say that there is little (10) _evidence_ that they reduce offending.
due: September 24, 2010
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