Unit 10: Phrasal Verbs

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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