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A-Z Challenge – Phrasal Verbs

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CEFR B1

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

This lesson will teach you 26 practical phrasal verbs. You will have a chance to practise them in some fun ways.

This lesson contains:

Some warmup questions
A-Z Challenge
Fill in the gaps activity
Questions for discussion
Downloadable glossary

Which phrasal verbs will you add to Your Dictionary?

Remember, also, to add this lesson to your Learning History.

Practise speaking by describing this image

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warm up

If you could take up any hobby, no matter the cost, what would you choose?
Have you ever had to reach out to anybody for help or support?
Do you think that petrol cars will eventually yield to electric ones?

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A-Z CHALLENGE

Do the A-Z Phrasal Challenge. Let’s see how many of these phrasal verbs are new for you, shall we?

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PRACTICE

Complete the sentences in this exercise with EXACTLY the same phrasal verbs as in the examples from the A-Z Challenge.

If you score more than 70%, you will receive a beautiful certificate.

1.

You should his advice. He knows what he is talking about.

2.

If you'll a moment, I'll just find your trip details.

3.

I had seven siblings. It was difficult for my parents to so many children.

4.

I'll have to a computer this week. It is being serviced, because it was very slow.

5.

She doesn't like to , so she cooks a lot.

6.

My sister is my best friend. I wouldn't have anything against it if he wasn't so much older than her.

7.

You will never it! How could you be so cruel to us? I'll make sure you'll pay for what you have done.

8.

I want to to some deserted island and start a life as a hermit.

9.

Why did you leaving early? Didn't you like the party?

10.

She the list of things she had to do. She frowned when she realized how long this list was.

11.

Annaleigh is running. She goes jogging every day, regardless of the weather outside.

12.

Let's this Sunday! We deserve it, don't we? We worked really hard all week.

13.

I don't want to the next big thing Samsung puts to market. I want to be the first to lay my hands on it.

14.

We have the list to four candidates, although I am leaning toward giving the job to Mrs.Lane. She is very well connected.

15.

More than 100 students the student exchange program every year. Most of them decide to go abroad and taste living in a different country.

16.

I wish I'd gone to see my grandmother before she .

17.

There is now no chance that things will this year. We should brace ourselves for some hard times ahead.

18.

If you have any questions or concerns, please to us at this email address.

19.

After a long day at the office, she finally in an armchair to watch her favourite series on Netflix.

20.

I am not going to much of your time. I just want you to hear about my latest idea how to save the company some money.

21.

This app your battery. You should delete it.

22.

Since he lost his job, he's only in front of the TV all day.

23.

We have already this business. There was no chance it would be a success.

24.

Canals the railways for transporting goods. Now everything is transported on freight trains rather than on rivers.

25.

Why don't we the January figures? I'd like to discuss it further, if I may.

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DISCUSSION

Answer these questions. Use the language practised from this lesson.

Which part of your job takes up the most of your time?
Do you feel comfortable reaching out to others for help?
Do you enjoy vegging out in front of a TV?
Have you ever had to write off any money you had lent to anybody?
When will the pandemic quiet down, in your opinion?
Will the owners of social media sites yield to pressure from the regulators?
How do you prepare your shopping list?

ITEM	TRANSLATION
act on	działać zgodnie z czymś, działać według czegoś, działać w oparciu o coś, zastosować się do czegoś (np. do rady), uwzględnić coś
bear with me	proszę o chwilę cierpliwości, proszę poczekać (używane, gdy chcemy skończyć coś, co zaczęliśmy)
cope with	radzić sobie z czymś
do without	obyć się bez czegoś, obejść się bez czegoś
eat out	jeść na mieście, jeść poza domem
fall for	zakochać się w kimś, zacząć się zakochiwać, zadurzyć się w kimś, ale również dać się oszukać, nabrać się
get away with	ujść z czymś na sucho, uchodzić z czymś na sucho, uniknąć kary za coś
head off	wyjeżdżać, odchodzić
insist on	nalegać na coś, domagać się czegoś
jot down	zanotować coś, zapisać
keen on	chętny na coś (chętnie coś robić), chętny do czegoś
lie in	poleżeć sobie w łóżku, pospać sobie, późno wstać, wylegiwać się
miss out on	stracić okazję, przeoczyć, przegapić coś
narrow down	zawęzić coś, zawężać coś (np. liczba podejrzanych)
opt for	decydować się na coś, optować za czymś, opowiadać się za czymś
pass away	odejść, umrzeć
quiet down	uciszać się, uspokojać się, wracać do normalności
reach out	wychodzić komuś naprzeciw, dotrzeć do kogoś, zwracać się do kogoś o pomoc
settle down	ustatkować się, uspokoić się, umościć się, wygodnie się rozsiąść
take up	obejmować (np. stanowisko), zajmować coś (np. pozycję), podejmować się czegoś (np. hobby)
use up	zużyć coś
veg out	obijać się, lenić się, wegetować
write off	spisać na straty, umorzyć (np, dług), odpisać od podatku
yield to	ustępować coś komuś (np. pierwszeństwa przejazdu), przepuszczać kogoś, poddawać się, ulegiwać, odstępować coś komuś
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