EXERCISE 32a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

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1. Susie ________ ________ of her tree house and broke her arm.

2. The sun finally ________ ________ in the afternoon.

3. I heard some strange voices ________ ________ of the next room.

4. A sharp piece of wood was ________ ________, and I got a splinter from it.

5. When the truth finally ________ ________, you'll all be very surprised.

6. It was a good thing we had those candles when the lights ________ ________.

7. This temporary job will last only two weeks, so even though I'm bored, I guess I can ________it________.

8. That crook ________ me ________ of everything I owned.

9. David's story didn't make any sense because he ________ ________ the part about the missionaries and the cannibals.

10. Mike, it's starting to rain. ______________and close the car windows, please.

11. Take these wastebaskets out to the Dumpster and ________ them ________.

12. It's a sure sign of spring when the tulips start to ________ ________.

13. This wood is green. Even if you can get it to burn, it'll ________ ________ right away.

14. The Bakers said they would love to ________ ________ to visit us here at our ranch some weekend.

15. The soldiers were ordered to ________ the protesters ________ of the plaza.

16. Mike and Bob ________ ________ over who would pay for the window they broke playing baseball.

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17. The reporter said that he expected the governor to ________ ________ against the proposed legislation.

18. Jim's going to be storing some of his stuff in the attic, so let's go up and ________ ________ some space for it.

19. Scott ________ ________ of the trial with his reputation badly damaged.

20. After the bomb threat was announced, the theater ________ ________ in about two minutes.

21. Betty has been ________ ________ with Erik since high school.

22. It's not very smart to _______ your arm _______ the window of a moving car.

23. I like it here in the city. When I _________ _________ to David's house in the country I get bored.

24. The talk show host asked the author about his new book which is ________ ________ soon.

25. The burglars _________ the coin shop _________ of its most valuable coins.

26. It's been an hour. Are you ever going to ________ ________ of the bathroom?

27. Don't even bother washing this blouse — the ink will never ________ ________.

28. Mike wants to sell his car, so he's going to ________ it ________ and wash it before anyone looks at it.

29. I don't remember much about Ned, but one thing _________ _________ — he always wore black.

EXERCISE 32b — Complete the sentences with the correct second particles.

1. The crooked lawyer cleaned them out ________ a small fortune.

2. Jake came out ________ the bank and surrendered.

3. Would you like to come out _________ my place in the country?

4. Several publishers are coming out_________ books on the subject.

5. The prime minister liked the idea, so we weren't surprised when he came out________ the plan.

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6. As expected, the leader of the opposition came out ________ the plan.

7. Mike fell out ________ his brother ________ who would pay their father's medical bills.

8. Timmy's father told him not to go out _________ the house.

9. We're going out _________ the suburbs next weekend.

10. Heather's going out _________ Tom tonight.

11. Hank fell out_________a hot air balloon.

EXERCISE 32c — Write three sentences using the objects in parentheses. Be sure to put the objects in the right place.

1. My son cleaned out. (the basement, it)

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2. I need to clear out. (the storeroom, it)

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3. Sarah emptied out. (the boxes, them)

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4. The factory left out. (an important part, it)

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5. Don't stick out. (your neck, it)

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EXERCISE 32d — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs, participle adjectives, and nouns from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. Some important information is being revealed to the public. What is happening to the information?

2. All the people in the plaza left. What did the people do?

3. All the people in the plaza left. What happened to the plaza?

4. I'm going to take my girlfriend to a nightclub. What am I going to do with her?

5. The soldier was killed in the battle. What didn't the soldier do?

6. We didn't ask Mark to join our club. What did we do to Mark?

7. In Question 6, how does Mark feel because we didn't ask him to join our club?

8. The IRS took all your money. What did they do to you?

9. The music company released a new CD last week. What did the music company do?

10. Everyone notices Harry because he has very long hair and a long beard. What does Harry do?

11. The Chicago Tribune announced in an editorial that they were for the Republican candidate. What did the Chicago Tribune do?

12. Bill's angry with Jim, and they're not speaking to each other. What did Bill do with Jim?

13. In Question 12, what did Bill and Jim have?

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EXERCISE 32e, Review — Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs from previous sections. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.

care for, 31	hold out, 23	punch out, 30	sort out, 30
cut out, 31	lock in, 30	put off, 31	space out, 30
do away with, 31	look into, 31	put out, 30	wash up, 30
do without, 31	punch in, 30	rule out, 31	watch out, 23

1. Susie, I told you to stop hitting your sister, so ________ it ________!

2. After I lost my job, I learned to ________ ________ a lot of things I used to think were necessities.

3. Watson made a real mess out of the project, so the boss asked me to ________ it ________.

4. I totally ________ ________ and drove twenty miles past where I was going.

5. Hey, that's really dangerous, you'd better ________ ________.

6. I'm going to get to work late tomorrow. Can you ________ me ________?

7. I'm really sick of this city. I'm going to fly to San Francisco and ________ ________ the job situation there.

8. Most of the players have signed their contracts, but a few are _______ _______.

9. Water won't ________ ________ an electrical fire.

10. The manager reminded me to ________ ________ before going home.

11. During Prohibition, the government tried to________ __________ ______ drinking alcohol.

12. The chances that his horse will win the race are very small, but I wouldn't ________ it ________ completely.

13. Look how dirty your hands are! Go______ __________ before you eat dinner.

14. I want to ________ ________ a low interest rate before rates go up again.

15. Thanks for inviting me to the concert, but I don't_______ ______rap music.

16. Millions of people ________ ________ doing their taxes until the last minute.

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33. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and midsentence adverbs

As we saw in Section 17, adverbs are words that modify verbs. Some adverbs are called midsentence adverbs because they are commonly placed in the middle of a sentence. Midsentence adverbs are usually placed before main verbs:

He X goofs around. She X helped him out.

after any form of be:

He is X goofing around. She wasn't X helping him out.

and between an auxiliary (helping) verb and the main verb:

He will X goof around.

She can't X help him out.

In questions, a midsentence adverb is usually placed between the subject and the main verb:

Does he X goof around?

Is he X goof ing around?

Has she X helped him out?

The following are common midsentence adverbs. Adverbs of frequency

ever	typically	normally	hardly ever
always	ordinarily	occasionally	almost never
constantly	often	sometimes	never
almost always	frequently	seldom	not ever
usually	generally	rarely

Other midsentence adverbs

already	merely	ultimately	probably
just	finally	eventually	most likely

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Infinitive
	present tense	-ing form	past tense	past participle
blow up	blow up & blows up	blowing up	blew up	blown up

1. blow... up p.v. When something blows up or when someone blows something up, it explodes.

Seven people were killed when the building blew up.

The hijackers ultimately blew the plane up.

2. blow... up p.v. When something blows up or when someone blows something up, it becomes much larger because air or something else is being forced into it.

It always takes me an hour or more to blow up the balloons for a party.

Hank blew up a beach ball and threw it in the pool.

3. blow... up p.v. When you make a picture or photograph larger, you blow it up.

I blew the photograph up and framed it.

When you blow this photo of the car up, you can make out the license plate number.

blowup n.A blowup is a picture or photograph that has been made larger.I made a blowup of the photo and framed it.

4. blow up (atIover) p.v. [informal] When you blow up or blow up at someone, you suddenly become very angry. When you blow up over something, you suddenly become very angry because of it.

Heather blew up when she saw her boyfriend dancing with Linda.

Heather blew up at her boyfriend when she saw him dancing with Linda.

Dad blew up over the increase in our property taxes.

Catch on

catch on & catches on catching on caught on caught on

1. catch on p.v. When a fashion or habit becomes popular and is adopted by many people, it catches on. When a product or service becomes popular and is used or bought by many people, it catches on.

Beta VCRs never caught on.

If his striped business suits catch on, the designer will become famous.

2. catch on p.v. When you eventually begin to understand something or begin to learn a skill after practicing and studying, you catch on.

When Sally studies something, she usually catches on right away.

Learning to dance the cumbia wasn't easy, but I eventually caught on.

3. catch on (to) p.v. When you catch on or catch on to people, you realize that they are trying to trick or cheat you.

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If you keep lying to everyone, they'll eventually catch on.

It took me a while, but I finally caught on to him.

Infinitive
present tense	-ing form	past tense	past participle
come about come about & coming about	come about	came about	come about

1. come about p.v. When something comes about, it happens, usually as a result of a series of events and actions.

He was the richest man in town, and now he's bankrupt. How did that come about?

Several major medical advances have come about in the last fifty years.

Fall behind

fall behind & falls behind falling behind fell behind fallen behind

1. fall behind p.v. When you are in a group that is walking, running, driving, and so on, and they move ahead of you because you are moving more slowly than the others, you fall behind. Keep up is the oppositeof fall behind.

Alfonso and Tom are walking so fast that I've fallen behind.

I was supposed to be following Linda to the party, but I fell behind and got lost.

1. fall behind (in) p.v. When you are in a group that is studying, working, and so on, and they learn faster or get more work done because you are learning or working more slowly than the others, you fall behind or fall behind in your work, studies, and so on. When you do not complete work as fast as it was originally planned and expected, you fall behind schedule. Get behind is similar to fall behind. Keep up is the opposite of fall behind.

Timmy was sick last semester, and he fell behind in his studies.

The sales manager wanted to know why I had fallen behind the rest of the department.

The building project will fall behind schedule if the construction workers go on strike.

3. fall behind (in) p.v. When you do not make the regular payments you are required to make, you fall behind or fall behind in your payments.

When I lost my job, I fell behind in my mortgage payments.

Don't fall behind in your payments, or your car will be repossessed.

Goof around

goof around & goofs around goofing around goofed around goofed around

1. goof around p.v. [informal] When you waste time playing or doing silly or unimportant things, you goof around. Fool around is the same as goof around.

My brother drives his teachers crazy. He constantly goofs around and creates problems.

Stop goofing around and get to work.

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Infinitive
	present tense	-ing form	past tense	past participle
help out	help out & helps out	helping out	helped out	helped out

1. help... out (with) p.v. When you help out or help people out, you assist them in doing some work or you lend or give them money or something else that they need.

Can you help me out? I need a hundred bucks until payday.

We had a lot of work to do, so Maria helped out.

Know about

know about & knows about knowing about knew about known about

1. know about p.v. When you know about a situation, plan, or other information, you are aware of it.

Jim isn't here. Maybe he doesn't know about the schedule change.

Thanks for telling me, but I already know all about it.

2. know about p.v. When you have studied something and learned it, you know about it.

I don't know much about history. I was a business major.

Knowing about art and being an artist are two different things.

Pull off

pull off & pulls off pulling off pulled off pulled off

1. pull ...off p.v. When you pull something off, you succeed in doing something difficult and possibly sneaky or illegal even though the chances of success are not high.

Mike tried to juggle three butcher knives and two bowling balls at the same time, but he couldn't pull it off.

When Jake said he was going to try to rob a Las Vegas casino, no one believed he could pull it off.

2. pull off p.v. When you are driving and you pull off the road, you drive to the side of the road and stop.

If I get sleepy while I'm driving, I always pull off the road and take a nap.

When I heard that strange noise, I pulled off to the side and checked the engine.

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