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C) Answer the following

6) State whether the statements are true or false.

a) Akio was a valued and amusing court clown who was loved by all. __________

b) The fat man was putting sweets in his pocket as it was hungry. __________

c) The king was not confident of Akio’s wit and wisdom. __________

d) The three explorers were baffled by Akio’s responses. __________

e) Akio was appointed chief minister because he drove the explorers
away. __________

P R Vocabulary
Q

Phrasal verbs

A phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of a main verb with an adverb or a
preposition or both. The meaning of a phrasal verb is not obvious from the meanings of
the individual words.

Three types of phrasal verbs can be formed from a single-word verb:

Verb Definition Example

Single-word verb look direct your eyes in You must look
a certain direction before you
leap.

Phrasal verb + adverb look up search for and You can look
verb find information in up the word in
a reference book a dictionary.

verb + look after take care of Who is looking
preposition after the baby?

verb + adverb look forward to anticipate with I look forward to
+ preposition pleasure meeting you.

A few other examples of phrasal verbs are as follows:

Phrasal Definition Example
verb

break stop working He was late because his car broke down.
down

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