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Phrasal Verbs

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Practice

99a Read the dialogue and underline the phrasal verbs. Write each phrasal verb
in the infinitive in your notebook.

A: Oh hello. Nice to see you again. Did you have a good holiday? I was

planning to ring you ur to ask you about it.
B: Yes, it was lovely. We had to set off really early because the plane took
off at 6 a.m. But then we were on the beach in the sun by lunchtime.
A: Great! And what did you do most days?

B: Well, we usually slept in. It was very nice not having to get up early.
And then we stayed up late at night, going out to discos and nightclubs.
During the day, we usually lay on the beach or looked round the town.
A: And what about food?

B: Well, we didn't usually have any breakfast. By the time we got
downstairs at the hotel, they had cleared away all the breakfast things.
We tried out different restaurants for lunch and most of them were very
good. The fish was particularly nice. And we usually stayed in for dinner

at the hotel.
A: So what did you like best?
B: I liked everything - the beaches, the weather, the food, the night life, the
people. I'd like to go back again next year so I'm saving up for it already.

People book very early for that area so I must fix it up after the New
Year. If I carry on saving for a few months, I'll have enough money.

99b Match the phrasal verbs from exercise 99a with these definitions. Copy the
definitions with the correct phrasal verb into your notebook.

1 To test something for the first time to find out whether it is good or not.
= try out

2 To rise into the air to start flying (usually a plane or a bird). = take off
3 To make the arrangements for something
4 To visit a place and look at the different parts of it

5 To stay inside somewhere, not to go out
6 To begin a journey

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