Phrasal Verbs

General Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs & Ownershipip

ความหมาย Phrasal verbs

• 1. ความหมายตามตัวอักษร (คําบุพบทจะบอกทิศทางของการกระทำ)

• When it rained, my young son looked outside the door to see the wet ground.

• 2. ความหมายเป็นแบบสำนวน (ความหมายเชิงอุปมาอุปไมยหรือสำนวน)

• People will run out of oil if we do not cut down on our usage. 

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• มีกฎเรื่องของตำแหน่งการวางกรรมไว้คู่กับ Phrasal verb ดังนี้ 

• 1. วางกรรมไว้ก่อนหรือหลังคำบุพบทได้ 

• It is hard to bring up children nowadays due to technological distractions. (raise)

• Don’t forget to bring the topic up during the meeting tomorrow. (come up)

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• 2. กรรมจะต้องอยู่หลังคำกริยา

• If you adopt pets, you have to look after them.

• 3. Phrasal Verbs บางคำต้องมีสามส่วน

• Some students look up to Mark Zuckerberg because of his success.

• 4. Phrasal Verbs ไม่ต้องการกรรม 

• When the car breaks down, I have to call the service for a haul.

Are you ready for the Phrasal Verbs quiz?

(16 items, 1 minute per each item)

Multiple Choice

1. Peace talks between the two countries collapsed when neither side reached an agreement.

• cut back on

• carried out

• broke down

Multiple Choice

2. I'm trying to calculate if we've sold more this year than last year.

• work out

• wear out

• wear off

Multiple Choice

3. The effects of the drug disappear after a few hours.

• split up

• sort out

• wear off

Multiple Choice

4. A lot of people exhaust themselves through overwork.

• split up

• wear out

• sort out

Multiple Choice

5. Despite the severity of the disease, many people recover with the help of appropriate drugs.

• pull through

• show up

• pull out off

Multiple Choice

6. Through careful negotiation, they were able to resolve the problem.

• do away with

• sort out

• do up

Multiple Choice

7. When parents start to live apart, it can be particularly difficult for their children to cope.

• fall through

• do away with

• split up

Multiple Choice

8. At the opening night, only a few audience members came.

• fell through

• showed up

• pulled through

Multiple Choice

9. The Australian partners stopped being a part of the deal at the last

moment.

• let off

• let down

• pulled out of

Multiple Choice

10. People celebrate the Chinese New Year by exploding fireworks in the street.

• letting off

• letting down

• pulling out of

Multiple Choice

11. It is pointless relying on people to help you if they don't do as they

promised.

• cut you off

• let you down

• do you up

Multiple Choice

12. New government pension plans mean that many people will continue working well into their seventies.

• carry out

• hold up

• keep on

Multiple Choice

13. The planned changes were delayed because committee members argued among themselves.

• done up

• held up

• ended up

Multiple Choice

14. At the last minute, the plans for the proposed motorway didn't take place.

• fell through

• did up

• ended up

Multiple Choice

15. During the recession, many workers in the primary sector became jobless.

• cut back on

• did up

• ended up

Multiple Choice

16. Doctors did some tests on the patients.

• carried out

• cut back on

• did away

Ownership, Giving, Lending, and Borrowing

( 12 items, 30 seconds per each item)

Multiple Choice

1. The law ensures that _______________respect the privacy of the people who live in their houses and flats.

• property

• landlords

• rent

Multiple Choice

2. _______________of restaurants across the country protested when the government announced it was going to impose a tax on some foods.

• Proprietors / Owners

• Tenants

• Donation

Multiple Choice

3. When private car_______________sell their vehicle, they must produce a certificate to prove the car has been paid for in full.

• tenants

• estate

• owners

Multiple Choice

4. The price of commercial_______________ in the city centre has doubled in the last three years.

• property

• loan

• mortgage

Multiple Choice

5. Mornington Park, a 250-acre private______________ in Wenfordshire, is open.

• estate / property

• belongings

• rent

Multiple Choice

6. Many families in the area lost their homes and all of their ______________ when the river flooded.

• estate / property

• belongings

• rent

Multiple Choice

7. Please put your______________ in the lockers provided, and hand your key to the receptionist for safekeeping.

• mortgage

• belongings

• rent

Multiple Choice

8. We took out a______________ to help pay for our trip.

• donation

• rent

• loan

Multiple Choice

9. A lot of people lost their homes when interest rates rose so high they were unable to continue paying off their______________.

• mortgage

• rent

• donation

Multiple Choice

10. Only a few people in the apartment block actually own their flat. Most of them are council ________________.

• rent

• tenants

• donation

Multiple Choice

11. The law does very little to protect families who are evicted from their homes because they are unable to pay the monthly ____________.

• owners

• donation

• rent

Multiple Choice

12. I make a small monthly____________ to a local charity for homeless people.

• rent

• loan

• donation

Multiple Choice

6. Many families in the area lost their homes and all of their ______________ when the river flooded.

• estate / property

• belongings

• rent