Phrasal verbs-Project 2-Social issues

Show that you need help or seek help

• Reason with

• Reach out

• End up

• Figure out

Discover how to do something or solve a problem

• Reason with

• Reach out

• End up

• Figure out

Decrease in numbers

• Reason with

• Fall off

• End up

• Give up

Perceive as lower or less important than yourself

• Reason with

• Fall off

• Look down on

• Give up

Fill the gaps: The number of overweight people has surpassed the number of those who are hungry. Although the numbers of underfed in the world has (1)___________ since 1980.

The health dangers of obesity far outweigh those of low weight, and many countries need to (2) ..........effective ways to (3) .......... a change in eating habits.

• Figure out, give up

• Fall off, reach out

• Figure out, bring about

• End up, give up

 Portion sizes that parents are (4) .......  to their children have doubled in the last forty years, meaning their energy intake has greatly increased and their level of physical activity has decreased.

Without a solution, health systems are likely to (5) ......... massively overburdened with health issues related to obesity.

And the young will suffer the psychological trauma of being (6) .............. on by their fitter and slimmer peers.

Governments should not (7) ....... what they are doing.

• Reach out

• Fall off

• Give up

• Dole out