4m - Phrasal verbs

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Phrasal verbs
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* Consist of a verb and a particle (= words that do not have any sense/meaning on their own, and need to be connected to a noun, pronoun or verb to make sense)

Although he is still seriously ill, doctors expect him to survive.

1. pull apart
2. pull over
3. pull through
4. pull off

When the teacher saw the boys fighting, he separated them.

1. pull up
2. pull over
3. pull apart
4. pull off

As soon as the taxi driver saw the flashing light of the police car, he moved to the side of the road.

1. pull through
2. pull off
3. pull for
4. pull over

I felt tears coming to my eyes, but I managed to take control of my feelings.

1. pull over
2. pull yourself together
3. pull through
4. pull apart

If you're ever in our part of the country, do visit us.

1. look in
2. set in

I burnt the sausages and caused the smoke alarm to go off.

1. look off
2. set off

Joe tends to feel superior to people who don't earn as much money as he does.

1. look down on
2. set down on

A gang of teenagers attacked a man in broad daylight yesterday.
- A man.......by a gang of teenagers in broad daylight yesterday.-

1. look upon
2. was set upon

Past Simple

You use the past simple when something happened in the past and is finished.

The past simple is what in Dutch is called the verleden tijd

Past Simple - Regular Verbs

After a regular verb you put '-ed'

I walk -> I walked

He walks -> He walked

They walk -> They walked

Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling:
Als een werkwoord eindigt op een medeklinker + -y, dan verandert de -y in -ie:

• I carry - I carried

Let op, er verandert niets als het werkwoord eindigt op klinker + -y:

• I play - I played

Als een werkwoord eindigt op -e, dan komt er in de past simple alleen een -d achter:

• I live - I lived

In de past simple wordt de laatste medeklinker verdubbeld als er één klinker voor staat:

• I drop - I dropped

Past Simple - Irregular verbs

Some verbs in English are irregular, this means that in the past tense they don't get '-ed' at the end, but have their own form.

To write -> wrote; I wrote her a letter last week

to go -> went; He went to Italy last year

to make -> made: They made a very nice meal two days ago

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