G. Match the phrasal verbs in the first columns with the meanings in the second columns.

1 . get on 6. put up with a. cancel f. continue

2. turn down 7. call off b. refuse g. quarrel

3. carry on 8. fall out c. succeed h. disappoint

4. put off 9. let down d. discover i. delay

5. find out 10. put up e. tolerate j. accommodate

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H. Underline all the phrasal verbs in the following passage.

I had been trying to get through to Bill for days. It wasn’t like him not to answer the phone. He was getting on a bit – in his mid-seventies, but it never crossed my mind that he might be ill. He was one of those people who were always young. He looked after people a lot younger than himself. I decided I had to find out.

My car was broken down, but I didn’t mind getting the bus – even if it meant a two hour ride over not very good roads. But what would I say if there was nothing wrong – if he was out in his garden, sitting reading the morning paper? Could I pretend that I had just dropped in?

I got off the bus in the village square and walked the quarter of a mile to Bill’s cottage. On the way I was looking for him in the face of everyone I passed. I was looking forward to seeing him. Although he was my father’s uncle, he had been more like a grandfather to me, always wise and never telling me off as a boy.

There was no one in the front garden. It looked neat and tidy as if someone had been looking after it every day. My thoughts brightened as I banged on the thick oak door with that big brass knocker which I remember I at last reached two days after my sixth birthday. No reply. Maybe he was out shopping and hadn’t got back. I remembered all the times he had promised to write to me, but of course he’d never got round to it – too busy, he always said.

Maybe he hadn’t wakened up – after all, it was only 10.30. Maybe… And then I heard a noise from the back of the house – there was someone in the back garden. Of course – he’d be looking after his pigeons. I remembered he once borrowed a hundred pounds from my father – to buy a new racing pigeon – he never paid it back, but we didn’t mind.

I found a young man – in his twenties – in the back garden. ‘Is Bill around?’ I asked, half-expecting to see Bill come out from his pigeon shed. ‘I’m just looking after the place till he gets back from France.’

France! I thought he was having me on. Bill had never been out of the village for 40 years.

‘Oh yes. He surprised us all. Married the postmistress last Saturday. Caught the boat train to Paris Saturday night. The whole village was at the station.’

There were 19, how many did you find?

7. Speaking Practice Gatwick

Gatwick Airport, 35 miles south of London, is the fourth largest in the world. To help you to be able to find your way around an international airport make sure you can put the following words and expressions into 6 groups.

For example: wheelchair users= 6 (facilities at the airport)

w heelchair users beverages coinless cardphones

r eal ale allowances gate numbers free trolleys chapel

X -ray machines pastries security search red channel

l anding card take-away brand names A3 trunk road

r eclaiming V.A.T. fully sing-posted boarding card check-in

The police are waiting on the second floor of Gatwick Airport terminal for Mr. X who is strongly suspected of carrying a parcel containing secret documents. First read the policeman’s notes on the page below and trace Mr. X’s route on the plan.

When the police stopped Mr. X the parcel he was carrying was empty. So what do you think happened to the secret documents?

Now try to summarize the information you’ve got and share it with your partner/friend.