Light up

light up & lights up lighting up lit up lit up

1. light... up p.v. When you shine lights on something or attach lights to something, you light it up.

Airport runways are lit up so that pilots can see them in the dark.

The police lit the house up with their spotlights.

lit up part.adj. After a light is shined on something or you put lights inside or attach lights to the outside of something, it is lit up.

The signs aren't lit up, so it's hard to see them at night.

2. light... up p.v. When you light up a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, you use a match or lighter to start it burning.

Here are the matches — let's light up. Lighting a cigarette up next to the gasoline truck was the last thing he ever did.

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Infinitive
present tense	-ing form	past tense	past participle
track down
track down & tracks down	tracking down	tracked down	tracked down

1. track... down p.v. When you find things or people after looking very hard for them, you track them down.

The terrorists were tracked down by Interpol.

I finally tracked down that book I've been looking for.

EXERCISE 13a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. The judge _let_______ her ___off_____ with a warning.

2. It wasn't cold enough, so we _called_______ ___off_____ the hockey game.

3. As soon as Nancy's boyfriend went to the washroom,the guy at the next table _hit_______ __on______ her.

4. Every Christmas my father used to __light______ __up______ our house with thousands

of lights.

5. The police finally _tracked_______ the killers __down______ and arrested them.

6. The principal caught me as I was _lighting______ ___up____ a cigarette in the washroom.

7. The room that was damaged by the fire was _closed_______ _off_______ to the public.

8. I was really angry that I was _left_______ __off______ the list.

9. That's a great idea! You've really _hit_______ ___on_____ something.

10. Three students got a zero because their projects weren't _handed_____ _in_____ on time.

11. Driver, can you _let_______ me __off______ at the next corner?

12. Dr. Smith resumed his lecture where he had _left_______ __off______ before the lunch break.

13. After Wilson screwed up the finance department, he was asked to __hand______ ___in______ his letter of resignation.

14. Even though the enemy soldiers were half a mile away, we _let_______ __off______

a few shots.

15. The crooked police officers were ordered to _hand_______ their badges __in______.

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EXERCISE 13b — Write three sentences using the objects in parentheses. Be sure to put the objects in the right place.

1. The bride hasn't called off. (the wedding, it) ________ ________ ________

2. Are they closing off? (the gallery, it) ________ ________ ________

3. The accountant handed in. (her report, it) ________ ________ ________

4. Have you left off? (Carmen, her) ________ ________ ________

5. The judge let off. (the pickpocket, him) ________ ________ ________

6.I told him not to light up. (the cigarette, it) ________ ________ ________

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7. The EPA tracked down. (the polluters, them) ________ ________ ________

EXERCISE 13c — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs and participle adjectives from this section. Make all the phrasal verbs passive.

1. He discovered the source of the rumor. What happened to the source of the rumor? It was tracked down

2. The students finished their quizzes and gave them to the teacher. What happened to the quizzes? They were handed in to the teacher

3. The judge never sends first-time offenders to jail. What always happens to first-time offenders? They have never sent to the jail. They are always let off

4. A guy started talking to Heather at the dance. What happened to Heather? She was hit on by the guy

5. The list of candidates didn't include your name. What happened to your name? It was left off

6. The referee canceled the game. What happened to the game? It was called off

7. They are putting ropes around the plaza so that no one can go in. What is happening to the plaza? It’s being closed off

8. In Question 7, after they finish putting ropes around the plaza, how would you describe it? It’s closed off

9. The battleship shined lights on the enemy submarine. What happened to the enemy submarine? It was lit up by the battleship

10. In Question 9, how would you describe the submarine after the battleship shined lights on it? It was lit up

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EXERCISE 13d, Review — Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs from previous sections. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.

burn down, 5	let out, 7	point out, 7	set up, 5
call in, 5	look at, 5	run into, 1	take apart, 7
give back, 1	pile up, 5	run over, 7	take off, 1
hand back, 5	plan for, 4	screw out of, 3	talk down to, 3

1. Most of the city was _burned_______ _down_______ by the invading soldiers.

2. Teacher, will points be _taken_______ __off______ for spelling?

3. Dan is so rude — I have never been _talked______ _down______ _to______ like that before.

4. A conference will be _set up_______ ________ between the lawyers for each side.

5. The Taylors were _screwed_______ __out______ ___of_____ their life savings by their

stockbroker.

6. The children were happy to be _let_______ _out_______ of school early.

7. The entire staff was __called______ ____in____ to the office and given pink slips.

8. Several flaws in the plan were _pointed_______ _out_______.

9. Raquel was almost _run into_____ by a cement truck while she was driving to work.

10. There wasn't enough room inside the cabin, so the firewood had to be _piled up_______

_______ outside.

H. The general said the occupied territory would never be _given back_______ ________.

12. The test will be _handed_______ __back______ to the students tomorrow.

13. This engine has been _taken apart_______ ________ three times, but no one can figure out

what's wrong with it.

14. This is a very important project. Every possible problem must be _planned for_____ ______.

15. My neighbor stopped at the side of the road to change a flat tire, and he was _run over_______

________ and killed by a drunk driver.

16. Each proposed design for the new flag was _looked at_______ ________ and rejected.

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