4 Correct any mistakes with word order in these sentences. Be careful: some are correct.

1 He's putting his boots on.

2 I told the children I'd pick up them after school.

3 She grew on a farm up.

4 We set off very early this morning.

5 It's a big problem but the man will sort out it.

6 I think she made that story up.

7 We know there were two thieves, but do you know how they broke the house into?

8 I said I'd look after them if necessary.

5 Make these texts more informal by changing the underlined verbs to phrasal verbs.

1 The cost of living is increasing all the time and I am now finding it quite difficult to manage on my salary. I can probably continue for a few months, but after that I may have to look for another job.

2 She told us to enter, but then we had to remove our shoes.

3 The teacher told half the class to invent a story to go with the picture in our books, while the other half did Exercise 5. She said we could all omit Exercise 4 if we wanted

4 I don't know why he rejected my offer of help because the company is in a lot of trouble and they've got no one to solve the problems.

6 Fill the gaps to complete the phrasal verbs in these sentences.

1 I'm afraid the photocopier has just broken.......................

2 I couldn't do the second question, so I left it.......................

3 Put your coat.......................if you're cold.

4 If there are problems with the computer, I usually have to sort it.......................

5 He told me he was 25, but I don't believe him. I think he's making that.......................

6 You're not going to throw.......................that food, are you?

7 Why couldn't the plane take....................... ?

8 I think she grew.......................in a small village.

9 We'll get there by seven if we set.......................now.

10 They offered him the job but he turned it.......................

7 Complete these sentences in a logical way.

1 Could you lie down ... ал ..fbk..feor............................... ?

2 I'm not very good at making up...........................................................

3 She asked me to turn on...........................................................

4 Two men tried to break into...........................................................

5 We have asked an engineer to come and sort out..............................................

6 Are you going to stay in........................................................... ?

7 Why did you leave out........................................................... ?

8 I'm afraid we broke down...........................................................

9 Can you get by........................................................... ?

10 I grew up...........................................................

History of Tomatoes

C ontrary to popular belief, tomatoes have been grown as a food since the 16th century, though they have in various times and places been regarded as both poisonous and decorative plants.

The Italian name for the tomato is pomodoro, meaning "apple of love" or "golden apple," because the first to reach Europe were yellow varieties.

Tomatoes were not cultivated in North America until the 1700s, and then only in home gardens. In colonial America (1620-1763), tomatoes were thought to be poisonous and were grown as an ornamental plant called the "love apple." The odor of the leaves made people think it was poisonous. Thomas Jefferson was raising tomatoes by 1782. Most people of that century paid little attention to tomatoes. Only in the next century did they make their way into American cookbooks, always with instructions that they be cooked for at least three hours or else they "will not lose their raw taste."

1809 - According to the article from The Thomas Jefferson Society called Thomas Jefferson's Favorite Vegetables by Peter J. Hatch regarding Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd President of the United States:

Jefferson was a pioneer grower of "tomatas." Beginning in 1809, he planted this grudgingly accepted vegetable yearly, usually in square X near the midpoint of the garden. Jefferson's daughter, Martha, and daughters, Virginia and Septimia, left numerous recipes that involved tomatoes, including gumbo soups, cayenne-spiced tomato soup, green tomato pickles, tomato preserves, and tomato omelettes. Tomatoes were purchased in 1806 for Presidential dinners.