FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs and will or be going to
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs and will or be going to
... 15. FOCUS ON:
phrasal verbs and
will
or
be
going to
Both will and be going to are used to talk about the future in English, but they are not the same.
Predictions: will or be going to ... going to
Use only be going to for
plans. When you decide to do something in the future, whether it is
long and complicated or short and simpl...
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs and can, could, will, and would
...
go beyond
go beyond & goes beyond going beyond went beyond gone beyond
1. go beyond p.v. When people or things are better or worse, or do something in a better or
worse way than is normal ... ________ the
boss on every decision.
11. Tomorrow I'm going to leave Winnipeg and ________ ________Toronto.
12. I probably won't ________ ________ to Winnipeg...
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs and midsentence adverbs
... to p.v. When one or more actions, events, or situations lead up to a final
action, event, or situation, they precede and cause or partially cause it.
Several minor battles led up to a full-scale ... arrested for shooting Hank, he said Raquel had put him up to it by threatening to tell
the police about his other crimes.
stand for
stand for & stands for standing for...
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs and should and ought to
... criticizes anyone else — she picks only on me.
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My son asked me to make up a story about monsters.
Hank told his boss he was late for work because he had to go to the doctor, but he just ... to the questions using phrasal verbs, participle
adjectives, and nouns from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the
correct tense.
1. The union members are on st...
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs with get, 1
... studying or working, and so on, and
they learn faster or get more work done because you are learning or working more slowly
than the others, you get behind or get behind in your studies or work. ... on
try on & tries on trying on tried on tried on
1. try on
p.v.
When you try on an item of clothing before deciding whether you will buy it
or borrow i...
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs used as nouns, 2
... or suggestions in order
to show them to someone or discuss them with someone, you put them together.
Mr. and Mrs. Flores want to redecorate their house, so they asked an interior designer to ... sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure
the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.
1. We're going to be late if you don't ________ ________....
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs used in compound nouns
...
follow-up n. A follow-up, follow-up call, follow-up visit, and so on, is a return to
something that was important to you previously because you now have more information or
more time or because ... need to go to work, and we have only one car. How are we going to
work
this
out?
5. work out p.v. When you work out a solution or plan, you decide what to do after...
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs with the particle down
... use the -ing form:
Mr. Young gave his son a good talking -to.
Before I buy this car, I'm going to give it a good going- over.
and grown-up uses the past participle:
Only grown-ups are ... down gone down
1. go down (to) p.v. When you move to a lower level or position or from north to south,
you go down or go down to that place. Go up is the opposite of go down.
To...
FOCUS ON - phrasal verbs with the verb turn
... tense past participle
con into
con into & cons into conning into conned into conned into
1. con into p.v. [informal] When you con people into something or con people into
doing something, ... card to buy a few things, but don't get ______ ______.
46. FOCUS ON: pronunciation of phrasal verbs with the particle
into
As we saw in Section 6, three-word phrasal verb...
FOCUS ON - phrasal ver bs with the particle off and the adverb right
... [always used with " ;to be& quot;] When you make people or things out to be a certain way or a certain
thing, you describe or consider them to be this way or to be this thing.
Stop complaining — ... tonight?
formal:
May I drop in tonight? very rare:
Might I drop in tonight?
Permission: may and can
May and can are also used to give permission. In this cas...