multiword verbs speaking
New Headway Pre Intermediate Unit 12
In pairs, continue conversations starting with lines from this list, using your own words and carrying on as long as you can each time:
- Excuse me! Can I get past?
- I hear you’re going to get married soon. Congratulations!
- Oh, dear! Look at the time! Hurry up, or we’ll miss the train.
- Good luck in your exam!
- Put on something warm. It’s cold today.
- There’s some ice-cream in the freezer. Can you get it out?
- Why are your clothes on the floor? Please pick them up.
- I’m going to take the dog out for a walk.
- When are you going back to your country?
When your teacher stops you, ask about any which you aren’t sure about, thinking of next lines as a class each time.
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Without looking above, put one word into each gap:
- Put _____________________________________ something warm. It’s cold today.
- There’s some ice-cream in the freezer. Can you get it ______________________?
- Why are your clothes on the floor? Please pick them ______________________.
- I’m going to take the dog ___________________________________ for a walk.
- When are you going ___________________________________ to your country?
Check above, then discuss:
- What do the missing words have in common?
- What other similar expressions do you know? What do they mean?
- How about similar expressions using these verbs?
break fall
fill go
lie look
put throw
try turn
walk
Find or think of at least two with literal meanings, and at least two with non-literal/ idiomatic meanings.
Choose one of the verbs below and mime it, using the literal and/ or non-literal meaning, until your partner guesses which one it is
take off run out throw away
turn round look up fill in
put out go out get on (with) look forward (to)
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