Lesson 31: Unit 173 - Phrasal Verbs
The lesson looks at phrasal verbs of the type “verb + adverb + preposition” through a text about hurricanes, followed by practical gap-filling exercises.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will get to know phrasal verbs — combinations of a verb and an adverb or preposition that create a new meaning. The material is built around an authentic text about hurricanes, which contains key phrasal verbs such as “come up against”, “run out of” and “get down to”. After reading the text, you will find words from their descriptions and complete sentences with more than twenty different phrasal verbs in their correct form. The exercises follow the logic of the original lesson and prepare you to use these constructions in speech and writing at B1 level.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Recognise and understand phrasal verbs of the type verb + adverb + preposition in context.
- Use the phrasal verbs from the lesson correctly in sentences.
- Find words from their descriptions in an authentic English text.
- Understand a text about natural phenomena at B1 level.
- Apply phrasal verbs in speech and writing in everyday situations.
Lesson vocabulary
- moist Heat and moist air start them and keep them going.
- evaporate As the surface gets hotter, water evaporates more quickly into the air.
- particular Hurricanes had the names of the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred.
- complex The forces which cause the hurricanes are really complex.
- navy These were the names of wives of US Army Air Corps and Navy meteorologists.
- meteorologist An Australian meteorologist began giving women's names to tropical storms.
- to reserve For the Atlantic Basin hurricanes each year are reserved 21 common names.
- to skip The list is arranged alphabetically and skipping certain letters.
- intensity Global warming may be causing increases in hurricane intensity and frequency.
- sceptical Although many scientists are sceptical, they have to get down to work.
- come up against The Hurricane Center came up against an unusual problem.
- run out of In 2005 they could run out of names.
- get down to What they have to do is get down to work and make up a longer list of names.
- take it out on Whenever things go wrong, he always shouts and takes it out on me.
- carry on with I'm leaving so you can carry on with your work.
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