Collocations. The answers

1 Come here immediately!
Come here____at once____________!

2 My name’s Patrick, but most people call me Pat.
My name’s Patrick. Pat __for short________

3 Most people in this country work forty hours a week.
__On average____people in this country work forty hours a week.

4 He left Russia in 1992 and will never go back there.
He left Russia __for good_____in 1992

5 We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s not working.
We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s _out of order_____

6 Mr Blake comes back from his holiday next week.
Mr Blake is on holiday____at the moment______

7 He owes the bank £5,000.
He is £5,000__in debt_______

8 I memorized the poem.
I learnt the poem__by heart___________

9 It was no accident. He did it deliberately.
It was no accident. He did it __on purpose_________

10 He hasn’t had a job for over two years.
He’s been __out of work_______for over two years

11 I fell in love with her the moment I saw her.
It was love__at first sight_______

12 No one helped me with the homework.
I did the homework__by myself______

13 The goods you want won’t come in until next week.
The goods you want are __out of stock____at the moment.

14 ‘You don’t have to pay for the drinks -they’re free tonight’, said the hotel manager.
‘The drinks are _on the house___tonight’, said the hotel manager

15 When you play bingo, the numbers are not called out in any particular order.
When you play bingo, the numbers are called out _at random__

Collocations. The answers

1 Come here immediately!
Come here____at once____________!

2 My name’s Patrick, but most people call me Pat.
My name’s Patrick. Pat __for short________

3 Most people in this country work forty hours a week.
__On average____people in this country work forty hours a week.

4 He left Russia in 1992 and will never go back there.
He left Russia __for good_____in 1992

5 We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s not working.
We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift’s _out of order_____

6 Mr Blake comes back from his holiday next week.
Mr Blake is on holiday____at the moment______

7 He owes the bank £5,000.
He is £5,000__in debt_______

8 I memorized the poem.
I learnt the poem__by heart___________

9 It was no accident. He did it deliberately.
It was no accident. He did it __on purpose_________

10 He hasn’t had a job for over two years.
He’s been __out of work_______for over two years

11 I fell in love with her the moment I saw her.
It was love__at first sight_______

12 No one helped me with the homework.
I did the homework__by myself______

13 The goods you want won’t come in until next week.
The goods you want are __out of stock____at the moment.

14 ‘You don’t have to pay for the drinks -they’re free tonight’, said the hotel manager.
‘The drinks are _on the house___tonight’, said the hotel manager

15 When you play bingo, the numbers are not called out in any particular order.
When you play bingo, the numbers are called out _at random__

Funky Phrasals. Childhood

Gap-fill  
Complete the conversation using the correct form of the phrasal verbs listed below. You can use some
of the verbs more than once.

• to bring up 
• to grow up 
• to take someone back 

Vicki:    I’d like to start by talking about your early life - your childhood...
Callum: My childhood?
Vicki: Yes, I want (1) ___________________, to remember your childhood….
Callum: So we’re going back in time?
Vicki: Yes and on the journey we'll be meeting lots of phrasal verbs, so let’s
(2) ___________________ in time now!
Vicki: So, Callum, where were you born?
Callum: I was born in Scotland.
Vicki: And where did you live as a child?
Callum: Well… I (3) ___________________ in a town called New Milton which is on the South  
Coast of England, between Bournemouth and Southampton.
Vicki: So you (4) ___________________ there - you spent your childhood there. And what
kind of upbringing did you have? I mean were your parents strict with you?
Callum: I guess my parents didn’t really (5) ___________________ me
___________________ too strictly

Funky Phrasals. Childhood

Gap-fill  
Complete the conversation using the correct form of the phrasal verbs listed below. You can use some
of the verbs more than once.

• to bring up 
• to grow up 
• to take someone back 

Vicki:    I’d like to start by talking about your early life - your childhood...
Callum: My childhood?
Vicki: Yes, I want (1) ___________________, to remember your childhood….
Callum: So we’re going back in time?
Vicki: Yes and on the journey we'll be meeting lots of phrasal verbs, so let’s
(2) ___________________ in time now!
Vicki: So, Callum, where were you born?
Callum: I was born in Scotland.
Vicki: And where did you live as a child?
Callum: Well… I (3) ___________________ in a town called New Milton which is on the South  
Coast of England, between Bournemouth and Southampton.
Vicki: So you (4) ___________________ there - you spent your childhood there. And what
kind of upbringing did you have? I mean were your parents strict with you?
Callum: I guess my parents didn’t really (5) ___________________ me
___________________ too strictly

Funky Phrasals. Childhood. Answers

KEY
1) to take you back
2) take you back
3) grew up
4) grew up
5) bring (me) up

Funky Phrasals. Childhood. Answers

KEY
1) to take you back
2) take you back
3) grew up
4) grew up
5) bring (me) up

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