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

STAND UP IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER AND BE HAPPY

According to experts, sitting for long periods can damage your health, as well as contribute to extra weight gain and generally make you feel glum. In fact a recent study has shown that being sedentary for extended periods can increase your risk of diabetes, heart disease and that simply standing up could help you live a longer, happier life.

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STAND UP IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER AND BE HAPPY

According to experts, sitting for long periods can damage your health, as well as contribute to extra weight gain and generally make you feel glum. In fact a recent study has shown that being sedentary for extended periods can increase your risk of diabetes, heart disease and that simply standing up could help you live a longer, happier life.

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Slang of the day

cushy

Meaning: easy, undemanding (of a job or a lifestyle) (= un chollo)

For example:

• I'd like one of those cushy government jobs with loads of holidays and not much real work.
  
• Steve quit the cushy job he had in his father's company. He says it didn't challenge him enough.
  

Origin: From the Hindi word "khush", meaning "pleasure". Hindi is one of many Indian languages that contributed words to "Anglo-Indian" from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. This word was then borrowed by British English around the time of World War One.