Test Your Phrasal Verbs [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION The book is divided into five sections, each containing tests of a similar type, as follows. The first test in each section [1,11,21,31,41] tests a range of phrasal verbs using the common verbs come, take, get, go and be. The second [2,12,22,32,42] puts a variety of interesting phrasal verbs into situations and asks you to work out from the context what they mean. The third [3,13,23,33,43] tests a range of phrasal verbs using the common particles away, down, in, off and out. The fourth [4,14,24,34,44] tests phrasal verbs which have the pattern verb + adverb + preposition. The fifth [5,15,25,35,45] provides situations and asks you to supply or define the phrasal verbs in them. The sixth [6,16,26,36,46] deals with fifty phrasal verbs which have more than one meaning and tests them in contexts such as matching pairs of sentences and cartoons. The seventh [7,17,27,37,47] is quite searching, for it asks you to complete sentences by selecting, from a choice of four phrasals, the one which best fits the situation. In some cases, other alternatives would fit, but are not as good. The eighth [8,18,28,38,48] is designed to provide a bit of amusement - and puzzlement - by asking you to find one-letter spelling mistakes in newspaper headlines. The ninth [9,19,29,39,49] deals with nouns and adjectivals formed from phrasal verbs, a very important feature of English. The tenth [10,20,30,40,50] provides some more light relief by offering you some crosswords and similar word games involving phrasal verbs. The tests are designed to produce lively and interactive group work when used in class but have been constructed to allow the keen student to work on his/her own (keys to all the tests are available at the end of the book). In writing this book, I freely acknowledge my debt to Peter Watcyn-Jones, who first created the Test Yourself series and set a high standard. If this book in the Test Yourself series is only half as witty and wise as his, I shall be well pleased. Jake Allsop Cambridge Spring 1989 I I, TO THE STUDENT This book will help you to leam a lot of new English words. But in order for the new words to become "fixed" in your mind, you need to test yourself again and again. Here is one method you can use to help you learn the words: 1. Read through the instructions carefully for the test you are going to try. Then try the test, writing your answers in pencil. 2. When you have finished, check yoiu- answers and correct any mistakes you have made. Read through the test again, paying special attention to the words you didn't know or got wrong. 3. Try the test again five minutes later. You can do this either by covering up the words (for example, in the picture tests) or by asking a friend to test you. Repeat this until you can remember all the words. 4. Rub out your answers. 5. Try the test again the following day. (You should remember most of the words.) 6. Finally, plan to try the test at least twice again within the following month. After this most of the words will be "fixed" in your mind. i "'ll