Phrasal Verb
I was brought up in a small town in the countryside. Growing up in the countryside offered lots of
advantages for young people. The only problem was that we often got into trouble as we made up
stories that we acted out around town. I can remember one particular adventure in particular: One day
as we were coming back from school, we came up with the brilliant idea to make out that we were
pirates looking for treasure. My best friend Tom said that he made out an enemy ship in the distance.
We all ran for cover and picked up a number of rocks to use for ammunition against the ship as we got
ready to put together our plan of action. We we were ready to set off on our attack, we slowly went
along the path until we were face to face with our enemy - the postman's truck! The postman was
dropping off a package at Mrs. Brown's house, so we got into his truck. At that point, we really didn't
have any idea about what we were going do next. The radio was playing so we turned down the volume
to discuss what we would do next. Jack was all for switching on the motor and getting away with the
stolen mail! Of course, we were just children, but the idea of actually making off with a truck was too
much for us to believe. We all broke out in nervous laughter at the thought of us driving down the road
in this stolen Postal Truck. Luckily for us, the postman came running towards us shouting, "What are
you kids up to?!". Of course, we all got out of that truck as quickly as we could and took off down the
road.
Phrasal Verbs -Make sentences with the following
to make out -
to make off with
to drop off
to set off
to get out of
to get into
to get ready
to be up to
to take off
to grow up
to make up
to set off
to turn down
to get into
to bring up
to break out
Practice Exercises
I. Use the following verbs (believe, fill, get, look, put, switch, take, throw, turn, try) and the
prepositions (away, down, for, in, off, on, out) an form meaningful sentences.
Example: My parents are...