Data Structure Topic

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...