Exercise 8. Translate the sentences paying attention to the phrasal verbs.
1. Put on your warm jacket, it’s cold outside. 2. The meeting was put off because the foreign visitors failed to arrive in time. 3. It took a long time to put out the fire. 4. In many cultures, it is a custom to take off your shoes when you enter a house. 5. The plane took off at 5 p.m. 6. Jimmie takes after his father. 7. Mary’s husband took to playing cards. 8. My uncle ran away from home at the age of fifteen. 9. John, we have run out of coffee. Please, go and buy it. 10. I ran into an old school-friend at the supermarket.
*Exercise 9. Insert the phrasal verbs from ex.8.
1. I think, we’ll … our trip because of the weather. 2. My plane … in five minutes. 3. The neighbours … the fire before the firemen arrived. 4. Don’t forget to … your new earrings for the party. 5. … your hat when you enter the university. 6. Problem children often … from their own homes. 7. When the boy grew up, he … reading, and read all the books he could find. 8. Ann … her mother, they are both hardworking. 9. I… my English teacher at the movies last night. 10. Will you go to the supermarket, please? We’ve …milk and sugar.