Use of English for advanced learners 4 - Thấm Tâm Vy

Thẩm Tâm Vy , April 21, 2020 USE OF ENGLISH – FOR ADFVANCED LEARNERS 04

USE OF ENGLISH 04 FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS Develop your Use of English skills: recognising and using phrasal verbs I. Underline the phrasal verb in each sentence. Then write a definition. 1. Our company has a lot of work to do before it gets all its old business back.

.................. 2. We need a new product on the shelves in six months; there’s no time to mess around.

.................. 3. The new CEO should shake this faltering and failing company up and help it recover.

.................. 4. I have been rather taken aback by the speed at which management wants new developments from us. .................. 5. The smartphone took off faster than anyone expected, and now it dominates the mobile phone market. .................. 6. That computer company started out in a garage which belonged to the mother of one of the founders. .................. 7. The new head of r esearch wants to clear all the old projects out and start from scratch. .................. 8. We finish off the tests on the prototypes on Tuesday and start preparing for manufacture. .................. II. Write the correct form of a verb from the box in each gap.

boss ■ fool ■ hang ■ push ■ shop ■ show ■ switch ■ turn 1. Are we a serious company or are we just..................around? 2. Since we lost our biggest customer, we spend all day..................around, waiting for orders. 3. You’re not in a senior position, so you can’t ..................people around, giving orders. 4. This may be the smallest firm in the sector, but that doesn’t mean the bigger ones can use their power to..................us around. 5. She..................the now employees around the factory. 6. It’s worth..................around until you find the cheapest supplier. 7. When they..................the two components around, they found the machine worked much faster. 8. Within twelve months, she..................the company around, making it profitable again. III. Replace the particle away with off, on or out. 1. The director’s eccentric behaviour frightened investors away. .................. 2. The boss wants us to chuck away six months of work and start designing again from the beginning. .................. 3. When the company’s founder passed away, his daughter inherited it. .................. 4. The technicians slogged away for days until they found the solution to the problem. ..................

5. I cleared away the junk from the garage and set up my office there. . ................. 6. The experimental rocket burned up when a heat-resistant tile came away during re- entry. .................. 7. The two scientists chatted away for hours about their new ideas. .................. 8. The prototype car drove away and began to pick up speed. .................. IV. Choose an alternative to the word in bold in order to form a new phrasal verb. 1. If you want to start your own independent research company, you can count me in.

A. figure B. deal C. take 2. One of the venture capital funds backed out of the deal at the last minute,

A. pulled B. came C. left. 3. I know Jim would jump at the chance of working for a company at the cutting edge of technology.

A. bounce B. leap C. try 4. He had noted down some ideas on a paper napkin,

A. jotted B. slogged C. placed 5. In the course of the afternoon, she set out her plans for the company’s next ten years in front us.

A. put B. held C. laid 6. Our firm got through the dotcom crash, and we’ve been expanding ever since,

A. made B. left C. lived V Write a word from the list below in each gap to complete the sentences.

at ■ down ■ in ■ out ■ through ■ up 1. The company has been building..................a large cash reserve to buy high-tech start- ups. 2. Felix grasps..................any opportunity to advance himself. 3. Now the bank has withdrawal support, I don’t see how they can come..................this downturn. 4. She woke at midnight with the solution, …