Phrasal Verbs
“Please ___ on the light.” (turn / cut)
turn (turn on). Асаах.
“The test was a piece of ___.” (very easy)
cake. Маш амархан зүйл.
What is the opposite of “big”?
small. Жижиг.
“She ___ to school every day.” (go / goes)
goes. He/she/it-тэй үед үйл үгэнд “-s” нэмнэ.
“I have ___ apples.” (to / two / too)
two. 2 тоо.
“Can you ___ after my cat this weekend?” (look / see)
look (look after). Харж арчлах.
“It’s raining ___ and dogs.” (very heavily)
cats. Аадар бороо орох.
What word means “very happy”? (sad / delighted)
delighted. Маш баяртай.
“Yesterday I ___ a movie.” (watch / watched)
watched. Өнгөрсөн цагт “-ed” нэмнэ.
“___ going to the park.” (Their / There / They’re)
They’re. They are гэсэн үгийн товчлол.
“The meeting was ___ off until Friday.” (put / take)
put (put off). Хойшлуулах.
“Let’s play a game to break the ___.”
ice. Танилцаж, харилцааны хүндрэлийг арилгах.
What word means “not willing to do something”?
reluctant. Дургүйцэж байгаа, дотроо татгалзсан.
“If I ___ time, I would help you.” (have / had)
had. Second conditional: “if” хэсэгт өнгөрсөн цаг хэрэглэнэ.
“Can I ___ your pen?” (borrow / lend)
borrow. Зээлж авах. Lend = зээлдүүлэх.
“She ___ down the job offer.” (turned / took)
turned (turn down). Татгалзах.
“We only meet once in a ___ moon.”
blue. Маш ховор тохиолдох.
What word means “open to more than one interpretation”?
ambiguous. Хоёрдмол утгатай, тодорхойгүй.
“I wish I ___ taller.” (was / were)
were. Subjunctive mood: биелэх боломжгүй хүсэл.
“The weather will ___ our plans.” (affect / effect)
affect. Affect = үйл үг (нөлөөлөх), effect = нэр үг (нөлөө).
“We had to ___ by on one salary.” (get / go)
get (get by). Багахан орлоготой аргацаан амьдрах.
“I hate the dentist, but I’ll have to bite the ___.”
bullet. Хэцүү зүйлийг зоригтойгоор даван туулах.
What word means “lasting for a very short time”?
ephemeral. Түр зуурын, богино настай.
“Hardly had he arrived ___ it started to rain.”
when. “Hardly... when” бүтэц, inversion-тэй хэрэглэнэ. "Тэр ирэнгүүт бороо орж эхлэв."
“She ___ the book on the table yesterday.” (lay / laid)
laid. “Lay” (тавих) нь lay-laid-laid. “Lie” (хэвтэх) нь lie-lay-lain.