Phrasal verbs
Have you ever been in an exam and _______ time and didn't finish?
Have you ever been in an exam and RAN OUT OF time and didn't finish?
We didn't expect to find the formula in that file.
ACROSS
We didn't expect _____ the formula in that file.
We didn't expect TO COME ACROSS the formula in that file.
If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
Roosters don't lay eggs.
What plans have you made recently that have __________ and you couldn't do what you wanted?
What plans have you made recently that have FALLEN THROUGH and you couldn't do what you wanted?
He didn't pass his exams so he couldn't go to medical school.
FAILED
If _______ his exams, he would have gone to medical school.
If HE HADN'T FAILED his exams, he would have gone to medical school.
A boy was born in 1955, yet he just had his 18th birthday today. How did that happen?
1955 is not the year he was born, it was the hospital room number.
What information from this unit would like to _______ in more detail?
What information from this unit would like to LOOK INTO in more detail?
WISH
I _______ my files.
I WISH I HAD SAVED my files.
"In 2000, a 40-year-old doctor told his son that, when he was a little boy, he decided to be a doctor by seeing an internet site about performing a heart transplant on a puppy with a defective heart, so that the puppy would live a normal life. I then thought that I would be a doctor so that I could help people in a similar way."
What is the problem in this story?
The internet did not exist when the doctor was a little boy.
Have you ______ anything surprising in this unit?
Have you COME ACROSS anything surprising in this unit?
By the mid-twenty-first century there won't be any more oil for us to use.
USED
By the mid-twenty-first century we ________ all the oil in the world.
By the mid-twenty-first century we WILL HAVE USED all the oil in the world.
What weighs more? A kilo of feathers or a kilo of stones?
The same. They both weigh a pound.
What interesting information has ________ so far in this lesson?
What interesting information has COME UP so far in this lesson?
It wasn't a good idea to lie to him.
SHOULD
You ______ him the truth.
You SHOULD HAVE TOLD him the truth.
What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?
A caterpillar has no wings, but will fly when it turns into a butterfly.