I love phrasal verbs!
To arrive and register at a hotel or airport
to check in
The road to the village goes through the mountains, but it is a long and dangerous journey / travel / trip
JOURNEY
If you ________ (not / arrive) late at the train station, we ______ (not / miss) our train to Newcastle.
If you HADN'T ARRIVED late at the train station, we WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED our train to Newcastle.
About 200 people _____________________ part in the swim across the port every year
TAKE
You can find lots of bargains in the second-hand shop
Lots of bargains can be found in the second-hand shop
What football team do I support?
ARSENAL
Question: Where was Pablo Picasso born_
Malaga
to run into somebody
My ambition / career / experience is to design computer games. I’ll do it one day.
AMBITION
He ______ (catch) a taxi from the airport if he
________ (have) enough money.
He WOULD HAVE CAUGHT a taxi from the airport if he HAD HAD enough money.
Could you ________ me a favour, please? Could you help me translate this email into Italian?
DO
Someone took my wallet out of my coat pocket.
My wallet was taken out of my coat pocket
How many children do I have?
Two
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
118
TO STAND UP FOR
TO DEFEND
I only met my great-grandmother on one occasion / opportunity / possibility. She was a hundred years old, so it was a special moment for me
OCCASION
If only he _______ (stop) playing his drums so loudly when I'm trying to work.
WOULD STOP
When I _______ back at the time I spent at school, I only have good memories.
look
He has been complaining about his vision; he should
_____ his eyes _______
have his eyes tested
Where was I born?
Islington, North London
What actor plays Ken in the 2023 blockbuster movie “Barbie?”
Ryan Gosling
TO DROP OUT
TO ABANDON SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY
We only wanted a light dish / food / meal, so we just had soup and a salad
MEAL
Your brother keeps borrowing your things without asking you first.
I wish he wouldn't keep borrowing my things.
If only he would ask me before borrowing my things.
When is the teacher __________ back our art projects? I want to show my parents mine.
handing
Sometimes I like to order my dinner on the app and
_______ it _________ to my house.
have it delivered
When did I come to live in Spain?
19th June 2008
Which freezes faster: hot or cold water?
Thanks to the Mpemba effect, hot water freezes faster.
TO TELL SOMEONE OFF
to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
Make sure you check / look/ supervise your answers carefully before you hand in your paper at the end of the exam.
CHECK
You saw a shirt on offer on Friday, but when you went to buy it on Monday it had gone.
I wish I'd bought the shirt on Friday.
If only I hadn't waited until Monday.
After all that revision, it turned ____ that the exam didn’t count as part of my final mark anyway.
out
People thought that protesters were to blame for the graffiti.
It was thought that protesters were to blame for the graffiti
What did I do before I came to Spain?
I was an accountant
What's the most common surname in Spain?
Garcia