Hedy Lamarr
Phrasal Verbs
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Answer with correct tense
100

What country was Hedy Lamarr from?

Austria

100

cut back on

To reduce (especially spending)

We’re cutting back on entertainment in order to save up for our vacation. Instead of going to the movies once a week, we’re going once a month.

2. To consume less

I’m on a diet – I’m cutting down on fast food.

100

I'm Lovin it

McDonalds

100

FUTURE CONTINUOUS: What will you be doing at this time tomorrow?

I'll be driving

I'll will be working

i don't know what I'll be doing

200

What was Hedy Lamarr famous for in her public life? What did she do in her private life?

Being an actress, being attractive

in her private life she invented things

200
Put (someone) up

To accommodate someone temporarily.

                  “My friend is in town and I am putting him up for the night”

    They are so nice. They put me up for 2 nights when I was in Barcelona.

200

Just do it

Nike

200

FUTURE PERFECT: What will you have by the end of the day today?

By the end of the day I will have + Past Participle


300

Describe Hedy Lamarr's cola invention.

Cola tablet that can dissolve in water, creating a coca-cola drink.

300

Fill (someone) in

 To inform someone more fully of a matter, giving all the details.
     During the drive the cab driver filled me in on important economic and sociological information.

Hey! I missed class. What did you do? Fill me in!

300

Think Different

Apple
300

Second Conditional: Where would you go if you could only travel to one city in the United States (outside of Miami)?

If I could only go one place I would go to......

WOULD + BASE FORM OF VERB

400

Why did Hedy come up with the invention of frequency hopping?

American and British ships were being attacked by Germans during world war two. The Germans were hacking into American and British controls/radar which jammed torpedos. Frequency hopping creates multiple frequencies and makes it very difficult to hack.
400

Cut across

To go across a place rather than around it, to make the trip faster.

Let’s cut across the park on the way home from school – it’ll be faster.

400

Save money, live better

Walmart

400
Third Conditional: Imagine that you were alive 200 years ago. If you had been alive 200 years ago what would have been your job?

I would have been a cabaret dancer!

WOULD + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

500

What is the name of the documentary that was recently made about Hedy Lamar?

Bombshell

500

To Cut in

1. Enter a conversation by interrupting

I couldn’t have a serious conversation with Barry because my sister kept cutting in.

2. When two people are dancing, and a third person interrupts them to dance with one of them.

May I cut in? I’d like to dance with Joanna.

3. To “cut in line” is to enter a line ahead of other people who have been waiting longer:

500

Melts in your mouth, not in your hand.

M&Ms

500
Complete the sentence using the past perfect:


By the time....

By the time I arrived the movie had already started


By the time + simple past, had + past participle