Work on your phrasal verbs 3: Socialising & leisure time - Thẩm Tâm Vy

 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 2018 WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 3 SOCIALISING AND LEISURE TIME 
WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS ~ SOCIALISING & LEISURE TIME 
1. call for. If you call for someone or something, you go to the building where they are, to 
collect them. 
 - I'll call for you about eight. 
2. call on. If you call on someone, you visit them for a short time. 
 - Shall we call on Charlotte since we're so near? 
3. catch up. If you catch up, you talk to a friend, finding out what has happened in his or her life 
since you last met. 
 - It would be really nice to catch up over a cup of coffee sometime. 
4. come along. If someone comes along, they go somewhere with you or go to the same place as 
you. 
 - We're going out for dinner. Why don't you come along with us? 
5. come out. If someone comes out, they go somewhere with someone socially. 
 - Would you like to come out with us to the cinema? 
6. come over. [a] When someone comes over, they move across a room or other place towards 
you. 
 - The waiter came over and put her drink down in front of her. 
[b] When someone comes over, they visit your house to see you for a short time. 
 - Come over and have lunch with us tomorrow. 
NOTE. You can also use come around. 
7. drop in. To drop in means to visit someone informally, usually without having arranged the 
visit. 
 - I thought I'd just drop in and see how you were. 
NOTE. You can also use drop by and drop round. You can also use pop in. This is a more 
informal British form. 
8. eat out. When you eat out, you have a meal at a restaurant instead of at home. 
 - Do you eat out a lot in London? 
NOTE. The opposite of eat out is eat in. 
9. get in. [a]When a person or a vehicle gets in, they arrive at a place where people are expecting 
them to be. 
 - I'll tell him you called when he gets in. 
[b] If you get in, you succeed in entering a building. 
 - We went to a museum and it cost ten euros to get in. 
10. get together. When people get together, or when someone gets people together, two or more 
people meet in order to discuss something or to spend time with each other. 
 - We should all get together and go out for a drink. 
 - He got a bunch of people together who wanted to help out. 
11. go out. When you go out, you leave your house and go somewhere else. 
 - I thought we could go out somewhere for a picnic. 
NOTE. The opposite of go out is stay in. 
12. go over. If you go over, you go to someone's house and visit them for a short time. 
 - There was a phone message from Jeremy, asking me to go over the next evening. 
 - Can we go over to Ella's today? 
NOTE. You can also use go round. 
13. hang out. If you hang out somewhere or hang out, you spend a lot of time in a place, often 
not doing very much. 
[INFORMAL] 
 - I don't hang out at the park any more. 
 - Shall we go to town and just hang out? 
14. put off [a] If you put off something, you delay it or arrange to do it at a later time than 
planned. 
 - She used tiredness as an excuse to put off things she didn't want to do. 
 - I know I've got to call him but I keep putting it off. 
[b] If you put a person off, you delay seeing them or doing what they want you to do. 
 - She'll be here soon, unless I can put her off somehow. 
15. show up. If you show up, you arrive at a place where people are expecting you. 
 - I waited for half an hour, but she didn't show up. 
NOTE. You can also use turn up. 
16. stay in. If you stay in, you remain at home rather than going out. 
 - We stayed in the whole evening. 
NOTE.You can also use stop in. The opposite of stay in is go out. 
17. take up. If you take up an activity or job, you start doing it. 
 - I thought I'd take up fishing. 
 - You're good at art. You should take it up professionally. 
PRACTICE 
I. Match verbs 1-4 with particles A-D to make phrasal verbs from this unit. 
1. take / show / catch A. in 
2. eat / go / hang B. out 
3. stay / drop / get C. over 
4. come / go D. up 
II. Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs in the box. 
drop in - hang out - showed up - come along - got together - call on 
1. Wp rould your sister if we have time. 
2. You could to the cinema with us tonight, if you like. 
3. Guang derided to on his friend on the way to the park. 
4. They last week for lunch. 
5. Lucas andTalia usually at the shopping mall. 
6. We waited for over an hour before Adam finally. 
III. Decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). 
1. When you eat out, you have a meal at a restaurant.  
2. The opposite of eat out is eat in.  
3. If you go out, you stay in your house.  
4. The opposite of go out is stay in.  
5. If you show up, you leave a place.  
6. If you hang out somewhere, you spend a lot of time there.  
7. If you take up an activity, you start doing it.  
8. If you call on someone, you move across a room.  
IV. Replace the underlined verbs with a phrasal verb from the box with the same meaning, 
taken up - stay in - shows up - go over - went over - dropped in - drop in - come over 
1. We were tired and decided just to stop in that night. 
 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 2018 WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 3 SOCIALISING AND LEISURE TIME 
2. Why don't you come round about eight o'clock? 
3. I popped in to see her on my way home. 
4. What will we do if no one turns up? 
5. I might go round to Mike's place later on. 
6. Jen has started doing karate now. 
7. After the game I went round to a friend's house. 
8. If I have time I'll drop by and see her this afternoon. 
V. Match questions 1-6 with the correct replies A-F. 
1. Why don't we call on Harry while we're in town? 
2. What time should we call for you tomorrow? 
3. We must catch up over dinner some time. 
4. What time did you get in last night? 
5. Can we meet with your parents this week? 
6. I don't have any plans this evening. 
A. Oh, it was quite late ... about midnight. 
 B. How about this weekend? I know a great Italian restaurant. 
 C. No, I think we should put off seeing them until next week. 
 D. Good idea. Let's take him a present. 
 E. Then why don't you come out to the party with me? 
 F. Seven o'clock would be good. 
VI. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box. 
put...off - come along - ate out – catch up - get in - take up 
1. I want to see the film but my husband keeps.................it........... 
2. Why don't you ....................a new sport? 
3. It's expensive to....................to the night club, but the music is great. 
4. I asked Brigitte to....................with us to the show. 
5. It was a good chance to....................with some old friends. 
6. When we lived in Los Angeles, we always....................at the same restaurants. 
VII. Correct the phrasal verbs in these sentences. 
1. It was nice seeing you again. We must get up more often. 
2. We're going to the cinema this evening. Would you like to come on with us? 
3. What time shall I come off to your place tonight? 
4. What time did you get over last night? Was it very late? 
5. I don't feel like eating up tonight. I'll stay at home and cook something for dinner instead. 
6. I've decided to take off yoga - they say it's a good form of exercise. 
VIII. Read the conversation. Underline all the phrasal verbs, then match them with the 
correct definitions 1 -6 
Emma: Hi Dylan. We're going to a concert tonight. Do you fancy coming along? 
Dylan: Sure! What time should we get together? 
Emma: Well, I was thinking we could go out around six thirty. 
Dylan: Okay, then I'll come over to your place at six. 
Emma: Great. Oh, I think we're going to eat out before the concert. And I'm taking my car. So 
how about our calling for you at six instead? 
Dylan: Okay. See you then! 
 1. make a short visit 
 2. going with us to the same place 
 3. collect 
 4. leave the house 
 5. have a meal at a restaurant 
 6. meet 
ANSWER KEY 
I. 1. up 2. out 3. in 4. over 
II. 1. call on 2. come along 3. drop in 4. got together 
 5. hang out 6. showed up 
III. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. F 
IV. 1. stay in 2. come over 3. dropped in 4. shows up 
 5. go over 6. taken up 7. went over 8. drop in 
V. 1. D 2. F 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. E 
VI. 1. putting (it) off 2. take up 3. get in 4. come alongm 5. catch up 6. ate out 
VII. 
1. It was nice seeing you again. We must get together more often. 
2. We're going to a the cinema this evening. Would you like to come along with us? 
3. What time shall I come over to your place tonight? 
4. What time did you get in last night? Was it very late? 
5. I don't feel like eating out tonight. I'll stay at home and cook something for dinner instead. 
6. I've decided to take up yoga - they say it's a good form of exercise. 
VIII. 
1. make a short visit - come over 2. going with us to the same place - coming along 
3. collect = call for 4. leave the house = go out 
5. have a meal at a restaurant = eat out 6. meet = get together