Work on your phrasal verbs 9: Helping & recovering - Thẩm Tâm Vy

 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 2018 WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 9 HELPING & RECOVERING 
WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS ~ HELPING & RECOVERING 
1. carry on [a] If you carry on, you continue doing an activity. 
 - We are determined to carry on with our work. 
NOTE. You can also use go on. 
[b] If you carry on when you are in a difficult or unpleasant situation, you manage to continue 
with your normal, everyday activities. 
 - Some people carry on as if nothing has happened. 
NOTE. You can also use go on. 
2. clean up. [a] If you clean up something that is dirty or untidy, you get rid of it by wiping, 
sweeping, etc. 
 - Anne cleaned up the house and sat at the kitchen table. 
[b] If you clean up or clean up a place or person, you clean them. 
 - Consider for a moment the costs of cleaning up rivers and beaches. 
NOTE. You can also use clear up. 
3. get through. [a] If you get through a task, you succeed in finishing it. 
 - I got though a lot of work this morning. 
[b] If you get through a difficult experience, or someone or something gets you through it, you 
survive it. 
 - I just have to get through the next few months and then it'll be fine. 
4. help out. If you help out or help someone out, you do something to help someone. 
 - My sister helps out with the kids a lot. 
5. hold on 
[a] If you hold on, you hold something firmly, especially to stop yourself from falling. 
 - I grabbed the railing and held on. 
[b] If you hold on, you manage to continue in a difficult situation. 
 - If you hold on, things will get better eventually. 
NOTE. The opposite of hold on is give up. 
6. hold on to. [a] If you hold on to something that is in your hand, you grip it tightly so that it 
cannot fall or cannot be taken away from you. 
 - She walked slowly down the steps, holding on to the hand-rail. 
NOTE. You can also use hold onto. 
[b] If you hold on to someone, you keep your arms around them. 
 - She held on to him for support. 
NOTE.You can also use hold onto. 
7. keep on. If you keep on, or keep on doing something, you continue doing something and do 
not stop. 
 - My hands were shaking but I kept on. 
 - I kept on running until I had reached the house. 
NOTE. You can also use carry on. 
8. look after. If you look after someone or something, you take care of them and make sure they 
have what they need. 
 - My mother looks after the baby during the week. 
9. leave behind. If you leave something behind, you stop having a past feeling or experience and 
progress to something new. 
 - This is your chance to leave the past behind and make a new start. 
 - It can be hard to leave behind these bad experiences. 
10. live with. If you have to live with something unpleasant, you have to accept it and carry on 
with your life or work. 
 - The job involved a lot of stress, but I learnt to live with it. 
NOTE. You can also use pu t up with. This is more informal. 
11. protect from. To protect someone or something from something bad or harmful means to 
prevent it from happening or having a harmful effect. 
 - The soldiers were there to protect their country from invasion. 
 - Make sure you cover up and protect yourself from the sun. 
NOTE. You can also use protect against. 
12. settle down. If something settles down, it becomes calmer or stops changing. 
 - When things settle down a bit you'll have to come and visit us. 
NOTE. You can also use calm down. 
13. take in. If you take someone in, you allow them to live at your house or in your country. 
 - After the hurricane, neighbours offered to take homeless families in. 
 - Governments in the region may have to take in large numbers of refugees. 
14. turn around. If someone or something turns your life around or if it turns around, it changes 
completely, usually becoming better. 
 - An opportunity like this could turn your entire life around. 
 - The organization helps people turn around their lives. 
 - My life turned around when I met Tom. 
PRACTICE 
I. Match the particles with the verbs to make phrasal verbs from this lesson. 
down - out - from - in - on - up - around - with 
1. carry / hold / keep / go ........... 5. live ........... 
2. clear/clean ........... 6. settle ........... 
3. help ........... 7. turn ........... 
4. protect ........... 8. take ........... 
II. Match sentence halves 1-6 with A-F to make complete definitions. 
1. If you clean up a place or person, 
2. If you hold on to someone, 
3. If you leave something behind, 
4. If you look after someone or something, 
5. If something settles down, 
6. If you take someone in, 
A. you stop having a past feeling and progress to something new. 
B. you take care of them. 
C. you make them cleaner. 
D. it becomes calmer or stops changing. 
E. you allow them to live at your house or in your country. 
F. you keep your arms around them. 
III. Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). 
1. If something turns your life around, it changes your life for the worse.  
2. If you look after something, you ignore it.  
3. If something gets you through a difficult situation, it helps you cope.  
4. If you carry on in a difficult situation, you stop living your life normally.  
5. If things settle down, they become calmer.  
 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 2018 WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 9 HELPING & RECOVERING 
6. If you hold on to something, you give it to someone else.  
IV. Complete the book titles with the particles in the list below. 
BEHIND | WITH | AROUND | OUT | FROM | AFTER 
1. HOWTO TURN YOUR LIFE........... 
2. LEAVING YOUR PAST........... 
3. LOOKING...........YOUR NEW BABY 
4. LIVING...........STRESS 
5. PROTECTING YOURSELF...........HARM 
6. HELPING...........: A GUIDE TO CHARITY WORK 
V. Replace the underlined verbs with a phrasal verb from the box with the same meaning. 
settled down - live with - kept on - held on to - cleanup - protect...from 
1. It took us hours to clear up the mess the children had made. 
2. You need to take measures to protect yourself against skin cancer. 
3. Quang doesn't like going to the dentist, but he can put up with it. 
4. She held onto his hand as they walked up the hill. 
5. I carried on walking along the street. 
6. Life has calmed down more now that we've moved away from the city. 
VI. Correct the phrasal verbs in these sentences. 
1. It was difficult for him to carry in after the accident. 
2. I just don't know how we're going to get ahead this difficult time. 
3. If there's anything I can do to help in, just let me know. 
4. Things will get better - You just need to keep holding over! 
5. Thu Ha really wanted to leave her past ahead and move on with life. 
6. I offered to look under Nga's children while she's in hospital. 
7. After a few hours, his stomach settled over and he ate a sandwich. 
8. They took at a homeless couple for a week while they looked for a place to stay. 
VII. Read Oliver's story. Underline all the phrasal verbs, then match them with definitions 
1 -6. 
 When I was younger, I was homeless and had nowhere to go. I became depressed. Then I met 
Sophie and that turned my life around. We became friends and she took me in and let me live in 
her house. She looked after me and even helped me out with things like money. She helped me 
get through my depression and now I really feel like I've left that part of my life behind. 
 1. stopped having a past feeling and progressed to something new 
 2. took care of me 
 3. survive something 
 4. did something to help me 
 5. changed my life completely and made it better 
 6. allowed me to live at her house 
VIII. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of phrasal verbs from this lesson. 
 If I can find someone to . my baby tonight, I can come to the cinema with you. I hope you'll be 
happy in your new home! When you've unpacked and things have. come and visit. 
 When you're climbing up the mountain,........... the rope tightly. The post office is just ahead of 
you, at the end of this street. Ju st........, I'd love to....... and you'll see it, on your right. It was a 
great party - but the room is a mess! It'll take us a long time to ........... We'd better start now. 
When our son left home to go to university, we........... a lodger. It helped pay the rent and made 
the house feel less empty without him. 
ANSWER KEY 
I. 1. on 2. up 3. out 4. from 5. with 6. down 7. around 8. in 
II. 1. C 2. F 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. E 
III. 1. F 2. F 3. 4. F T 5. T 6. F 
IV. 1. AROUND 2. BEHIND 3. AFTER 4. WITH 5. FROM 6. OUT 
V. 1. clean up 2. protect (yourself) from 3. live with 4. held on to 5. kept on 6. settled down 
VI. 1. It was difficult for him to carry on after the accident. 
2. I just don’t know how we’re going to get through this difficult time. 
3. If there’s anything I can do to help out, just let me know. 
4. Things will get better – You just need to keep holding on! 
5. Thu Ha really wanted to leave her past behind and move on with life. 
6. I offered to look after Nga’s children while she’s in hospital. 
7. After a few hours, his stomach settled down and he ate a sandwich. 
8. They took in a homeless couple for a week while they looked for a place to stay. 
VII. 1. stopped having a past feeling and progressed to something new = left that part of my life 
behind 
2. took rare of me = looked after me 
3. survive something = get through 
4. did something to help me = helped me out 
5. changed my life completely and made it better = turned my life around 
6. allowed me to live at her house = took me in 
VIII. 1 look after 2 settled down 3 hold on to / hold onto 4 keep on / carry on 5 clean up 6 took 
in