Phrasal verbs

Give

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Give away•1. To give someone somethingwithout asking for anypayment

•2. To give secretinformation, reveal

1. He gave all his old records away

years ago

2. If captured, they might give away

vital military secrets

Give back

1. To give something to theperson who already owns it, or

who gave it to you before = return

I will give your money back

tomorrow

The company had to give back all

the money customers had paid

Give in

• To give something, especially a piece of work, to someone who is expectiong

it

She gave in her homework a week ago

Give off

•To produce something such as heat or smell = emit.

•Nouns often used as objects withgive off

aroma, fumes, gas odour, scent, smell

When they die, plants give off gases

such as carbon dioxide and methane.

Give out

• Give something to many people = hand out

•Machine etc: stop working

•Give many people information

She earned a little money giving out

leaflets in front of the train station

Give up• Stop doing something

•Stop trying

•Stop thinking/believingsomething

Giving up his job was the last thing

we expected him to do

Decide what you want and then

don´t give up until you´ve

achieved it

It was a difficult time, but

we never gave up hope

Exercises

Q1 - She gave ...... smoking when her doctor told her that she would fall ill if she didn't

( ) In

( ) up

( )on

Q2 - The robber went to the police station and gave himself .......

( ) in( ) out( ) off

•Q3 - He gave his homework ...... to the teacher on the last day

( )up( )off( )in

•Q4 - The teacher gave the homework ........ to the students after she'd corrected it( )back( )in( )off

•Q5 - The car gives ....... too much smoke, so the police told him not to drive it anymore( ) in

( ) up( ) off

•Q6 - She felt it was irresponsible to accept the present so she gave it .......( ) back( ) off( ) into

•Q7 - The worst job I ever had was giving ....... leaflets to passengers in the tube

( ) into( )up( )out

•Q8 - He pretended that he was not frightened, but his staring eyes gave the truth ......

( ) away( ) off( ) out

•Q9 - The date of the election will be given ....... on the news tonight

( ) in( ) out( ) up

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