Phrasal verbs Give 4º Bimestre

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Give away•1. To give someone something without asking for any payment

•2. To give secret information, 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 the

person 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 with give 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/believing something

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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