Phrasal Verb Story - Take

Uncle Bobs new assistant Phrasal verbs with Take
Uncle Bobs company was taken over by a big multi-national. He had to take on more work, and
take on a lot more responsibility. All the paperwork began to take up too much time, so he bought
a computer. But it immediately broke down so he took it back. Then he had an idea, he decided to
take on a new assistant. Wendy was very nice, he immediately took to her. On her first day he
gave her lots of instructions and told her to take down everything he said. But there was too much
information, she couldnt take it all in. Poor Wendy. So Bob gave her a different job, taking care of
the accounts. Everything went well for the first month, then one day Wendy didnt turn up* for work.
Bob called her home, but there was no answer. She had disappeared. Then the bank manager
rang. Wendy had disappeared, and so had all the money from Uncle Bobs bank account! Poor
Uncle Bob had been completely taken in by Wendy. The police are still looking for* her.
*turn up: appear looking for: trying to find
1. Match the phrasal verb with the definition
1. Take to someone a. Like someone the first time you meet

2. Take up time b. Take control
3. Take over c. Employ someone new
4. Take someone in d. Understand and remember information
5. Take on responsibility e. Return something because it is faulty or
6. Take care of something or someone borrowed
7. Take in information f. Expend time doing something
8. Take on staff g. Look after someone or deal with a matter
9. Take something back to a shop (Bills, an enquiry)
10. Take down information in writing h. Have more responsibility or work
i. Make a note of something in writing
j. Deceive someone into believing something
that isnt true
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2. Read through the story with a partner and see if you can remember which verbs go in each
gap. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING! Then you can reuse it again and again.
Uncle Bobs company was __________ by a big multi-national. He had to __________more work, and
__________ a lot more responsibility. All the paperwork began to __________too much time, so he
bought a computer. But it immediately broke down so he __________ it__________. Then he had an
idea, he decided to __________ a new assistant. Wendy was very nice, he immediately __________
her. On her first day he gave her lots of instructions and told her to __________ everything he said. But
there was too much information, she couldnt __________ it all__________. Poor Wendy. So Bob
gave her a different job, __________ of the accounts. Everything went well for the first month, then one
day Wendy didnt turn up for work. Bob called her home, but there was no answer. She had
disappeared. Then the bank manager rang. Wendy had disappeared, and so had all the money from
Uncle Bobs bank account! Poor Uncle Bob had been completely __________ by Wendy. The police
are still looking for her.
3. Ask your partner these questions. Use the phrasal verbs in your answers.
1. Do you often take to people the first time you meet them. Or do you need to time to get to know them?
2. Does your homework take up a lot of time? What other things take up too much time?
3. Should big supermarkets be allowed to take over small grocery stores?
4. How difficult do you think it is to take care of a baby?
5. When did you last take something back to a shop?
6. Have you or someone you know, ever been taken in by someone?
7. Does the internet make it easier for people to be taken in?
8.
4. Add the correct phrasal verb in the correct form, to the following examples. Be careful to add any pronouns
where necessary. Write the answer in the margin only so you can reuse this exercise again and again.
1. Its a busy time at the office so Im having to ________ a lot more work.
2. If you are so busy, maybe you should _________ more staff.
3. The new job is exciting but there is a lot of information to ___________. Its not easy!
4. The new TV doesnt work so Ill ______ it ______ to the shop tomorrow.
5. I enjoy looking after the garden but the problem is it __________ so much time!
6. Suddenly pirates appeared and ___________ the ship.
7. The police asked us a lot of questions. A sergeant ____________ everything we said.
8. You can have a dog if you promise to ____________ of it.
9. I didnt ______________ her the first time I met her but now I really get on with her.
10. The man was _______________ by the conman. He gave him all his money!
5. Key word sentence transformations

Rewrite the first sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence, using the key word. You must not change the key
word in any way.
Example: Angela started to smoke when she was twelve.

took
Angela
Answer: Angela took up smoking when she was twelve.
1. He wrote everything we said on a piece of paper.

took
He ______________________________________________
2. We need to employ more people to work in the factory.

take
We need _________________________________________
3. He looks after his father.

takes
He ______________________________________________
4. This new jumper has a hole in it. Im going to return it the shop.
take
This new jumper has a hole in it. Im going to _____________.
5. The new promotion means more money but I have a lot more work.
taken
The new promotion means more money but I have _______________________
6. I lost my job when a big company took control of my company.

took
I lost my job when a big company ____________________________________
7. I believed everything he told me. I didnt know he was a crook*(*dishonest person)

taken
I ______________________________________________________________
8. There is too much information to remember.

take
I ______________________________________________________________
Answers
Phrasal verbs with Go Exercise 1: 1a 2b 3h 4d 5j 6c 7i 8e 9f 10g

Exercise 4: 1 went through 2 goes back 3 gone off 4 go on 5 go back 6 go out with
7 go off 8 go through 9 went out 10 gone up
Exercise 5: 1. She is going through a difficult time right now. 2. Im going on a short trip to Rome
3. When the alarm went off, everyone went out of the shop very quickly. 4. I think this meat has gone off.
5. The price has gone up since last year. 6. Is he really going out with her. 7. We can walk for an hour and then go back.
8. I want to go through this contact carefully before I sign it.
Phrasal verbs with Make Exercise 1: 1b 2g 3f 4a 5e 6c 7h 8d 9i

Exercise 4: 1 making (it) up 2 made for 3 make of 4 make up 5 make up 6 make up my mind
7 make up for lost time 8 make out 9 make (it) out
Exercise 5: 1. The robber made up a story when the police interviewed him. 2. When he left he made for the forest.
3. I cant make up my mind! 4. I cant make it out. 5. We need to make up (for lost) time
6. What do you make of her new boyfriend? 7. They made up after the argument. 8. He was poor but he made out he was rich.
Phrasal verbs with Put Exercise 1: 1b 2e 3f 4a 5i 6j 7h 8c 9g 10d

Exercise 4: 1. put (some money) by 2. put (it) down 3. putting (it) off 4. put (it) out 5. put up with
6. put up 7. put (him) down) 8. put (you) up 9. put (me) through 10. put (me) off
Exercise 5: 1. I can buy the car if I put money by/aside for a year. 2.You have to do the job before tomorrow so dont put it off.
3. I dont want to put you off seeing the film because of what I said about it.
4. The firemen put out the fire. 5. Ok, Ill put you through to the manager. 6. How do you put up with this heat? Its
boiling! 7. I can put you up if you want to stay the night. 8. We have put up our prices
Phrasal verbs with Turn Exercise 1: 1j 2f 3a 4k 5i 6b and g 7d 8c 9e 10h

Exercise 4: 1 turned away 2 turned it down 3 turned up 4 turn back 5 turned over 6 turned into
7 turned down 8 turn up 9 turned out 10 turn off
Exercise 5: 1 Frank will probably turn down the new offer 2 in the end the film turned out to be
3 If you hear a strange noise, turn off the engine 4 It was so hot they decided to turn back
5 The watch turned up in the bathroom 6 They couldnt hear the film so they turned up the volume
7 The argument turned into a nasty fight 8 We were dressed too casually so the man on the door turned us away
9 There were too many of us in the boat and it turned over
Phrasal verbs with Look Exercise 1: 1i 2b 3g 4c 5f 6h 7j 8d 9e 10a

Exercise 4: 1 look into it 2 look after 3 look at 4 look up to 5 look out for 6 look it up 7 look through 8 looking forward to
9 looking for 10 looked for
Exercise 5: 1 When you buy things in a market, you have to look out for cheap imitations
2 My boss looked over the plans but seemed to think they were ok. 3 The police are looking into it.
4 . it was my uncle who I really looked up to. 5 you could try to look it up in his address book.
6 The neighbours have said they would look after the dog while we are away. 7 I looked through the catalogue quickly but I
didnt see anything that caught my eye. 8 Im really looking forward to seeing her after all this time.
Phrasal verbs with Take Exercise 1: 1a 2f 3b 4j 5h 6g 7d 8c 9e 10i

Exercise 4: 1 take on 2 take on 3 take in 4 take (it) back 5 takes up 6 took over
7 took down 8 take care 9 take to 10 taken in
Exercise 5: 1 He took down everything we said on a piece of paper. 2 We need to take on more people to work in the factory.
3 He takes care of his father 4 Im going to take it back the shop
5 The new promotion means more money but I have taken on a lot more work. 6 I lost my job when a big company took over
my company. 7. I was taken in by everything he told me. 8. I cant take in all the information
Phrasal verbs with Get Exercise 1: 1d 2h 3e 4j 5a 6b 7c 8f 9g 10i

Exercise 4: 1. get round 2. get on 3. get off 4. get away with 5. get (me) down 6. get in
7. getting in trouble/getting up to something 8. get over
Exercise 5: 1. He can get round his dad. 2. I get on with my in-laws. 3. You need to get off the bus when it gets to the
park. 4. Rainy weather gets me down. 5. He got into trouble because he broke the window. 6. He got over his illness.
7. You can get in here. 8. He always gets away with it.
Phrasal verbs with Bring Exercise 1: 1e 2f 3g 4c 5h 6a 7b 8d 9i

Exercise 4: 1 bring back 2 brought on 3 brought back 4 brought up 5 bring forward 6 bring in 7 brought up 8 bring round
9 bring out
Exercise 5: 1. The company wants to bring out another issue of the magazine. 2. Increased pollution could bring about
catastrophic results. 3. She was brought up by her grandparents after the accident. 4 The boss decided to bring forward the
date of the meeting to this Thursday. 5. He brought up the matter in the meeting on Friday. 6. She said she would bring back
from England with that strong cheese he so liked. 7. That photograph brings back memories.
8. The job was too difficult so we brought in an expert. 9. After he fainted, Uncle Bob brought him round with some brandy.

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What are some examples of phrasal verbs with 'take' and their meanings?

What are some examples of phrasal verbs with 'take' and their meanings?

What are some examples of phrasal verbs with 'bring' and their meanings?

What are some examples of phrasal verbs with 'bring' and their meanings?

Uncle Bobs new assistant Phrasal verbs with Take

1. Match the phrasal verb with the definition

1. Take to someone a. Like someone the first time you meet

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5. Key word sentence transformations

Example: Angela started to smoke when she was twelve.

Answer: Angela took up smoking when she was twelve.

1. He wrote everything we said on a piece of paper.

2. We need to employ more people to work in the factory.

3. He looks after his father.

6. I lost my job when a big company took control of my company.

7. I believed everything he told me. I didnt know he was a crook*(*dishonest person)

8. There is too much information to remember.

Phrasal verbs with Go Exercise 1: 1a 2b 3h 4d 5j 6c 7i 8e 9f 10g

Phrasal verbs with Make Exercise 1: 1b 2g 3f 4a 5e 6c 7h 8d 9i

Phrasal verbs with Put Exercise 1: 1b 2e 3f 4a 5i 6j 7h 8c 9g 10d

Phrasal verbs with Turn Exercise 1: 1j 2f 3a 4k 5i 6b and g 7d 8c 9e 10h

Phrasal verbs with Look Exercise 1: 1i 2b 3g 4c 5f 6h 7j 8d 9e 10a

Phrasal verbs with Take Exercise 1: 1a 2f 3b 4j 5h 6g 7d 8c 9e 10i

Phrasal verbs with Get Exercise 1: 1d 2h 3e 4j 5a 6b 7c 8f 9g 10i

Phrasal verbs with Bring Exercise 1: 1e 2f 3g 4c 5h 6a 7b 8d 9i

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