Les verbes à particule (phrasal verbs)

Document 1. A voice message from Jake to his friend Priya, written down.
« Hi Priya, it's Jake. Sorry, I can't make it tonight: my dad's car broke down on the way back from work, so I have to pick him up at the garage at seven. Could we put off the cinema until Saturday? I know you were looking forward to it. Also, I found out that the film starts at 8:15, not 8, so we can hang out in town before. Oh, and don't throw away the tickets you printed: the cinema accepts them any day this week. Last thing: I ran into your brother at the bus stop; he asked me to tell you that your mum wants you to look after the twins on Sunday morning. Sorry about tonight! Call me back when you get this. »

1. Why can't Jake go to the cinema tonight? Give the two connected reasons.
2. What does Jake suggest, and what new information does he give about the film?
3. What must Priya NOT do, and why?
4. What message does Priya's brother send her? Rewrite it in one sentence without a phrasal verb.

Document 2. Instructions left by a hotel receptionist for a new colleague.

1. How many phrasal verbs are listed in the table, and which two are opposites?
2. Which tasks concern documents (not people)? Quote the phrasal verbs used.
3. Rewrite the 8:00 task replacing « their keys » with a pronoun, and explain in French where the pronoun goes and why.
4. Write the 14:00 instruction as a full sentence in the preterite, as if the colleague reported what she did (« At two o'clock, I… »).

1. Remplace le complément par un pronom et réécris : a) « Take off your shoes. » b) « We are looking for the dog. » c) « Sort out these papers. » d) « She looks after her cousins. »
2. Conjugue le phrasal verb au temps indiqué : « The plane (take off, prétérit) ___ at noon. » / « She (give up, present perfect) ___ chocolate. » / « He (get up, présent simple) ___ at six every day. »
3. Complète avec la particule qui convient : « Calm ___, write the address ___, and call me ___ later. »
4. Corrige les trois erreurs : « I look forward to see you, but my car has breaked down, so can you pick up me at the station? »

1. Donne le phrasal verb qui correspond : a) postpone, b) discover, c) cancel, d) continue.
2. Traduis en anglais avec un phrasal verb : « se remettre de », « tomber sur (par hasard) », « essayer (un vêtement) », « ne plus avoir de ».
3. Donne les deux sens de take off et de turn down, avec un exemple pour chacun des quatre sens.
4. Trouve l'intrus dans chaque liste et justifie en français : a) throw away, give away, put away, wake up — b) look after, look for, look up, look at.

Write a short story (80 words minimum) entitled « The day everything went wrong ». Follow the four steps and use at least eight different phrasal verbs (underline them).

1. Describe how the day started badly (use « wake up », « get up » and one more phrasal verb in the preterite).
2. Tell what happened on the way to school or to a friend's house (use « break down » or « run out of », and « set off » or « show up »).
3. Explain how you tried to solve the problem (use « sort out » or « find out », and a phrasal verb with a pronoun in the middle).
4. Conclude with what you learnt, using « give up » or « carry on », and « look forward to » + V-ing.