PHRASAL VERBS & IDIOMS

(á la ETC International College)

ACTIVITY 2

Key for “CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION” activity

What contexts can you most easily and obviously use the following phrasal verbs and idioms in? Choose the most suitable and obvious context for each of them from the options A, B and C according to the meanings in activity 1. Classifying phrasal verbs and idioms into contexts or topics helps you remember them more quickly and use them more effectively.

Example :

turn down	a) clothes b) work c) crime

Activity 2

Blue color	= correct
Red color	= incorrect

get away

a) technology
b) clothes
c) crime

break in(to)

a) food
b) health
c) crime

put away

a) relationships
b) crime
c) technology

see off

a) clothes
b) travel
c) technology

set off

a) travel
b) clothes
c) money

break down

a) clothes
b) emotions
c) crime

put up

a) health
b) clothes
c) relationships

take off

a) travel
b) emotions
c) money

head for

a) food
b) health
c) travel

take out

a) emotions
b) relationships
c) money

pay in(to)

a) money
b) technology
c) clothes

pay off

a) emotions
b) money
c) food

break even

a) health
b) relationships
c) money

go down with

a) travel
b) relationships
c) health

sign off

a) technology
b) health
c) clothes

get over

a) clothes
b) health
c) crime

pass away

a) travel
b) technology
c) health

turn on

a) clothes
b) technology
c) money

turn off

a) technology
b) food
c) money

turn over

a) crime
b) technology
c) food

call out

a) relationships
b) clothes
c) technology

get on (well with)

a) relationships
b) clothes
c) health

fall out (with)

a) technology
b) relationships
c) health

break up (with)

a) technology
b) clothes
c) relationships

make up (with)

a) clothes
b) relationships
c) technology

get over

a) clothes
b) emotions
c) crime

win over

a) technology
b) clothes
c) relationships

see eye to eye

a) technology
b) food
c) relationships

break down

a) travel
b) clothes
c) crime

cheer up

a) crime
b) emotions
c) technology

(not/never) live down

a) health
b) emotions
c) food

put on

a) crime
b) clothes
c) money

take off

a) crime
b) clothes
c) health

take up

a) clothes
b) technology
c) money

take in

a) emotions
b) clothes
c) technology

try on

a) food
b) emotions
c) clothes

have your hands full

a) food
b) clothes
c) work

get out of doing something

a) crime
b) clothes
c) work

sort out

a) emotions
b) crime
c) work

take over

a) food
b) clothes
c) work

go off

a) work
b) food
c) clothes

eat up

a) emotions
b) clothes
c) food

throw up

a) health
b) relationships
c) technology

under the weather

a) emotions
b) health
c) crime

pick up

a) clothes
b) travel
c) emotions

check out (of)

a) clothes
b) emotions
c) money

chat up

a) health
b) relationships
c) food

be/get held up

a) clothes
b) food
c) work

blow your top

a) technology
b) emotions
c) food

fall for

a) health
b) clothes
c) emotions

give sb. the go-ahead

a) emotions
b) clothes
c) work

in the red

a) health
b) clothes
c) money

it?s on me

a) crime
b) money
c) health

sponge off sb.

a) money
b) technology
c) health

eke out

a) money
b) crime
c) clothes

square up

a) emotions
b) money
c) clothes

see through sb.

a) clothes
b) food
c) relationships

run out (of)

a) relationships
b) crime
c) food

see sth. through

a) clothes
b) technology
c) emotions

take it out on sb.

a) food
b) relationships
c) clothes

pass out

a) crime
b) health
c) technology

put down

a) food
b) crime
c) emotions

look up to

a) technology
b) relationships
c) crime

look down on

a) travel
b) food
c) relationships

back out

a) technology
b) health
c) money

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