Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs

Look after - to take care of smb

Look for - to try to find

Look forward - to expect sth with pleasure

Look up - to try to find a word, name in a reference book

1.  I don’t remember her phone number let me look it …

2.  Julie looks … our children while were at work

3.  Jane is really looking … her sister’s wedding.

4.  Helen is looking … a new house.

Run into smb - to meet smb by chance;

Run out of – to finish, have no more of;

Run after – to chase;

Run over – to hit sb/sth with a car…

1.  A car almost ran … my dog.

2.  The ball rolled down the hill and the children ran … it.

3.  While we were driving to Paris, the car ran … petrol.

4.  Guess what! I ran … Bill Garring yesterday.

Break down – to stop working (of cars, engines …)

Break into – to enter a place by force

Break out – to begin suddenly (of wars, fires, storms …)

Break up – to stop for holidays (of schools)

1.  World War II broke … in 1939.

2.  School is going to break … for Christmas on the 22^nd of December.

3.  My car broke … so I took it to the garage.

4.  Burglars broke … my house last night and stole all my jewellery.

Come across – to meet sb/sth by chance

Come back – to return

Come round – to visit

Come into – to inherit sth

1.  I came … an old school friend while I was doing my shopping today.

2.  My brother came … home from university last week.

3.  Jenny came … a lot of money when her aunt died.

4.  You should come … for dinner one evening.

Take over – to take control of sth

Take after – to look like

Take up – to begin sth new (a hobby, sport)

Take off – (of aeroplanes) to leave the ground

1.  John has decided to take … tennis.

2.  The plane will be taking … in 10 minutes.

3.  Rachel really takes … her grandmother.

4.  A large firm has taken … our company.