Unit 4a Book

Look back at the transcript from Section 4 above (transcript 10 on p. 120 in your coursebook). Read it carefully and find all phrasal verbs + all nouns derived from them. While searching for the phrasal verbs and nouns, complete this matching exercise. Your task it to match the two parts of phrasal verbs and verbs derived from them (small letters are used for phrasal verbs while nouns are CAPITALIZED. Finding all these words in the transcript is definitely going to help you to finish the task successfully.

Phrasal verbs are verbs consisting of two separate parts: a verb and a particle, e.g.:  build up, set up. Nouns derived from these phrasal verbs then form one word consisting of two united parts: outburst, build-up, setup. Whether or not the parts need a hyphen depends on the natural development of the language. For example, the originally hyphenated word on-line is currently spelled without the hyphen: online. Clearly, the development of English is heading towards simplification. Read more about phrasal verbs in this grammar overview. This grammar overview explains why phrasal verbs are important and how they are used. However, it lists only phrasal verbs you can come across in this unit. You will have a chance to learn more phrasal verbs in the AEL6 course. Nouns derived from phrasal verbs will be covered in detail in the following unit – Unit 4b.

Almost all phrasal verbs have a one-word more formal synonym, e.g.:                  

Take the labels off. = Remove the labels.

Now read the article in Task 7 on p. 27 of your coursebook. It gives a detailed explanation of the problem occurring soon after the opening of the collider in 2008. You can see that there are lots of phrasal verbs in the text. Match them with their one-word synonyms listed in this matching task. Similarly, rewrite sentences in this task to give the same meaning, replacing the CAPITALIZED words and phrases with phrasal verbs listed above the task.