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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 07 blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up Example Dialogue

Oddie

: Did you see the bomb squad take the bomb apart at the airport?

Nate

: I saw! I don’t know how they do it. Imagine if they did something wrong like cut the wrong line, the whole place would blow up!

Oddie

: Wasn’t it the most intense thing you’ve ever seen? I would never pass up a chance to see something like that happen. Wow! Today was so cool!

Nate

: You’re crazy! As for me, I am never going back to that airport.

Oddie : Seriously though, I don’t know how those guys still have the energy. I mean, if I were in their place, right after concentrating on disabling bombs all my energy would be used up. All I would want to do is go home and relax.

Nate

: Well, it is their job. Maybe they are just used to it.

Try to figure out the meaning of these phrasal verbs. blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up

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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 07 blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up Example Passage

Everyone was glad that the bomb planted at the mall didn’t blow up. It had really caused a lot of commotion. The bomb squad used up all their concentration on taking the bomb apart. They went back to the area to investigate it even further. Later, they were informed that a suspect had been caught. They didn’t pass up the opportunity to interrogate him.

Again, try to figure out the meaning of these phrasal verbs. blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up

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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 07 blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up Definitions

blow up blow ... up

| to explode or to cause something, such as a bomb, to explode Be careful when lighting a fire near gasoline, this place might blow up! Bombs can blow anything up.

go back

| to return This is a dead end. We will have to go back where we started.

pass up ... pass ... up

| to fail to take advantage of an opportunity Lissa decided to pass up the money that was offered to her. Ann didn’t like the offer. She passed it up.

take apart ... take … apart | to separate something into its different parts She took apart the gun to clean it. We will have to take this laptop apart to find out what’s wrong with it.

use up ... use ... up

| to take all (all of something) from a supply You cannot get any food here. Everything has been used up. We don’t want to use all of our supplies up.

Make sure you can understand the meaning of these phrasal verbs. blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up

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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 07 blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up Practice

Use the correct phrasal verbs (in a correct form) to complete the sentences.

1 | Never

an opportunity.

2 | They took the wrong turn, so they had to

3 | After the cadets

their guns

.

, they had to put them back together.

4 | Once you are done with the puzzle, you may

it

.

5 | Dwayne decided to work abroad. It’s an opportunity you cannot

6 | The scuba divers need to be careful not to

7 | The bad guy is going to

all of their oxygen.

the factory

8 | No one knew when the bomb in the bag

into smithereens.

.

9 | It’s raining at the beach today. Looks like we have to

10 | I can’t believe you have already

.

home.

all the cooking oil! How am I going to

cook?

APPLICATION: Create your own sentences using these phrasal verbs. blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up

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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 07 blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up Exercise

Use the correct phrasal verbs (in a correct form) to complete the dialogue.

(Nick and Minnie are working on their experiments.)

Nick

: I don’t think we should mix those chemicals together. Aren’t those highly combustible?

Minnie : Oh, don’t worry! This isn’t going to

Nick

: Hey! Don’t

the lab.

all the ethyl alcohol! We need it for the next

experiment.

Minnie : Are you sure? After this experiment, don’t we still have to robot

Nick

that

? It didn’t work properly last time.

: Oh yes! I am definitely not

that opportunity!

Minnie : Ugh! I can’t believe you’re excited about it!

Nick

: What? It’s better than this boring experiment. Come on. Let’s

to

the electronics lab.

APPLICATION: Create your own dialogue using these phrasal verbs with your teacher. blow up | go back | pass up | take apart | use up

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