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File 8C VOCABULARY - Phrasal verbs 1. Look up = find something in a reference book or on the internet 2. Get on with = have a good relationship with 3. Stay up = not go to bed 4. Fill in/ fill out = complete 5. Turn up = make the volume, or temperature, higher 6. Put away = put sth in cupboards, drawers, etc. 7. Pick up = take from the floor 8. Be over = finish 9. Throw away = put in the rubbish bin 10. Find out = get information about 11. Give up = stop doing something 12. Turn down = make volume, or temperature, lower

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VOCABULARY - Phrasal verbs1. Look up = find something in a reference book or on the internet2. Get on with = have a good relationship with3. Stay up = not go to bed4. Fill in/ fill out = complete5. Turn up = make the volume, or temperature, higher6. Put away = put sth in cupboards, drawers, etc.7. Pick up = take from the floor8. Be over = finish9. Throw away = put in the rubbish bin10. Find out = get information about11. Give up = stop doing something12. Turn down = make volume, or temperature, lower

p n bi tp - Passive VoiceActive to Passive PEG 302 - 61. The seals at the zoo are fed twice a day. 2. By whom was it written?3. Compare clothes which have been washed by us with those washed by any other laundry. 4. He expected that he should be offered the job. 5. She was shown the easiest way to do it (by them).6. The old oat was struck/stricken by lightning.7. It couldnt have been painted by Titian as that style of dress wasnt worn by people until after his death. 8. She was stung by a jellyfish.9. A special edition has been written for children (by the author).10. Sweet herbs used to be carried by judges as a protection against jail - fever.11. With what was it written/ What was it written with? It was written with a matchstick dipped in blood. 12. The shot was succeeded by an uneasy silence.13. Were you interested by the idea?14. He was given the details of his uncles will (by the lawyer). 15. These dams are made by beavers.16. These engines used to be started by hand. Now they are started by electricity. 17. This was opposed by most people. 18. A lot of work is being done by students.19. The dry dock was to have been opened by the PM.20. They recommended that new factories should be opened in the depressed area. 21. A lot of men will be made redundant by the closure of the workshop.22. These instructions could be understood by anyone with the smallest intelligence. 23. Children under sixteen will not be admitted (by us). 24. This training ship is to be manned by boy of sixteen to eighteen.25. The gypsies camp was flooded by a rainstorm.26. He was kept awake all night by the howling of wolves.27. They suggested that the test should be made easier. 28. All this damage couldnt have been done by children. Passive to Active PEG 302 - 61. Why dont you get an optician to test your eyes?2. They are to introduce this speed limit gradually.3. They are lengthening the runways at all the main airports.4. It is now 6 am and at most of the hospitals in the country nurses are wakening patients with cups of tea.5. People say that Byron lived on vinegar and potatoes. 6. By tradition, British fishermen must offer any sturgeon that they catch to the Queen.7. Someone has altered this notice.8. The owners went away last March and since then squatters have been using their houseboat.9. They were towing the damaged ship into harbour when the towline broke. 10. Get a builder to put in a lift and you dont have to climb up all these stairs.11. The firm made a profit of two million pounds in the first six months but a loss of seventeen million pounds which they made in the second six months cancelled this. 12. Guest will wear evening dress. 13. The authorities put the ship into quarantine and forbade passengers and crew to land. 14. We shall have to find someone to take her place.15. They made him surrender his passport.16. Our opponents must have started this rumour. 17. The New Arts Gallery is to exhibit my paintings for the first time.18. Experts have proved that this scientific theory is false.19. Today they are to salvage the car which the wind blew over the cliff yesterday.20. Police are guarding the house where they found the dead man to prevent anyone from entering it and interfering with the evidence. 21. Why didnt you either lock the car or put it into the garage?