5. Mike wasn't at work today. He________________sick.
6. When Bill flies to Los Angeles, he always ________ ________ in Bangkok.
7. The car dealer said he'll give me a good deal if I _______ _______ my old car.
8. We ________ the notices ________ all over town.
9. The memo from the personnel office ________ ________ a lot of confusion about the new
vacation policy.
10. This weather is terrible. I wonder if this storm is ever going to ______ ______.
11. Turn the heater on, and the room will ________ right ________.
12.^'Nancy was driving too fast, so I told her to ________ ________.
13. The teacher won't ________ ________ the tests until the students are quiet.
14. After you finish writing your report,________ it________ and give it to me.
15. Paul's from Colombia, but he hasn't ________ ________ there for seven years.
26. FOCUS ON: phrasal verbs and the adverb back
The adverb back is sometimes used with phrasal verbs to mean again. The following sentences
have the same meaning:
We got together again. We got
back
together.
Back is always placed directly before the particle. When back is used with separable phrasal
verbs, the object must separate the verb and particle, and back must be placed between the
object and the particle:
/ put the engine back
together. I put back
together
the engine.
Do not confuse the adverb back, which modifies phrasal verbs, with the particle back that is
part of some phrasal verbs (and has the same meaning of again).
Infinitive

present tense -ing form past tense past participle



past participle

go over go over & goes over

going over

went over

gone over

1. go over (to) p.v. When people move from where you are to a place, thing, or person
that is farther away from you, they go over or go over to that place, thing, or person.
I'm busy. Go over there and stop bothering me.
I was hot, so Maria went over to the window and opened it.
2. go over (to) p.v. When you go to someone's house for a visit, you go over or go over
to that person's house.
Have you gone over to Nicole's house to see her new baby yet?
I went over to Erik's for dinner last night.
3. go over p.v. When you carefully read or review important written material, you go over
it.
Here's a magazine article I just finished writing. Go over it and tell me what you think.
The actor went over his lines before the audition.
going-over n. When you examine or inspect something carefully, you give it a going-
over.
I gave his report a good going-over and found a lot of mistakes.
4. go over p.v. When you carefully explain something, usually something that is

4. go up (to) p.v. When something extends to a certain point that is farther north or at a
higher elevation, it goes up to that point. Go down is the opposite of go up.
This trail went up to the base camp at the foot of the mountain.
Interstate 5 goes up to Seattle.
5. go up (to) p.v. When you approach a person, you go up to that person.
There's Sarah, Go up and introduce yourself.
Janice isn't shy — she went right up to the president of the company and asked for a raise.
let in on
let in on & lets in on letting In on let in on let in on
1. let... in on p.v. When you tell people information that is secret or not widely known, you let
that person in on the information.
General Chambers let me in on the top secret information.
I'm going to let you In on something not many people know about me.
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Infinitive____________________________________________

present tense -ing form past tense past participle
open up
open up & opens up opening up opened up opened up
1. open ...up p.v. When you open something up, you reveal what is inside so that people
can see it.
Sofia opened the box up and looked inside.
Mike's going to open up his computer to try to find the problem.
2. open ... up p.v. When you open a room or building up, you unlock or open the doors so
that people can enter.
The office closes at 12:00 for lunch and opens back up at 1:00.
The manager was late and didn't open up the store until 10:30.
3. open ... up p.v. When a new business starts, it opens up or is opened up by someone.
/ was driving through town, and I noticed that a new book store has opened up on Maple Street.
Jimmy wants to open up a restaurant near the new office building.

In case of emergency, turn this shutoff valve here.
start up
start up & starts up starting up started up started up
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1. start ...up p.v. When an electrical or mechanical device starts up or someone starts it
up, it begins to operate.
My car's engine died at a red light, and it wouldn't start up again.
You push this button here to start the computer up.
start-up n. When you start up something, or something starts up, this action is a
start-up. When you start up something, you use the start-up switch, button, and soon.
To start the computer up, push this start-up button.
If your computer's hard disk crashes, you can use a floppy as the start-up disk.
2. start... up p.v. When you start up a new business or company, you take the steps
necessary to begin a new business or company.
You should have a detailed business plan before starting a business up.
Jane borrowed the money she needed to start up her business from her uncle.
start-up n. A start-up or start-up business or company is a new business or
company.
Most start-up businesses aren't successful.
EXERCISE 26a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be
sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.
1. Your important papers are all over the house. You should ________ them _____ and keep
them in a safe place.
2. It was so cold this morning that it took half an hour to ________ my car ______.
3. This is awfully complicated. Could you ________________ it one more time?
4. The police ordered the people in the house to ________ the door________.
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5. The sergeant ________ ________ the hill to look for the enemy soldiers.
6. The account executive was asked to ________ some ideas ________ for a new advertising campaign.
7. I'm trying to sleep. Would you please ________ ________ the lights?