The key answer of exercise 7
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.2 - Truth or myth? for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education
Question
- Read the review again and underline multi-word verbs with back, around, away, off, over, down, on, up and out.
- Look at some common meanings of particles in multi-word verbs. Complete the table with the meanings in the box.
Answer
a)
- looked back
- stood around
- Take away
- Switch off
- thought it over
- boils down
- carry on
- speeds up
- find out
b)
- (up) increase or improve
- (on) continue
- (off) remove, cancel or end something
- (out) be in the open
- (down) decrease or reduce
- (away) removal or disposal
- (back) return (to the past)
- (around) with no direction or aim
- (over) think or talk about