Lessons 11–12 · 2 lessons · F. Rashidova, N. Tillayeva, Z. Karimova. Pupil’s Book (English), Grade 10, 1st edition. “O‘zbekiston” NMIU, Tashkent, 2017
11
Where to go? (A)
Textbook: pp. 50–53
GoalPhrasal verbs: give up, look for, find out, carry on, take up, set up; synonyms; talking about plans for the future.
New words
to give up · voz kechmoqto find out · topmoq, aniqlamoqto carry on · davom ettirmoqto take up · shug‘ullana boshlamoq
Explanation
A phrasal verb is a verb + adverb or preposition whose meaning is different from the separate words. Give up – stop trying or stop a habit; look for – search; find out – discover information; carry on – continue; take up – start a new activity; set up – establish or organise. Some can be separated: I turned the offer down / I turned it down (but not turned down it). Others are not separable: look after the baby. Synonyms are words with similar meaning: aim – goal, achieve – accomplish, choose – select. They are not always identical: some are more formal (accomplish, select). When we talk about plans phrasal verbs make speech sound natural: I am going to take up coding and set up a school club.
Worked examples
After the first failure, don’t give up – carry on and find out what went wrong.
My sister is looking for a flat near the university, and she is going to take up painting in her free time.
Class activity
“Phrasal verb mime”: a student acts out an expression (take up, look for) and the class guesses it.
Practice
1
Replace “continue” with a phrasal verb: Please continue reading. (carry on / give up)
Please carry on reading.
2
Complete: I want to ___ a robotics club at school. (set up / give up)
set up
3
Write a synonym for “achieve”.
accomplish
4
Why can we say “look it up” but not “look up it”?
Because with a pronoun object a separable phrasal verb must have the pronoun between the verb and the particle.