Class 11 English Unit 11: Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Language Development Section

 

B.         Study the examples of phrasal verbs and idioms.

Video Phrasal verbs:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm-n-_uqCvQ

a.      This is the form. Please can you fill it in?

b.     Why are you bringing that argument up now? (meaning- talking)

c.      Police are looking into connections between the two crimes. (searching)

d.     We need to come up with a solution. (find)

Idioms

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HclqADvf35Y

a.      I lost my head completely. (lost temper and acted irrationally)

b.     I can’t believe the weather. It’s raining cats and dogs! (heavy rain)

c.      They decided to bury the hatchet and try to be friends again. (end a quarrel)

d.   Did you notice the difference between phrasal verbs and idioms?

A phrasal verb can take a preposition/ an adverb/ giving it a literal meaning, but an idiom gives it a figurative meaning, not a literal one.

B.    What do the following idioms mean? Use them in sensible sentences.

a.      a hot potato – a problematic situation

The new law became a hot potato in parliament.   

b.     once in a blue moon – not very often  

She only mails me once in a blue moon.                

c.      a bed of roses – easy option

Being a teacher isn’t a bed of roses—it’s hard work.

d.     when pigs fly – something will never happen

     She’ll pay you back when pigs fly!

e.      miss the boat – miss an opportunity

If you don’t apply soon, you’ll miss the boat to abroad.                               

f.       zip your lip – stop talking

Zip your lip—this is a critical issue!

g.     fight tooth and nail – fight very fiercely

They fought tooth and nail to win the championship.       

h.     when life gives you lemon – make the best out of a difficult situation

I lost my business, but I started teaching—when life gives you lemons, right?"

i.       goose egg – a zero score in a game

a.      They always score a goose egg.

b.     A goose egg is a sign of losing the game.

C.   Match the following phrasal verbs with their meanings.

Answers only

a.      break down                     to stop functioning (vehicle, machine)

b.     check out                        to leave a hotel

c.      fed up                             tired of something or someone

d.     fill out                            to complete a form

e.      get away                         to escape

f.       give away                       to give something to someone for free

g.     give up                           to quit a habit

h.     look forward to               to wait anxiously for something or an event

i.       make up                          to invent a story or lie

j.       pass away                       to die

k.     put out                            to extinguish

l.       take off                           to remove clothes or shoes from the body to depart as in  

                                         airplane 

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