D. Correct the mistakes

1) My full name is Katy.

2) Unfortunately my family is full, I live with my mum only.

3) There are so many helpful close friends in my office.

4) My partner (the man I got married with) has brought a wonderful bucket of flowers on our anniversary.

5) I divide the flat with my brother.

6) I’ve got a niece, son of my brother, who we name John.

7) We have so many best friends working with the hospital that I had to become a doctor.

8) His wife died last year so he is an ex-husband now.

9) She is my senior, so she does what she’s told.

10) As their uncle had no other relatives they were granted the house after his death.

PHRASAL VERBS

A. Work with a partner. What is a phrasal verb? What makes it different from other verbs? Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1) I grew up/down in Brazil.

2) The children were brought down/up by their aunt.

3) My brother always told me off/on for borrowing his records.

4) You really take before/after your father. You are always complaining.

5) My sister looked after/before me when I was ill.

6) I don’t get on/off very well with my mother.

7) I still look down/up to my older brother, and ask him for advice.

8) We carried off/on arguing until they left home.

B. Use the sentences in Ex. A to help you match the phrasal verbs from A with the definitions from B.

A	B
to grow up	to admire and respect someone
to bring up	to continue (doing something)
to tell (someone) off	to develop from being a child to being an adult
to take after (someone)	to take care of (someone or something)
to look after (someone or something)	to talk angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
to get on with (someone)	to have a friendly relationship with someone
to look up to (someone)	to look or behave like another member of your family
to carry on (doing something)	to care for children until they are adults

C. Complete the text using the correct form of the phrasal verbs in Exercise B.

I was brought up in a small town near Paris. My parents are English, so I (1) speaking English and French. A young English student lived with us during the school holidays, and she (2) me when my parents were away on business. I remember my father always (3) us (4) in English when he couldn’t hear us, because it was easier for both of us. She was an artist and we (5) very well. I (6) her, and later tried to become a painter myself. Unfortunately, I (7) my father, who wasn’t artistic, and so I was never successful.