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RUN into somebody or something

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I ran into my old high school flame while I was on holday in Turkey.

Murat ran into his sister while he was at the supermarket.

MEANING

RUN into somebody: Meet by chance

TEST YOUR GRAMMAR

PART 1. Choose the correct answer a,b or c.

1) They want __________ all of their colleagues to the party.

a) invite          b) to invite          c) inviting

2) It’s usually difficult __________ for a woman how to change a flat tyre.

a) to learn      b) learn          c) learning

3) He borrowed a book ___________ while he was on holiday.

a) read         b) reading        c) to read

4) __________ on Sunday mornings makes me feel ebergetic.

a) Swim        b) Swimming       c) To swim

5) Metin’s uncle doesn’t enjoy ___________ for a long time.

a) drive         b) to drive          c) driving

6) Aragones is tired of ____________. He wants to leave Fenerbahçe.

a) to criticise    b) being criticised    c) be criticised

7) Alex likes Mondays because he ___________go training.

a) mustn’t         b) doesn’t have to      c) haven’t to

8  He can’t watch the match tonight because he __________ to finish the reports.

a) has         b) must      c) have

9) You __________ be late for work tomorrow. You have an important meeting.

a) don’t have to      b) mustn’t       c) mustn’t to

10) Here are your socks. Put ___________.

a) on them      b) them on       c) it on

PART 2. Complete the sentences with the verbs given

decide   dream of   forget    hate    hope    learn     mind    need    start   try

1. Don’t __________ the exam until you hear the bell ring.

2. She’d like _________ to play backgammon. I’ll teach her soon.

3. She hasn’t ___________ which color to buy yet.

4. Don’t ___________ to buy some batteries at the supermarket.

5. I never watch horror movies because I ________ seeing blood.

6. The manager __________ to increase the sales.

7. Your car is very dirty. You __________ to go to a car washer.

8. __________ to write in English as much as you can. Otherwise you can’t practice your writing.

9. She doesn’t _________ listening to jazz. It’s normal for her.

10. Anelka __________ playing in Barcelona.

KEY: PART 1

1) to invite  2) to learn  3) to read  4) Swimming  5) driving  6) being criticised  7) doesn’t have to  8)  has  9) mustn’t  10) them on

PART 2

1) start  2) to learn  3) decided  4) forget  5) hate  6) hopes  7) need  8 Try  9) mind  10) dreams of

CHECK somebody or something OUT

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Our company managers always check the candidates out before interviewing with them.

Tim’s cough must be checked out by a doctor otherwise it gets worse and worse.

He didn’t check out if the address was wrong or not. Luckily it was right. 

MEANING

to check somebody out: to find out if somebody is reliable and honest.

to check something out: to find out if something is acceptable, true or correct.

Find out; Find something out

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After three hours I finally found out how that machine had broken down.

Detective Mahir found out a very important evidence about the murder.

Please call me when you find out the answer.

When I entered my room, I found out that I had forgotten to shut my computer down.

MEANING

find out = to discover. ( bulmak )

GET OVER

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After I had a traffic accident, it took me a long time to get over its negative effects.

As she’s very weak, she can’t get over the flu easily.

I couldn’t get over the divorce for a long time. However, I’m fine now.

Once you get over the first shock, everything will be OK.

Murat couldn’t get over the tragedies in his life and he decided to commit a suicide.

MEANING

get over = to recover from, release from stress or something bad.

PUT something OUT

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There was a big fire at the stadium last night. Fortunately firefighters put the fire out.

Sir! Please put your cigar out before entering the building.

In the academy they learn how to put out forest fire.

Seven forest fires have been put out so far.

MEANING

put something out: to stop something burning ( sondürmek )

HANG UP; HANG UP something

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Merve shouted at me and she hung up the phone.

When Jack arrived, he had already hung up the phone.

The number you’ve dialled is busy. Please hang up and try again later.

As soon as learnt the bad new, I hung up and started to cry.

MEANING

HANG UP: to stop a telephone conversation ( telefonu kapatmak )

HANG UP somebody: to put the receiver down in the middle of a conversation.

TURN UP

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• Because of the heavy traffic, I turned up late. As a result I missed the beginning of the match.
• Salih turned up to see if I was fine or not.
• I don’t like my neighbours because their friends always turn up late and stay until morning.
• When I turned up, the teacher had already started the exam.

MEANING:

turn up: to arrive ( varmak, u?ramak )

SYNONYM

turn up = show up

PUT something ON

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It’s really cold here. Go and put on your coat!

As it is a board meeting, everyone has to put on a black suit.

After having a shower, she put her jeans on and went out.

My sister always puts on her necklace.

She forgot to put on a make up yesterday.

MEANING

put something on: wear

OPPOSITE

put on X take something off

GET OFF something

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• As my motorbike has got a flat tyre, it is better for me to get off and walk.
• Don’t forget you’re going to get off the train when you arrive the fifth station.
• While I was sitting at a cafe, a black car stopped and three people got off it.

MEANING: leave a vehicle ( araçtan inmek )

OPPOSITE ( X )

get off something X get on something