an extract from Anne Frank’s diary,
headmistress long-awaited homework notebook stiff-backed outbursts
These words are compound words. They are made up of two or more words. Compound words can be:
Match the compound words under ‘A’ with their meanings under ‘B’.
Use each in a sentence.
A | B |
---|---|
Heartbreaking | Obeying and respecting the law |
Homesick | Think about pleasant things, forgetting about the present |
Blockhead | Something produced by a person, machine or organisation |
Law-abiding | Producing great sadness |
Overdo | An occasion when vehicles/machines stop working |
Daydream | An informal word which means a very stupid person |
Breakdown | Missing home and family very much |
Output | Do something to an excessive degree |
A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb. Its meaning is often different from the meanings of its parts. Compare the meanings of the verbs get on and run away in (a) and (b) below. You can easily guess their meanings in (a) but in (b) they have special meanings.
Some phrasal verbs have three parts: a verb followed by an adverb and a preposition.
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