Lesson XXI: Vocabulary in Context

Exercise: 1.2.1. Practice the Phrasal Actions with UP Meaning Elevate Use Phrasal Actions to compress the statements. For example: John put his hand in the air. JOHN PUT IT UP . John got out of bed early this morning. JOHN GOT UP EARLY THIS MORNING. 1. Donald rose when Jessie approached him. 2. John put the flag on the side of the house. 3. John got out of bed at seven o'clock this morning. 4. When John dropped his pencil, he reached down and got it. 5. John hung his coat on the coat rack. 6. Men usually rise when a lady enters the room. 1.3. TAKE UP, etc. Base-AF Past-AF Have-AF LIGHT LIT LIT BLOW BLEW BLOWN TAKE UP means discuss . BRING UP means question . CALL ON means ask, visit . PUT OFF means postpone . BLOW OUT means extinguish . BURN UP means destroy . POINT OUT means give a fact , indicate . COME TRUE means happen , take place . Situation: Ali is a student at the English Language Institute. He is in a vocabulary class. Teacher: Today, we are going to TAKE UP the subject of birthdays. Please BRING UP your questions whenever you think of them so that I can CALL ON you. I will answer most of them today, but I may have to PUT OFF some until tomorrow. Ali: I’d like to ask a question. What is a birthday cake? Teacher: It’s a cake that the child’s mother bakes for the birthday celebration. She usually decorates the cake and puts one candle on it for each year of the child’s age. For the celebration, everybody sings Happy Birthday to the child, someone lights the candles with a match and the lights are turned off. Then, the child makes a wish, and before the candles BURN UP, she tries to BLOW them all OUT. If she blows them out with one breath, her wish is supposed to COME TRUE. I wish we had more time so that I could answer more questions. Tomorrow, I’ll POINT OUT a few more things about birthdays.