Lesson XXI: Vocabulary in Context

3. GROW UP, etc. BRING UP usually means raise . GROW UP usually means become adult . HOLD UP usually means delay . Nancy: Where were you BROUGHT UP? Margaret: I beg your pardon? Nancy: Where were you raised? Where did you GROW UP? Margaret: Oh! I was BROUGHT UP in Arizona. I lived there until I was twenty-one. (The car in front of them has stopped.) Nancy: I wonder what's HOLDING UP traffic. The cars ahead of us haven't moved for ten minutes. Margaret: When you're in a hurry, something always delays you. Exercise: 3.1. Practice GROW UP Change states to activities with the phrasal action GROW UP. For example: Margaret was raised in Arizona. SHE GREW UP IN ARIZONA. John was raised in a large city. HE GREW UP IN A LARGE CITY. 1. Margaret was raised in Phoenix. 3. Bobby was raised in a small town. 2. Jimmy was raised on a small farm. 4. Bobby was raised beside the river. Exercise: 3.2. Practice BRING UP Switch activities to states with BROUGHT UP BY … in the Prty-Block position. For example: Margaret's aunt brought her up . SHE WAS BROUGHT UP BY HER AUNT . Margaret's cousin brought her up . SHE WAS BROUGHT UP BY HER COUSIN . 1. Her grandparents brought her up. 3. Her sister in law brought her up. 2. Her uncle brought her up. 4. Her grandfather brought her up. Exercise: 3.3. Practice HOLD UP Substitute the following expressions after THEY WONDERED … . For example: They wondered what was holding up the traffic . what was holding them up THEY WONDERED WHAT WAS HOLDING THEM UP . 1. why the policeman held up the traffic 3. where the traffic was being held up 2. who was holding up the traffic 4. why the traffic was being held up