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Vocabulary 2
phrasal verbs

Phrasal verb mingle

Replace the underlined words in each sentence with a phrasal verb from the box in the appropriateform.
show off

look up to get on really well with take after fallen out with
split up with going out with make up with growing up

bringing up

1 Find out which parent one of your classmates has a similar character to.

2 Find out who one of your classmates admires the most in his/her family and why.

3 Find out about a classmates best memory of changing from an adult to a child.

4 Find out how one of your classmates used to try to make people admire him/her in an obvious
way when he/she was a child.

5 Find out what one of your classmates thinks is the most difficult thing about looking after and
educating a child.

6 Find out which family member one of your classmates had a very good relationship with when
he/she was a child.

7 Find out which age one classmate thinks is good for teenagers to start dating each other.

8 Find out why one classmate thinks it is acceptable to end a relationship with someone by text.

9 Find out which family member one classmate has had an argument with and stopped talking to.

10 Find out which friend one of your classmates often argued with and then became friends again
at school.

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Vocabulary 2
phrasal verbs

Phrasal verb mingle

Target language: phrasal verbs
Activity type: mingle
When to use: Use this activity after Unit 1 Vocabulary.
Time taken: 30 minutes
Preparation: Photocopy one worksheet for each student in the class.
Procedure

Give each student a copy of the worksheet and ask them to change the underlined
phrases in the statements with a phrasal verb from the text box in the appropriate form.
Check answers with the class. Students now mingle and interview their classmates,
asking questions in the second person for each statement, e.g. Which parent do you take
after? Students ask one question per classmate, making a note of the answer on his/
her worksheet and then moving on to a new partner. If a student is unable to answer a
question, a different question can be asked until an answer can be given. If there are fewer
than eleven students in the class, each student can be asked more than one question. Give
students around fifteen minutes to mingle. When they have finished, ask students to sit
in pairs and share the information they discovered with each other. Elicit any surprising
information from one or two pairs in feedback.
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takes after
looks up to
growing up
show off
bringing up
got on really well with
going out with
split up with
fallen out with
made up with

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