Read the following paragraph paying attention to the phrasal verbs.
When I was a teenager I used to hang around in the park with my friends because there wasn't much to do in my hometown. Sometimes, when I wasn't feeling shy, I would ask out girls. Sometimes they would say yes, usually no. When it was too wet for the park, I would call on my uncle Peter. He loved cars, so we would mess around with old engines, trying to get them to work. Because he worked nights at a factory, I would always take off from his place at around dinner time. Then at home I'd stay up late watching TV. I'd never turn in before midnight.
These are the 7 definitions of the above phrasal verbs. Match the definitions to the correct phrasal verbs.
- Visit
- Invite on a date
- Leave
- Go to bed
- To casually play with something or someone
- Not go to bed
- To spend time somewhere and not do anything
- Hang Around:













Comments
Excellent!!
Some new phrasal verbs to my vocabulary. I made 2 mistakes. I thought that "to mess around" means "To spend time somewhere and not do anything"
I was completely wrong. Does "take off" have the same meaning as "set off" and "head off"? If it doesn't, do, please, explain why.
Thank you in advance,
Anastasiya
7/7 ! Hi
7/7 !
Hi Anastasiya,
Actually, that's not quite right.
take off mean leave , usually by plane.
set off- start, activate.
head off - prevent, turn aside.
Good luck.
Set off
Thank you, Ludmila. From the context where I encountered this phrasal verb I understood that one of its meaning is "to depart". I checked it in the decent dictionary. Maybe I'm wrong.
Head off
I remember that we have a lesson "In the news: Sound of Music sends teenagers home" and there was a phrasal verb "head off" and we had to choose the correct meaning and the appropriate meaning for "head off" was "to leave".
The Nicest Phrasal Verbs
It turned, that "turn in" means "go to bed". I could never imagine that!
And "take off" means "leave".
I'll never be bored with English. It's so exciting!
very good lesson
everyday i learn something new from this website
thanks alot
Nice Lesson
It was not difficult, I understood all the phrasal verbs from the text . It was quite clear and comprehensible.


But I am afraid I'll make mistakes without text.
I'll try to remember them. Thank you for the Lesson!!!
Excellent lesson!!
I got 7/7 , but I hope that I can't do without text.
Thank you for this lesson.