Test 2 (Phrasal verbs) Some of the sentences with the phrasal verb to cut have mistakes. Find and correct them. 1. "What are you talking about?" Sally cut in. 2. The little girl…
Test 2 (Phrasal verbs) Some of the sentences with the phrasal verb to cut have mistakes. Find and correct them. 1. "What are you talking about?" Sally cut in. 2. The little girl won't cope with this big piece of chicken breast. If I were you, I would cut it down for her. 3. The new material is believed to cut down the risk of fires. 4. - Where did you get this photo? -- I cut it out of yesterday's newspaper. 5. We always cut the tops up the carrots before washing them. 6. I was sorry to see all those beautiful old trees being cut off. 7. Jim couldn't wait: he cut off a thick slice of bread and buttered it. 8. Cut up a banana and an apple. Then put them in the blender. 9. I certainly advise you to cut out on sweets and cakes: you've been putting on weight recently. 10. The girl liked to cut flowers out of old greeting cards and use them for her own floral designs.
Конечно! Давайте разберем предложенные вами предложения с фразовым глаголом "cut" и найдем в них ошибки.
"What are you talking about?" Sally cut in. — Правильно. Здесь фразовый глагол "cut in" употреблен верно, он означает "вмешиваться в разговор".
The little girl won't cope with this big piece of chicken breast. If I were you, I would cut it down for her. — Ошибка. Правильный вариант: "cut it up". "Cut down" означает "уменьшать", а в данном случае следует "разделить" куриное филе.
The new material is believed to cut down the risk of fires. — Правильно. Здесь "cut down" употребляется корректно, так как это означает "уменьшать риск".
- Where did you get this photo? -- I cut it out of yesterday's newspaper. — Правильно. "Cut out" в данном контексте верно, это означает "вырезать".
We always cut up the tops of the carrots before washing them. — Ошибка. Правильный вариант: "cut the tops off the carrots". "Cut up" здесь не совсем подходит; правильная форма "cut off".
I was sorry to see all those beautiful old trees being cut down. — Правильно. Здесь "cut down" применен правильно, означает "срубать".
Jim couldn't wait: he cut off a thick slice of bread and buttered it. — Правильно. В данном случае "cut off" также употреблен верно.
Cut up a banana and an apple. Then put them in the blender. — Правильно. Здесь "cut up" используется верно.
I certainly advise you to cut back on sweets and cakes: you've been putting on weight recently. — Ошибка. Правильный вариант: "cut back on". "Cut out" означает полностью исключить, в то время как "cut back on" подразумевает уменьшение потребления.
The girl liked to cut out flowers from old greeting cards and use them for her own floral designs. — Правильно. Здесь "cut out" употреблен верно.
Вот исправленные предложения:
- Правильно.
- If I were you, I would cut it up for her.
- Правильно.
- Правильно.
- We always cut the tops off the carrots before washing them.
- Правильно.
- Правильно.
- Правильно.
- I certainly advise you to cut back on sweets and cakes.
- Правильно.
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