I. Complete these sentences with a suitable particle.
around/ ahead forward/ At/
up to/ after/ down/ For
1. I’m really looking ………………………………. to seeing my cousins again next week.
2. She’s looking ………………………………. for a new English course. She’s not very satisfied with the one she’s following at the moment.
3. She loves looking ………………………………. children, so she has decided to train as a nanny.
4. We have to look ……………………. to the time when our child will be old enough to go to university.
5. Lord Muck is a terrible snob. He looks ………………………………. on most other people.
6. I didn’t have time to read the newspaper yesterday. I only looked ……………………. it very quickly.
7. I’m looking ………………………………. Jim. Have you seen him?
8. I admired her. I have always looked ……………………………. ……………………………. her.
Respostas
⇒⇒ Phrasal verbs
I. Complete these sentences with a suitable particle.
1. I’m really looking forward to seeing my cousins again next week.
2. She’s looking around for a new English course. She’s not very satisfied with the one she’s following at the moment.
3. She loves looking after children, so she has decided to train as a nanny.
4. We have to look ahead to the time when our child will be old enough to go to university.
5. Lord Muck is a terrible snob. He looks down on most other people.
6. I didn’t have time to read the newspaper yesterday. I only looked at it very quickly.
7. I’m looking for Jim. Have you seen him?
8. I admired her. I have always looked up to her.
Explicação:
⇒⇒ Phrasal verbs >> são verbos especiais muito comuns e presentes na língua inglesa. Na maioria das vezes, não há uma tradução literal para eles. São formados por um verbo + preposição ou advérbio. Com a mudança da preposição/advérbio, o significado do verbo muda completamente.
Exemplos:
call off - cancelar
call out - gritar
call for – exigir
looking forward to ⇔ aguardar ansiosamente
look for ⇔ procurar por
look after ⇔ cuidar
look around ⇔ olhar em volta
look ahead ⇔ olhar para a frente / em frente
look up to ⇔ respeitar, admirar, dar uma olhada
look at ⇔ olhar para
look down ⇔ desprezar
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