Dictionary Work
By the end of the journey, we had run out of drinking water.
Look at the verb run out of in this sentence. It is a phrasal verb: it has two parts, a verb and a preposition or an adverb. Phrasal verbs often have meanings that are different from the meanings of their parts.
Find these phrasal verbs in the story.
burn out | light up | look on | run out | keep out |
Write down the sentences in which they occur.
Consult a dictionary and write down the meaning that you think matches the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence.
● House no. 12 turned out to be nothing but burned out shell…. (destroyed by fire)
● That was the moment her eyes lit up with recognition…. (brightened)
● Hans Wolf and I looked on and cheered…. (watched)
● The schnapps and the sausages had long since run out…… (finished, consumed)
● Hans Wolf and I looked on and cheered clapping our hands and stamping our feet, to keep out the cold as much as anything…. (to avoid)