Listen for Two- and Three-Part Verbs

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Multiple Choice
Listen carefully to the short conversation and question, and then choose the best answer to the question. You should be particularly careful of two- and three-part verbs.

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A.	phone their neighbors	C.	help the neighbors move in
B.	call to their neighbors over the fence	D.	visit their neighbors

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A.	The course is becoming more interesting.	C.	The course is about the same as it was.
B.	The course used to be more interesting.	D.	He’s not as bored in the class as the woman.

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A.	Her headache is getting worse.	C.	She seems to be feeling better now.
B.	She felt better this morning than now.	D.	She is just getting another headache now.

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A.	The man should stop breaking his cigarettes in half.	C.	The man should cut the ends off his cigarettes.
B.	The man should decrease the number of cigarettes he smokes.	D.	The man should stop smoking completely.

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A.	The client presented his case to the lawyer.	C.	The client was annoyed because the lawyer returned the suitcase.
B.	The client was upset about the lawyer’s rejection.	D.	The client made the lawyer unhappy about the case.

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A.	She gets along with lots of people.	C.	She gets rid of people she doesn’t want to spend time with.
B.	She gets back at people who cross her.	D.	She tries to get ahead of everyone else.

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A.	He must try to find the children.	C.	The children need to be watched.
B.	It is necessary for him to clean up after the children.	D.	He’s going to see what the children have done.

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A.	They are going on strike.	C.	They are being released from their jobs.
B.	They are lying down on the job.	D.	They are relaxing too much at the factory.

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A.	He is betting that the football team will win.	C.	It is not so difficult to play on the football team.
B.	He really wants to succeed.	D.	He pulled a muscle while playing football.

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A.	She’s unsure why she tolerates the man.	C.	She is actually the one who put the keys in the car.
B.	She doesn’t know where she put her keys.	D.	She can’t understand why the man did what he did.