Phrasal verbs CALL & CARRY

Study the phrasal verbs. Lead-in.

The ship is calling at the port.

The politician: “Why are you here? The demonstration was called off.”

The crowd: “We are calling for decisive action against the increase in fuel prices!”

The scientist carried out the last experiments successfully, so the project NCRS was carried off.

Peter called me up to say: “Mike, I’ve received my call-up paper today. I am being called up to serve in the military.”

More phrasal verbs with CALL & CARRY …

call after	name somebody as somebody* else, especially a member of the family:* The twins were called after their grandparents – Maria and Jack.
call at	(about vehicles) stop at a place for a short period of time: The cruise liner calls at Palermo and Valetta in the Mediterranean.
call back	recall somebody: Call me back as soon as you arrive at the airport.
call for	require: Teaching calls for patience.
call for	demand: The local people call for an immediate action to be taken.
call in	ask somebody* to come and help you out when you are in trouble:* I definitely need to call in a carpenter to repair this wardrobe.
call in (on sb)	visit somebody: He called in on me yesterday evening and we watched an action film together.
call off	cancel: The match was called off due to the torrential rain.
call out	shout something: Someone in the crowd called out my name and I turned round to see who it was.
call up	telephone somebody: She called me up to invite me to her birthday party which surprised me a lot.
call up	make somebody* serve in the army:* When the war broke out, a lot of young men were called up to defend their country.
carry away	(be carried away) excite (be excited) somebody, make somebody emotionally involved and impressed: The audience was carried away by the actress’s performance.
carry off	complete something successfully despite the difficulties: When the experiment was eventually carried off, the scientist received two prizes for it.
carry on	continue, proceed: They carried on reading as if nothing had happened.
carry out	complete a task: A group of scientists carried out the experiment successfully despite all the pessimistic predictions.

Practice

Exercise 1

Match.

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Match.

call in

call for

call out

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Match.

carry away

carry on

call up

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Match.

call for

carry out

carry off

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Match.

call in on somebody

call off

call after

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Match.

call at

call up

call back

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Exercise 2

Fill in the gaps.

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I’ll call my girlfriend when I’m free this week.

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Teaching at our school calls appropriate qualifications and experience.

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The audience will be carried when they see this theatrical performance.

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Did they call the conference due to the heart attack of one of the speakers?

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“I’ll call as soon as I’m free”, she said and hung up*.

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Persistence helps you carry working when your motivation is low.

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Our son is called my granddad.

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The cruise ship calls a Moroccan port tomorrow.

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Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Write the meanings of the phrasal verbs.

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The girl was called after her great-grandmother who was an outstanding psychologist.

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It was decided to call off the meeting because of the neighbours’ complaints.

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When the ship called at the port, she was waiting for him, standing on the pier and waving with a pink handkerchief.

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The citizens, who were dissatisfied with the mayor’s policy, called for his resignation.

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He didn't call in on her, although he had promised to.

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Peter was called up as soon as he turned 18.

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He carried on talking on the phone when the boss entered the office.

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He called me back two hours later when I was busy.

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He said the audience was carried away by his performance.

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Being a businessman calls for perseverance and resilience.

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Exercise 5

Replace the verbs in bold with the phrasal verbs. Make other necessary changes.

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I’ll visit you next weekend.

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Will you telephone me to tell the news?

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The audience was excited by the performance.

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Did the team complete the project successfully?

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The match was cancelled due to the bad weather.

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Learning foreign languages requires a lot of patience.

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Our neighbours named their daughter Alice in honour of their great-grandmother.

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I shivered when the teacher uttered my name.

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The government decided to make all 18-year-old boys serve in the military.

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Continue learning the new words, you have the dictation tomorrow.

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Exercise 6

Exercise 7

visit somebody

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(about vehicles) stop at a place for a short period of time

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telephone somebody;

make somebody serve in the army

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recall somebody

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require

demand

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ask somebody to come and help you out when you are in trouble

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complete something successfully despite the difficulties

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cancel

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complete a task

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continue, proceed

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shout something

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name somebody as somebody else,

especially a member of the family

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excite (be excited) somebody, make somebody emotionally involved and impressed

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Commit these phrasal verbs to memory!

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Exercise 8*

Make up a 5-sentence story, using the phrasal verbs from the list in any form you need.

Begin your story with “Work is …”.

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You can do this task either here or on a piece of paper. Use the prompts below in any order you prefer.

call for patience and diligence – carry people away – carry on working – carry off the project – carry out survey/ market research

P.S. This exercise is not corrected here as there are multiple possible answers. We recommend turning to your teacher for correction if needed.

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Exercise 9*

Make up 4 short dialogues (2-3 lines each) on the given topics. Use as many of the phrasal verbs from this block as possible.

Example: Two people discussing the latest political news.

Tim: Did you hear that Sam Taylor, our PM, wants to break away from his party due to the recent disagreements?

Hank: Yes, he announced that he would break with the current party and form a new one with more conservative views and policies.

P.S. This exercise is not corrected here as there are multiple possible answers. We recommend turning to your teacher for correction if needed.

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Dialogue 1. Two unemployed friends looking through newspaper ads.

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Dialogue 2. A teacher explaining the assignments to their students.

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Dialogue 3. Two friends arranging to meet.

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Dialogue 4. Mary who is busy and can’t talk to her friend who’s just phoned her.

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