This ppt was shown at UCSC as a material for those students who wanted to participate in alternative tutorials during the second-half strike period in 2011. Mentors: Valentina Gallegos & Diego Ulloa

1. NEMO
PHRASAL VERBS ACTIVITY
PEEL & NEIRA 2009

2. WORKSHEET 2:
Put the following events from the story in order
• PART A
• _____ (A) Darla comes into the dentists office
• _____ (B) A woman enters the dentists surgery with a small boy.
• _____ (C) Peach reads out from a technical manual.
• _____ (D) A pelican swallows Marlon and Dory.
• _____ (E) It gets light in Sydney.
• _____ (F) The pelican takes off with two fish in his beak.
• _____ (G) The starfish (“Peach”) says that they are getting out of there.
• _____ (H) The pelican throws up Marlon and Dory.
• _____ (I) The purple fish covers up his genitals.
• _____ (J) Nemo tries to get away by making for the window in his plastic bag.
•
• PART B
• _____ (A) The dentist decides to throw away Nemo’s bag.
• _____ (B) The dentist picks up Nemo’s bag.
• _____ (C) The black fish ends up on the girls head.
• _____ (D) The pelican thinks he has let Marlon down.
• _____ (E) Marlon decides to give up trying to rescue Nemo.
• _____ (F) The dentist makes out that he has left a present for Darla in his car.
• _____ (G) The dentist closes the window.
• _____ (H) The pelican turns up outside the dentist’s window.
• _____ (I) Darla sees Nemo disappear.
• _____ (J) Darla sits down in the dentist’s chair.
• _____ (K) Darla tells Nemo to wake up.

3. Answers - Part I
• 1 (E) It gets light in Sydney.
• 2 (G) The starfish (“Peach”) says that they are getting out of
there
• 3 (C) Peach reads out from a technical manual.
• 4 (I) The purple fish covers up his genitals
• 5 (B) A woman enters the dentists surgery with a small boy.
• 6 (J) Nemo tries to get away by making for the window in
his plastic bag.
• 7 (A) Darla comes into the dentists office
• 8 (D) A pelican swallows Marlon and Dory.
• 9 (H) The pelican throws up Marlon and Dory.
• 10 (F) The pelican takes off with two fish in his beak.

4. Answers Part II
• (J) Darla sits down in the dentist’s chair.
• (B) The dentist picks up Nemo’s bag.
• (F) The dentist makes out that he has left a present for
Darla in his car.
• (A) The dentist decides to throw away Nemo’s bag.
• (H) The pelican turns up outside the dentist’s window.
• (G) The dentist closes the window.
• (K) Darla tells Nemo to wake up.
• (C) The black fish ends up on the girls head.
• (I) Darla sees Nemo disappear.
• (D) The pelican thinks he has let Marlon down.
• (E) Marlon decides to give up trying to rescue Nemo.

5. Find a phrasal verb which has the same meaning as the following words or
phrases:
1.to escape ________________
2.to leave ________________
3.read a text aloud ________________
4.to appear ________________
5.to hide ________________
6.to move in the direction of ________________
7.to vomit ________________
8.to start flying ________________
9.to sit ________________
10.to hold and lift ________________
11.to claim ________________
12.to put in the bin ________________
13.to disappoint ________________
14.to stop trying ________________
15.do something unplanned ________________
16. to stop sleeping ________________

6. 1.to escape = to get away
2.to leave = to get out
3.read a text aloud = to read out
4.to appear = to turn up
5.to hide = to cover up
6.to move in the direction of = to make for
7.to vomit = to throw up
8.to start flying = to take off
9.to sit = to sit down
10.to hold and lift = to pick up
11.to claim = to make out
12.to put in the bin = to throw out (to throw away)
13.to disappoint = to let somebody down
14.to stop trying = to give up
15.do something unplanned = to end up
16.to stop sleeping = to wake up

7. PART D: Fill in the gaps, using an appropriate phrasal verb
• The teacher had lost his voice, so he asked one of the students to
Read out
________________ the answers.
• got out
The girl was lucky to survive the crash. She ________________ of the car
just before it exploded.
• Let’s________________. I think the lecture’s about to start.
Sit down
• pick up
I’m sorry but I couldn’t ________________ your medicine today, as I
didn’t have time to pass by the pharmacy. I’ll try to make time tomorrow.
• I have a terrible hangover. In fact, I feel so sick that I think I might have to
Throw up
________________.
• Takes off
It’s a 5 hour flight. The plane________________ at 4 and lands at 9.
• Cover up
When you’re in an exam, make sure you ________________ your work so
nobody can copy you.
• Turned up
It was such a surprise when she________________ on my doorstep
yesterday. I hadn’t expected to see her until next week.
• Wake up
On the weekend I usually ________________ around 9.30 but I stay in
bed until after 10.

8. PART D: Fill in the gaps, using an appropriate phrasal verb
• She promised to make that phone call, but now she tells me that she
Let me down
forgot. This time she has really ________________ (me)
• I know smoking is bad for you, but it’s also very addictive, so I’m finding it
Give it up
really hard to ________________.
• We meant to go to the cinema, but we________________ going to the
Ended up
pub instead.
• Throw it up / away
You’re still wearing that old thing! I would ________________ (it) if I were
you.
• Make for
When the alarm goes off we’re supposed to ________________ the exit
in an orderly fashion.
• Get away
I hope to ________________ from university early this Friday, so I can
visit my hometown for the weekend.
• Made out
He ________________ that it was his sister’s fault, but I don’t really
believe him. I think he broke it himself, and was too embarrassed to admit
it.