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17.3: Chapter 3. Thinking and Learning

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    6.3.1. Exercise 1-Listening Comprehension

    1. d

    2. c

    3. b

    4. a

    5. d

    6.3.1. Exercise 2-Reading Comprehension

    1. a

    2. d

    3. c

    4. d

    6.3.1. Exercise 3-Pronoun Objects

    1. Wei forgot to give it back.

    2. Joan wants to ask him over for lunch.

    3. The teacher broke it down so that students could better understand the process.

    4. Please fill it up. I’m tired!

    5. We need to help them out because they are struggling to complete the project.

    6. My children hate to pick it up.

    7. The nurse told Paolo to take it off.

    8. Have you called them back?

    9. Sometimes children hang it up.

    10. It’s not efficient to have the light on during the day. Please turn it off.

    6.3.1. Exercise 4-Separable Phrasal Verbs Meaning Practice

    1. c

    2. d

    3. a

    4. c

    5. a

    6. b

    7. d

    8. c

    9. a

    10. c

    6.3.1. Exercise 5-Meaning Practice

    1. drop off = leave

    2. find out = learn new information

    3. figure out = solve

    4. get across = help someone understand

    5. give back = return

    6. let down = disappoint

    7. take off = remove

    8. leave out = exclude

    9. call off = cancel

    10. put off = postpone

    11. break down = explain thoroughly

    12. carry out = implement

    13. bring up = bring attention to

    6.3.1. Exercise 6-Meaning Practice

    1. carry on = continue

    2. take after = resemble

    3. stand for = represent

    4. put up with = tolerate

    5. get out of = leave

    6. go over = review

    7. turn into = become

    8. follow through with = complete

    9. get over = recover

    10. keep up with = maintain pace

    11. look back on = remember

    12. talk over = discuss

    13. look after = care fore

    14. pick on = bully

    15. see about = consider

    6.3.1. Exercise 7-Pronoun Objects

    1. The governor will follow through with them.

    2. Rebecca couldn’t wait to get over them and begin feeling better.

    3. The teacher will not put up with them.

    4. I did my best to keep up with it.

    5. Watch out for them while driving on that road.

    6.3.1. Exercise 8-Inseparable Phrasal Verbs Meaning Practice in Context

    1. c

    2. b

    3. a

    4. d

    5. b

    6. a

    7. d

    8. a

    9. d

    10. b

    6.3.1. Exercise 9-Which meaning?

    1. a

    2. c

    3. b

    4. a

    5. g

    6. a

    7. b

    8. b

    9. c

    10. b

    11. a

    12. d

    13. d

    14. b

    15. a

    16. a

    17. d

    18. b

    19. d

    20. e

    6.3.1. Exercise 10-Examples from the Chapter’s Reading

    1. handle

    2. invent

    3. eventually by in a situation that you did not plan

    4. consist of

    5. discover

    6. experiment with; test

    7. quit


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