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Ronnie: Listen, the people who work with the organisation rescue animals, take

care of abandoned, abused or injured animals, too. need
volunteers who can help there.

Shireen: should contact there? Then, my family can also

help there.

Ronnie: can accompany right now as I’ll be delighted to
show around. Let go now.

Word Wise • Phrasal verbs

Read this sentence.

Kitty let out a loud and happy ‘MEW’.

The highlighted group of words is a phrasal verb.

A phrasal verb consists of a verb and a preposition or an adverb. The preposition or

adverb changes the meaning of the verb it is used with. The phrasal verb ‘let out’ here
means ‘uttered a sound’. Here are some phrasal verbs with the verb ‘let’.

up (Cease, stop) down (To disappoint somebody)

Let

off (Forgive, not punish) in (Let someone come in)

Use these phrasal verbs in your own sentences.

A. Match the phrasal verbs with their correct meanings.
Column A Column B

1. Call off a. to wear nice clothes

2. Dress up b. to omit
3. Find out c. to take care of someone

4. Leave out d. to cancel

5. Look after e. to consider something
6. Think over f. to discover

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