Thursday, March 5, 2020

Put Back - Phrasal Verb of the Day

Put Back - Phrasal Verb of the Day Todays phrasal verb of the day is: Put BackInfinitive form: Put BackPresent Tense: Put Back/ Puts Backing form: Putting BackPast tense: Put BackPast Participle: Put BackPut Back is a separable English phrasal verb. It can be used in the following ways:When you place an object back to where it belongs or to where it was previously1. Alan doesnt like the way his room was rearranged, so he requested their housemaid to put things back to exactly how it was before.2. I can let you borrow my favorite sweater, as long as you put it back to my closet afterwards.When something is causing a project to slow down1. Theres a hurricane coming, so were gonna have to work on putting back the training program to a later date for our employees safety.2. Janice , the manager, puts todays project back because she has more urgent matters going on.When you postpone doing something and do it at a later date1. We might have to put back our road trip until everyone is ready.2. The Joker had put back his pran k for Gotham City that night, because Batman was there to stop him.When you take a lot of alcoholic drinks into your system (Informal)1. If only you had avoided putting back one bottle of vodka every night, you wouldnt have had liver cirrhosis now.2. Did you see the man whos putting back drinks one bottle after another? He always wins the drinking contest.iframe width=560 height=315 src=//www.youtube.com/embed/hrc4PjzxoYw?rel=0 frameborder=0 allowfullscreen/iframeExercises: Write your answers in comments and we will correct them.Fill in the gaps from the video above: Hell be ___ __ in his tiny cage  with ten other dogs who will bully  him, and rape him, until hell  eventually be euthanized.What was the conversation about?Complete the sentences below with the correct form of Put Back.1. The kid was running around without a shirt on, so his mother was running after him to get him to ____ his shirt ___ on.2. Antonette ___ her party dress ____ to her cabinet, and decided to sleep the ni ght away. She can get really moody sometimes, alright.3. The classes were ____ ___ until tomorrow due to stormy weather.4. An alcoholic can ____ __ half a bottle of Jack Daniels in one hour.5. I think theyre gonna have to ____ the business meeting ____ until the boss arrives.Change the example sentences above to negative sentences (or positive, if the sentence is already negative). Then change them to questions.

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