Unit Seventeen Photography

MICHAEL: Steve. Have you heard of Prospect Hill?

STEVE: No. What is it?

MICHAEL: I'll show you. It's a hill in the forest with a fantastic view. Do you want to bring your camera?

STEVE: Sounds great. Have you got your tripod?

MICHAEL: No, but we can drop in at my house and pick it up on the way. What are you looking for?

STEVE: The light meter. I must have put it somewhere.

MICHAEL: Well, hurry up. We'll have to set off soon or the light will disappear altogether.

Notes

DROP IN E If you visit someone, you drop in. You drop in at A someone's home to visit him, or drop in on AD him.

LOOK FOR AD You look for someone, when you want to find him.

HURRY UP E This is usually used in conversation e.g. Hurry up or we'll miss the bus.

SET OFF E At the beginning of a journey you set off.

Exercises using verbs from the passage

A Complete these sentences:

1 Why don't you and see us on your way back from work?

2 They will have to if they want to get to the church on time.

3 We could the wine on the afternoon of the party.

4 It's ridiculous. I've never anything so stupid in my whole life.

5 He spent hours somewhere to eat.

6 I think we should . at nine to get there by ten.

7 Where have you been? I've been you all over the place.

8 I'll at the surgery and see if my prescription is ready.

B Answer these questions:

1 What do you do at the beginning of a journey?

2 When would you drop in on someone?

3 What would you do if you were late?

4 How many British cities have you heard of?

5 Where would you look for a mammoth?

6 How often do people drop in at your home?

7 Why does a train stop at stations before its final destination?

8 What do people look for before Christmas?

C Use the following pairs of verbs in sentences of your own:

1 hurry up, set off.

2 drop in, pick up.

3 hurry up, have heard of.

4 pick up, look for.

A Vb + prep. + NP. B Vb+NP+ prep. C Vb + pron. + prep. D Vb+ prep. pron. E Intrans

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