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Time to learn new words

Look at the following phrases that we came across in the story.

• Her brother Reyhaan tags along.

• The three friends soar off from Earth on a hot summer night.

• The three of them rush out of the ship into Maya and Reyhaan’s backyard.
The phrases in red begin with a verb and has a preposition with it. When taken together, the
meanings of the phrases are quite different from the literal meaning of the words they are made

of. Such phrases are known as phrasal verbs.

Select the appropriate phrasal verb to complete the sentences.

1. She brought up kept up the orphan as if it was her own child.

2. Our new neighbour seems to cut down look down upon us.

3. Oh no, we have run up run out of milk. Could you go to the store and buy some,
please?

4. The coach was very happy with my training and told me to keep up give up the
good work.

5. Please go through look over your answers once more before submitting your papers.

6. We never expected grandma to come to our party hence, we were really surprised when she

came about. showed up.

7. When the teacher was looking the other way, the two children slowly backed out got out
of the room.

Study skills

Choose the correct meaning for each highlighted word.

1. Ava loves everything about space and astronomy.
a. an empty area that is available to be used

b. the area around everything that exists, continuing in all directions

c. the empty area outside Earth’s atmosphere, where the planets and the stars are
2. Not even light comes out of a black hole.

a. the brightness that comes from the sun

b. a piece of equipment that produces light, such as a lamp or a bulb
c. not weighing a lot

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