From the Diary of Anne Frank
Compound words and phrasal verbs
Use compound words and phrasal verbs from the text.
Compound words join two or more words:
- nouns: headmistress, homework, notebook, outbursts;
- adjectives: long-awaited, stiff-backed;
- verbs: sleep-walk, baby-sit.
Meanings to match.
- heartbreaking: causing great sadness;
- homesick: missing home and family;
- blockhead: a very stupid person (the parts don't tell you this!);
- law-abiding: obeying the law;
- overdo: do too much;
- daydream: think pleasant thoughts, forgetting the present;
- breakdown: when a machine stops working;
- output: what a person or machine produces.
Phrasal verbs. A verb + a preposition or adverb, often with a new meaning:
- 'She got on at Agra' (boarded) vs 'eager to get on in life' (succeed);
- three parts: run out of petrol, reach out to people, make up for.
From Anne's diary.
- plunge in: go straight to the topic;
- kept back: not promoted;
- move up: go to the next class;
- ramble on: talk or write without focus;
- get along with: have a good relationship with;
- calm down: make quiet;
- stay in: stay indoors;
- make up for: compensate;
- hand in: give your work to the teacher.
Verb + small word can make a new meaning.
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