II. Two of the sentences above are false. Discuss which ones

III. Complete the texts using the postpositions of the phrasal verbs given

In the text from the list. Use the appropriate tense-form of the verbs.

behind down off up(2) on(2) over

Text 1

Slow or Fast?

Are you always in a hurry? Do you often get __1__ with your work?

Do you have to stay late in the office to catch __2___ with your work?

Do you panic when you can’t arrive on time? Why? Stop worrying! The

world is 25 billion years old. It will go __3__ with or without you. You

need to slow __4__, not speed __5__! Join the Slow Living

Movement and see a better, slow world. Join today! Or tomorrow … or

next week or …

Text 2

Communication

Modern ways of communication take __6__ the world. Over fifty

million text messages are sent each day in the UK and this figure

continues to go __7__.

An average office worker deals with forty-six phone calls, twenty-five e-

mails, sixteen voicemails, twenty-three items of post and nine mobile

calls every day. Specialists advise people to put__8__ their mobile

phones or leave them at home sometimes, and write one long e-mail

instead of three short ones.

IV. Look at the words and phrases in the list. Label them ‘A’ for changes

in quantity or ‘B’ for changes in quality.

improve/deteriorate rise/fall get better/get worse go up/go down