Conversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the Learning of English

Conversation Questions and Activities to Aid in the Learning of English 
Arranged according to tense, topic, and levels of difficulty 
By Prof. Mark McDowell, M.A. Mark’s ESL World ~ http://www.marksesl.com 
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"Will you take care of making reservations for our flight to Boston?" 
take off (1. separable): remove (something you're wearing).
"Please take your hat off when you go inside a building." 
take off (2. no object): leave; depart (often suddenly or quickly). 
"Was something wrong with Jill? She took off without saying goodbye." 
"When does your plane take off?" 
take off (3. separable): make arrangements to be absent from work. 
"Susan isn't here today. She's taking today and tomorrow off." 
take up (separable): begin (a hobby or leisure-time activity). 
A: "Do you like to ski?" 
B: "I've never been skiing, but I think I'd like to take it up." 
tell (someone) off (separable): speak to someone bluntly and negatively, saying 
exactly what she/he did wrong. 
"Julie was really angry at Bob; she told him off in front of all of us." 
tick off (1. separable): irritate someone; make someone upset or angry. 
"It really ticks her off when someone is late for an appointment." 
tick off (2. separable): show that something has been completed by putting a tick 
(check) beside it. 
"Here are the things you need to do. Tick each one off when you finish it." 
throw away (separable): discard; put in the garbage. 
"You shouldn't throw those newspapers away; they're recyclable." 
throw out (1. separable): discard; put in the garbage. 
"This food smells bad. You'd better throw it out." 
throw out (2. separable): forcibly make someone leave (usually because of bad 
behavior). 
"Those people are drunk and making everyone uncomfortable. The manager 
should throw them out." 

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