Uncle Bob’s new dog
Phrasal verbs with Put
My Uncle Bob wanted to buy a dog but it was rather expensive so he had to put some money by every month for
a year. Last week he bought the dog and to celebrate he took it to a restaurant he knew in London. Bob’s sister
lives in London and has a spare room so she put them up for the weekend. The restaurant was rather expensive.
He noticed they had put the prices up. Anyway, Bob had the chicken and Rover had the steak. They had a very
good meal but the next day Rover became ill. He new he should have taken it to the vet but he put it off and he
put it off. In the end Bob took the dog to the vet. The dog had food poisoning and the vet had to put him down!
Bob was furious with the restaurant so he phoned them. He spoke to the secretary who put him through to the
manager. But the manager refused to speak to Bob, said he was busy. Bob said he wasn’t going to put up with
that excuse, so he charged out of the house and ran down the street, round the corner and straight into the
restaurant. “I demand to see the manager!” Shouted Bob, smoking excitedly on his cigarette. “Could you put out
your cigarette, it’s very unhygienic.” Replied the secretary. “Unhygienic!” Cried Uncle Bob “What about your steak!
You killed my pedigree dog”! He showed her its photo. The secretary simply put him down by saying it wasn’t a
pedigree, it was a mongrel! Uncle Bob marched up to the secretaries desk and threw all her papers, pens,
handbag, flowers, all over the room. “Ha!” Cried Bob, and he walked out of the restaurant. He stood in front of the
restaurant, looked across the road and what do you think he saw on the opposite side of the street? The
restaurant he had been in the night before.
Match the phrasal verbs to their definitions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Put up with something/someone
Put something by/aside ( money/time)
Put someone up for a night
Put prices up
Put something off
Put up with someone’s behaviour
Put an animal down/ to sleep
Put a cigarette/fire out
Put someone down by making a derogatory
remark
Put someone through to someone by phone
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
tolerate
increase prices
extinguish a fire or cigarette
connect by telephone
save something for the future
Let someone stay the night in your home
Say negative things about someone
To kill humanely
Postpone until later
Discourage someone from doing something
Exercise 2. Read through the story with a partner and see if you can remember which verbs go in each
gap.
My Uncle Bob wanted to buy a dog but it was rather expensive so he had to _______ some money ______every mon
for a year. Last week he bought the dog and to celebrate he took it to a restaurant he knew in London. Bob’s sister live
in London and has a spare room so she _______them _______for the weekend. The restaurant was rather expensiv
He noticed they had _______the prices_______. Anyway, Bob had the chicken and Rover had the steak. They had
very good meal but the next day Rover became ill. He new he should have taken it to the vet but he _______
_______and he_______ it _______In the end Bob took the dog to the vet. The dog had food poisoning and the vet ha
to _______him _______.
Bob was furious with the restaurant so he phoned them. He spoke to the secretary who _______him _______to th
manager. But the manager refused to speak to Bob, said he was busy. Bob said he wasn’t going to _______that excus
so He charged out of the house and ran down the street, round the corner and straight into the restaurant. “I demand
see the manager!” Shouted Bob, smoking excitedly on his cigarette. “Could you _______your cigarette, it’s ve
unhygienic.” Replied the secretary. “Unhygienic!” Cried Uncle Bob “What about your steak! You killed my pedigree dog
The secretary simply _______him _______by saying his dog wasn’t a pedigree but a mongrel! Uncle Bob marched up
the secretary’s desk and threw all her papers, pens, handbag, flowers, all over the room. “Ha!” Cried Bob, and he walke
out of the restaurant. He stood in front of the restaurant, looked across the road and what do you think he saw on th
opposite side of the street? The restaurant he had been in the night before.
Ask your partner these questions. Use the phrasal verbs in your answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
Do find it easy to put up with rude people?
What things do you often put off doing? Homework? Housework?
Should dogs that have been abandoned be put down?
If you saw someone smoking in a no smoking area, would you ask them to put it out?
Dominic Streames
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