Phrasal verb "Break"

Into:

Using force to enter a place or thing

Up (With sb):

End a sentimental /emotional relationship

*Up:

crack apart i.e. ice / be upset

Out (of):

A sudden reaction to something (i.e. allergic) / Escape from:

Off:

remove a small piece (s) from sth /end ties with something, a relationship or a friendship

Match the correct phrasal verb with the action in the box.

1. break into

2. break into

3. break off

4. break off

5. break off

6. break up with

7. break up

8. break up

9. break up

10. break out of

11. break out of

12. break out

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3. _____

4. _____

5. _____

6. _____

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11. ____

12. ____

1. Kids ____the car and stole the radio.

2. ____because her cat died.

3. a patient _____ the mental hospital.

4. ____ his girlfriend after 2 months.

5. The frozen lake started to_____ in March.

6. ____a piece of bread from the baguette.

7. They ____ the bank and took the jewels.

8. Canada ______ economic ties with Tibet.

9. After eating fish, Julie ____ in a rash.

10. Barnie ____ the prison and ran away.

11. The nose on the statue ____ when it fell.

12. They ____ the concrete to make a wall.

Pick the correct meaning of the phrasal“look”:

1. Al and Jill broke up two years after they had gotten married but Jill wasn’t broken up about it.

a) separated / finished b) separated / upset c) divorced / cracked

2. Bonnie and Clyde broke into a lot of banks, but they never broke out of any jails.

a) entered forcefully / escaped b) escaped / entered c) entered / run away

3. Herman broke out in red spots after he had broken into Gladys’ green house to steal some roses.

a) find / illegally b) had / took c) had / entered illegally

4) They were broken up when somebody had broken off the nose of their beautiful statue of Venus.

a) happy / cracked b) upset / removed by accident c) sad / cracked in two

Fill in the blanks logically with a “Break” phrasal verb.

Last night, five prisoners __________ the state jail. The first one, Joe Malone __________ the local golf corse and stole five sets of golf clubs. The second two, Gary and Tom, __________ the state mental hospital because they had _________ the zoo and gave Harriet the Hippo a bubble bath. The fourth convict, Larry the lover, had been seeing three different women at the same time but hadn’t __________ with any of them before he married Wanda Punch-Right the International Women’s Boxing Champion. She is known to _________ concrete with her bare hands! And lastly, Patrick Brown, who had ___________ Manor Estates last month, is said

to have __________ in big red spots on his face from eating

too many candy bars before the men decided to __________!

Using your imagination, write a short story using at least three different forms

of the phrasal verb “BREAK”

Break up with a girlfriend/ boyfriend/a husband/wife/a lover...

Break up an affair/a relationship/a friendship/friends/a marriage/a team/ a group ...

Break up ice/a frozen lake, river, pond/concrete/the sidewalk, pavement/the road...

Break into a house/a bank/a jewellery shop/a shop/a school/a gargae... etc

Break out of a jail, prision/a (mental) hospital/ a reformatory/a boarding school..etc

Break out in a rash/in spots/in pimples/red sores ...etc

Break off a piece of .. bread/cheese/chocolate/metal/plastic/rubber...

Break off economic/diplomatic ties / a friendship / a relationship

John Brown and Gordon White, ___________________________________________________

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