Mar 2, 2017
- Study box. Read these sentences carefully.
1. You’ll have to turn the volume up—she’s a bit deaf. 2. I closed the window and turned up the heating. 3. I can’t hear the radio. Can you turn it up? 4. The television was turned up so loud that she couldn’t hear him shouting. - Use the sentences in the study box to help you do these exercises.
- Complete the meaning of this use of ‘turn something up’ using the words below:
increase • equipment • noise • controls
to adjust the on a piece of in order to the amount of heat, or power that is produced - Which of these are grammatically possible?
- I turned up.
- I turned the radio up.
- I turned up the radio.
- I turned it up.
- The radio was turned up.
- Complete the meaning of this use of ‘turn something up’ using the words below:
- What does it refer to in each sentence? Choose from the words below. Use each object only once.
- She turned it up and everybody started dancing.
- the music
- the gas
- the television
- the radio
- He always turns it up loud when his favourite programmes are on.
- the music
- the gas
- the television
- the radio
- If we turn it up any higher we’ll burn the rice.
- the music
- the gas
- the television
- the radio
- Don’t turn it up—I only want to watch the pictures.
- the music
- the gas
- the television
- the radio
- She turned it up and everybody started dancing.
- Complete the following sentences in an appropriate way, using ‘turn something up’ and an object (a noun or a pronoun):
- We can’t hear the music. !
- It’s very cold in here. Do you mind if I (heater)
- She wanted the chicken to cook quickly, so she (oven)
- We can’t hear the music. !
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