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Working on phrasal verbs - Part 04 (PUT) TO PUT( SOMEONE) OFF - to discourage, upset. TO PUT OFF - postpone, delay, hold back to a later time. TO PUT (SOMETHING) ON - to put clothing on one's body. TO PUT ON - to gain weight. TO PUT OUT - to extinguish, as of a candle, fire or light. TO PUT IN - introduce TO PUT AWAY - to put something in its appropriate space. TO PUT (SOMEONE) THROUGH - to concect. TO PUT UP WITH - to tolerate or accept an unpleasant situation or person without complaining. Example: The Oliveira family is about to leave home to celebrate Vic's birthday in the new restaurant of the city. However, it seems there is something wrong happening. - Hey mom! Jacob's wearing my new jacket! - the oldest son Luke yelled. - Jacob! How long shall I PUT UP WITH this situation? Your brother's clothes are way bigger than yours! Why don't you PUT your new Jeans Jacket ON? - spoke Mrs. Oliveira while she was wearing her earrings. - But mommy! Luke's jacket are more stylish than mine! - replied the little Jacob. - I won't speak again Jacob! Give him back Luke's jacket or PUT it AWAY. We are running out of time! As Mrs.Oliveira turned back to the living room, she saw Adam playing videogame and realized he had still not had a shower and rebuked him. He quickly stood up and pointed out the clock on the wall saying: - It's still 5pm! By the way, Luke and Jacob were having a shower! That was why I PUT OFF! - replied Adam. - This clock's been broken since 5am in the morning and it's almost 6pm! I don't want to PUT you OFF, but if you are not ready in 10 minutes, we will leave you behind! - Mrs. Oliveira rebuked the worried son. When she went into the kitchen to check if the birthday cake was okay, she saw Vic lighting the candles and cried out to her: - Hey Vic! PUT OUT these candles! We are not going to celebrate your birthday now! Wait for the restaurant time! PUT the cake IN the car! Now the telephone rang. Luke, the oldest, answered it and shouted from the top of the stairs: - Mom! Daddy'd like to talk with you! My dear, PUT him THROUGH to me by the kitchen's phone - ordered the busy mother. - Hi sweetheart! I am going to delay! It's been a tough day! I guess I'll just be free after 9pm. - said Mr.Oliveira to his wife. - Oh darling... What happened? - said Mrs.Oliveira. - Nothing that special. Work, work, work. I think we'll not come to the pizzeria on time. What about going to the VEGGI's? It's still open after 9pm. As the matter of fact, all the family has been PUTTING ON more than normal.

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5. "It's still 5pm! By the way Besides, Luke and Jacob were having a shower! That was why I PUT it OFF!" replied Adam.

    --> "By the way" means "incidentally, in passing, as an aside..." -- that is, it is generally used to add relatively unimportant extra information, information you think of while speaking. A better word for this dialogue would be "besides," which is used as a synonym for "furthermore," a word that strengthens an argument by adding extra, more persuasive information.

    --> Second observation: your usage of "put of" is correct, but it was missing the object it referred to (in this case, "taking a shower"). The simplest way to solve the problem was by adding the pronoun "it."

6. "Hi, sweetheart! I am going to be delayed! It's been a tough day!"

7. "Nothing that special. Work, work, work. I think we'll not come [arrive at/get to/make it to] the pizzeria on time. What How about going to the VEGGI's? It's still open after 9pm. As the a matter of fact, all the the whole family has been PUTTING ON more weight than normal."

    --> One interesting observation here is the difference between "what about" and "how about." Here is an article that discusses that difference: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/13659/how-about-vs-what-about

    --> Another observation is that it sounds much more normal (from a U.S. American English perspective) to say "the whole family" rather than "all the family." While it is grammatically acceptable to say the latter, the former is more common. To see a graph comparing the usage of both phrases, check out this link: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=all+the+family%2C+the+whole+family&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Call%20the%20family%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20whole%20family%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Call%20the%20family%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cthe%20whole%20family%3B%2Cc0

    --> Finally, if you wish to use "put on" in the sense of "gain weight," it is necessary to include the word "weight" OR the amount of weight that you gained. (i.e. It is not grammatically correct to say, "I put on last summer" -- a correct version would be, "I put on [weight/15 pounds] last summer.")

I hope these suggestions are helpful! If you have any questions or comments, it would be a pleasure to discuss them with you during our next session.

Best,

Ross

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An excellent text, Raphael! Here are a few observations to make it even better:

1.  "Hey, mom! Jacob's wearing my new jacket!" the oldest son Luke yelled.

    --> Dialogue is generally represented between quotation marks (" ") rather than hyphens (- -). Also, it is recommended to place a comma before a person when he or she is being spoken to directly (in this case, "mom"). For more examples of quotation marks around dialogue, check out this article: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks-and-dialogue/

2. "Jacob! How long shall I PUT UP WITH this situation? Your brother's clothes are way bigger than yours! Why don't you PUT your new Jeans Jacket jean jacket ON?" spoke said Mrs. Oliveira while she was wearing her earrings.

    --> The most important observation here is the difference between "speak" and "say." You can "speak" a language, you can "speak" with your boss, and you can "speak" out of turn (among other uses!), but it is not normal to say that someone "spoke" a line of dialogue. For more practice, check out this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHcGSJlJeZk

    --> Second observation: while it's grammatically correct to say that the mother said what she said "while she was wearing her earrings," this sounds a bit strange. Perhaps it would be more common to say, "while she was putting on her earrings."

3. "But, mommy! Luke's jacket are is more stylish than mine!" replied the little Jacob.

     --> Nothing huge here -- just "is" vs. "are."

4. I won't speak say it again, Jacob! Give him Luke back Luke's his jacket or PUT it AWAY. We are running out of time!"

    --> "Speak" vs. "say," as I already mentioned in point #2. The other important observation is that it is misleading to say "give him back Luke's jacket" because this implies that there is another person (not Luke) to whom Jacob needs to give Luke's jacket back. This is, however, not the case. Therefore, I recommend saying, "Give Luke back his jacket."

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