The Adventures of Lara Cruft

Episode one: Phrasal verbs with Take

Our story takes place in an old house. Lara Croft was intelligent and beautiful. In her looks she
took after her father, in her personality she took after her mother. Recently she had taken up
archaeology. She was very busy so she had taken on an assistant, Mrs Bluebottle. It was very
interesting but there was a lot to learn. It was difficult to take in all the information. And now she
was going on her first dig. The day before she had bought some new equipment, but when she
opened the box, she saw that some of it was broken, so she had to take it back to the shop.
The next day she got up early and drove to the airport. Her plane had just taken off when
hijackers took over the plane. They forced all the passengers to take off their valuables, their
jewellery and give it to the hijackers. What an adventure, and this was only the first day!

Match the phrasal verb to the definition

1. Take up a hobby
2. Take over
3. Take on staff
4. Take off clothing
5. Take place
6. Take off (aeroplane)
7. Take after someone
8. Take in information
9. Take back to a shop

a. Employ someone new

b. Remove clothing (Opposite of put on)
c. Be similar to someone, physically or in character
d. Occur
e. Start an activity or hobby for the first time
f. Leave the ground
g. Take control
h. Return something (Because it is faulty or it is
borrowed)
i. Understand and remember information

Read through the story with a partner and see if you can remember which verbs go in each
gap. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING! Then you can reuse it again and again.
Our story _________ in an old house. Lara Croft was intelligent and beautiful. In her looks
she _________ her father, in her personality she _________ her mother. Recently she had
_________ archaeology. She was very busy so she had _________ an assistant, Mrs
Bluebottle. It was very interesting but there was a lot to learn. It was difficult to _________
all the information. And now she was going on her first dig. The day before she had bought
some new equipment, but when she opened the box, she saw that some of it was broken,
so she had to _________ it _________ to the shop. The next day she got up early and
drove to the airport. Her plane had just _________ when hijackers _________ the plane.
They forced all the passengers to _________ their valuables, their jewellery and give it to
the hijackers. What an adventure, and this was only the first day!

Ask your partner these questions. Use the phrasal verbs in your answer.
1. Who do you think you take after more, your mother or your father?
2. If you had the time and money to take up any new sport or hobby, what would you
take up?
3. Do you sometimes find it difficult to take in information in the class?
4. Have you ever taken anything back to a shop?

Dominic Streames

efltheatreclub.co.uk

2011