Opposite Actions with “back”

Handout for Monday, Oct. 19, 2009   We practiced these in class again. Any questions, please ask! Many action phrases have an opposite action phrase, that uses “back”.

 

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Take them.	When you’re done, put them back.
She went out of the room.	Later, she came back in.
He left the room.	Later, he came back in.
He got up early but felt sick.	So, he went back to bed.
She took the book from the shelf.	When she was done with it, she put it back.
We went to Boston.	We came back at 8:30. (Or: We got back at 8:30.)
Last week I lent Pete  $20.	Yesterday he finally paid me back.
The boy took the ball.	He didn’t put it back.
The boy took the ball from me.	He didn’t give it back.
My nephew went to Gloucestor.	Now it’s late, and he still isn’t back! (Or: …hasn’t come back.)
Sandra dropped out of school.	She isn’t going back in the fall.
Mary is home for the summer.	Next month, she’s going back to school.
Teacher, Frannie took my pencil!	Make him give it back to me!
I left my cell phone at the store.	So, I went back to look for it.
I’m leaving soon. Bye!	I’ll be back later!
They left Germany in 1939.	They stayed in Canada. They never went back to Germany.
Yes, you can borrow the book.	Next week, don’t forget to bring it back!
We left Spain ten years ago.	Have you been back since then?
They went hiking in the mountains.	It was too far, so they turned back.
I visited Haiti last year.	It was awful. I’m never going back.

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