English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate (Unit 79: Phrasal verbs 1: form and meaning)


Look at the dictionary entry for go off and match the meanings with the sentences below.

go off

1. Leave
to leave a place and go somewhere else
She’s gone off to the cafe with Tony.
2. Food UK informal
If food goes off it is not good to eat anymore because it is too old.
3. Stop
If a light or machine goes off, it stops working.
The heating goes off at 10 o’clock.
4. Explode
If a bomb or gun goes off, it explodes or fires.
5. Make noise
If something that makes a noise goes off, it suddenly starts making a noise.
His car alarm goes off every time it rains.

  1. When the light goes off, the machine has finished. 3
  2. My alarm clock went off early this morning.
  3. I think this meat has gone off.
  4. The bomb went off without any warning.
  5. Beatriz went off early; she had to meet a friend.

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