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Phrases
Actions in the pictures
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Mây gave a toy in good condition to another child.
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Mây passes a card from one friend to another in the group.
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Mây and Minh stopped by the neighbor's house for a moment to deliver books.
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Mây asked Minh to help her find a book.
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Mây looks for books about animals in the book exchange area.
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A conversation in context
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Mai
We are giving away books we no longer need.
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We are giving away books we no longer need.
Alex
I will pass on the details to the neighbours.
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I will pass on the details to the neighbours.
Mai
They can drop by tomorrow and ask for the books they want.
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They can drop by tomorrow and ask for the books they want.
Compare the uses
give away / pass on
“Give away” here means give without charging; “pass on” means transfer an item or information. Passing something on need not mean donating your own possession.
Practice and check your answers
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
A situation to apply what you have learned
A library donates extra calendars. A volunteer tells neighbours about the event but does not own the calendars.
Describe the library’s offer.
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The library is giving away its extra calendars.
The library offers surplus calendars free, so it is “giving away” the calendars rather than passing on news.
Replace “the information” with “it”: Pass on the information.
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Pass it on.
“It” replaces the information being relayed and goes between “pass” and “on”.
Invite a neighbour to visit briefly.
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You can drop by the library tomorrow to ask for a calendar.
“Drop by” suggests a brief library visit tomorrow to ask for a calendar, without guaranteeing availability.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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