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John Millen

Josh is sitting all by himself on a bench in Hong Kong Park. He is feeling down after being dumped by his girlfriend. His best friend Simon sees him sitting there and comes over to chat.

Simon: MOVE OVER so I can sit down.

Josh: h, go away. I want to be alone. I don't want to talk to anyone, thanks.

Simon: asked you to MOVE OVER so there's room for me to sit down. Thank you very much. What's the matter with you?

Josh: ou know what's the matter. Don't ask.

Simon: osh, you've been like this for over a month. Forget her! It's time for you to MOVE ON.

Josh: hat's what everyone says. They all tell you the best thing to do after you've been dumped is to MOVE ON. But nobody tells you how to do it. How can you MOVE ON when you feel so bad?

Simon: know it can't be easy.

Josh: I see her every day at school. I wish I could MOVE AWAY to another town, but how can I do that? I've made up my mind to MOVE AWAY from Hong Kong when I'm eighteen. Then I will forget her. Until then, I will have to suffer seeing her with her new boyfriend. There is nothing else I can do. I will have to suffer in silence and then MOVE AWAY when I can. Now, can we change the subject, please? Let's talk about something that will cheer me up not depress me. How's your love life?

Answers

On/over/away/on/on/over

1d / 2e / 3a / 4f / 5b

YOUR TURN

TO MOVE AWAY - means to move from where you are and settle down in another area.

We will have to move away from Hong Kong now Dad has got a job in Shanghai.

TO MOVE OVER - means to move your position in order to make room for someone else.

It's time my old boss moved over and made room for a younger person with more modern ideas.

TO MOVE ON - means to leave a place and go somewhere else. The idea of the new place being better than the first is implied in this phrasal verb. TO MOVE ON involves progress. It also means to stop doing something and begin doing something else.

I need to move on from where I am in my company and find a more challenging job.

Can we move on from gossiping and talk about something more important?

TASK 1

Can you put AWAY or OVER or ON in the gap in each of these sentences?

1. Dad needs to move .... and find a better job.

2. Move .....! There's room for two in this bed.

3. After all the arguments with our neighbours, we have decided to move ....... from this area of town.

4. I need to do better than this! I need to move ........

5. Now, please move ....... to the exercises on page 37.

6. I'm only small. Move ...... and make room for me, please.

TASK 2

Match up the two halves of these sentences.

1. We moved away from Happy Valley because

2.  The two of you will have to move over and

3.  My brother must move on from the bank if

4. You need to move on from what you are doing and

5. Do you think you will ever move away from Hong Kong and

a) he wants to earn a better salary.

b) settle down somewhere else?

c) the rent was too high.

d) make room for Grandma to sit down.

e) find some new ideas.

Mandie Ho, 17

TWGHs Mrs Wu York Yu Memorial College

After reading the explanation, I noticed that the phrase 'move away' is followed by the preposition 'from'. So when I did Task 1, I looked for the preposition in each sentence. Task 2 is easy. Specially, sentence 5, all I have to do is to look for a second half of a sentence with a question mark.

Thomas Li, 16

St Joseph's College

I heard this phrase 'move on' many times, but never knew that it's got three definitions. I found question 5 of Task 1 difficult. I went back and forth for that question because I wasn't sure if I should use move 'over' or 'on'. Task 2 is easy. I have no problem deciding my answer for question 3. People move on from a job usually due to higher salary.



CAN HE MOVE ON?