Below you will find two of the uses of the phrasal verb 'base on' which you are likely to find used in the Cambridge Advanced exam.
In addition to the meaning/definition for each use, you will also find two examples of it being used with each meaning (to help you understand the use and the context it is used in better).
In order to remember these uses, make sure to make an example in your own words with the phrasal verb.
Use 1
To use information or data to make a prediction about what will happen in the future or if something should be done or not.
"I only have one question, will it work?"
"BASED ON the tests we have done, I think it should."
BASED ON the last 30 years of global temperatures recordings, we predicate that the average global temperature will increase by 1.6 degrees centigrade by 2040.
Use 2
To say what the original material/story that a film, book, theatre play or opera comes from or is largely inspired by is (however, it differs from it in some things).
The film Apocalypse Now is BASED ON Joseph Conrad's novel The Heart of Darkness.
The novel is BASED ON the real life of the British comedian Eric Morecambe.
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