PHRASAL VERBS (PRACTICE)
A) Fill in the suitable forms of the phrasal or prepositional verbs in the table.
cut down look after fill in give up run into do without
give in turn down bring up go up blow up run out of
look out turn up get up take off pick out look up
cut off break into find out turn on break down get on
set for keep on put off make out look down on grow up
1.- The plane very quickly.
2.- I’m going to smoking tomorrow.
3.- Mr and Mrs Smith are going to the children for an hour.
4.- The children at eight o’clock to have breakfast.
5.- We’ll buy a smaller house when the children have and left home.
6.- “Sorry, we flour,” she said. “We’ll have some next week.”
7.- The computer isn’t working - it this morning.
8.- I where he lived by checking in the local library.
9.- They working all through the night, and finished at nine this morning.
10.- “I can’t come today,” he said. “We’ll have to the meeting until next week.
11.- We must the holiday resort early in the morning to avoid the traffic.
12.- “ !” she cried. “He’s got a gun!”
13.- I their offer because they weren’t going to pay me enough money.
14.- The car burned for a few minutes, then the petrol tank with a loud bang.
15.- We decided to all the trees in the garden.
16.- My brother asked me to the TV to watch the news.
17.- I’m sorry, I forgot your sunglasses: you’ll have to them.
18.- He doesn’t like them: I think he people who haven’t got any money.
19.- Thousands of young people for the rock concert.
20.- I the application form for a passport and gave it to the clerk.
21.- A gang of thieves several houses over the weekend.
22.- Helen lives in town and we often her when we go shopping there.
23.- Dan doesn’t with his new boss. They argue a lot.
24.- Parents and grandparents often disagree on how to children.
25.- The power company the electricity because the bill wasn’t paid.
26.- The government to the unions’ demands.
27.- I can’t the signature because the paper is so old.
28.- I’m going to the library to some information on China.
29.- They say the price of vegetables will this summer because there’s a shortage here.
30.- Susan a new dress to wear for the wedding.
B)Rewrite the following sentences by replacing the underline words with a phrasal
verb.
31.- She burst into tears when she heard of her husband’s death. (BREAK)
2.- The First World War began in 1914. (BREAK)
3.- He stopped speaking suddenly in the middle of the telephone conversation to go and answer the phone.
(BREAK)
4.- The government are to investigate the matter of alleged corruption in the Civil Service. (LOOK)
5.- If I tell Mr Brown that we’re not prepared to work overtime tomight, will the rest of you support me?
(BACK)
6.- They look good as a group, but I don’t think their sort of music will ever become popular. (CATCH)
7.- I know it’s difficult to learn a foreign language, but if you persist with it, you’ll be fluent in a couple of
years. (KEEP)
8.- My brother’s really good at languages. He learnt to speak Russian in less than six months. (PICK)
9.- I’ll be a bit late getting to the party, I’m afraid. I’ve got to say goodbye to some friends at the station
first. (SEE)
10.- We waited half an hour for Charles but he didn’t arrive. (TURN)
11.- Does anyone know what the initials “D.H.” are an abbreviation for in the name D. H. Lawrence?
(STAND)
12.- Who does your daughter resemble - You or your husband. (TAKE)
13.- He refused the job in the Middle East and accepted one in Canada instead. (TURN)
14.- I don’t know how she tolerates such behaviour. I certainly wouldn’t allow my children to behave like
that. (PUT)
15.- I’d better copy your telephone number on a pad. I’ll forget it otherwise. (WRITE)
C) Fill in the missing particles to complete the phrasal or prepositional verbs.
16.- When her husband died, she had to sell the house in order to pay his debts.
17.- If she hadn’t given him , the police would never have found out where he was hiding.
18.- A friend is someone you can always count , especially in times of trouble.
19.- Poor Mrs Jones. I don’t know how she manages with only her pension to live .
20.- It’s very kind of you to put me for the night, James.
21.- I think I’ll stay tonight and wash my hair.
22.- I read in this morning’s paper that train fares are going again.
23.- I think your essay would be much better if you cut these two lines here.
24.- Manchester Unidted’s chances of going to the final of the F.A. Cup were ended when they were
knocked by Swansea City in the semi-final.
25.- I’m afraid you’ve signed the agreement now, Mr Blake. It’s too late to back it.
A) 1.- took off; 2.- give up; 3.- look after; 4.- get up; 5.- grown up; 6.- have run out of; 7.- broke down; 8.- found out;
9.- kept on; 10.- put off; 11.- set for; 12.- look out; 13.- turned down; 14.- blew up; 15.- cut down; 16.- turn on; 17.- do without;
18.- looks down on; 19.- turned up; 20.- filled in; 21.- broke into; 22.- run into; 23.- get on; 24.- bring up; 25.- cut off; 26.- gave
in; 27.- make out; 28.- look up; 29.- go up; 30.- picked out.
B) 1.- broke down; 2.- broke out; 3.- broke off; 4.- looking into; 5.- back me up; 6.- catch on; 7.- keep on; 8.- picked up;
9.- see some friends off; 10.- turn up; 11.- stand for; .- 12.- take after; 13 turned down; 14.- puts up with; 15.- write down.
C) 1.- off; 2.- away; 3.- on; 4.- on; 5.- up; 6.- in; 7.- up; 8.- out; 9.- out; 10.- out of
