Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
1. What are you getting………….? I can’t understand what you’re trying to say.
2. I only get………….watching TV when the children are in bed.
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3. Instead of being given a ticket, the driver got ………….a warning.
4. She’s having trouble getting………….with her sprained ankle.
5. Do you get………….with your colleagues?
6. If you don’t get those invitations………….today, they’ll never arrive on time.
7. How are you getting………….at school?
8. He has a talent for getting the most complicated ideas…………..
9. I've been trying to get………….for ages but the line is always engaged.
10. This awful weather is really getting me…………..
11. My father is always getting………….me about my clothes.
12. If you aren’t well organised, you’ll never get …………..
13. I don’t know how he gets………….cheating on his tests.
14. Stop talking and get………….your work , will you?
15. She has barely enough money left to get…………..
16. I wish I could get………….going to this wedding but I have no choice.
17. News of their “secret” wedding got………….fast.
18. She says she won’t help us, but we’ll soon get………….her.
19. I don’t know if she’ll ever get………….her husband’s death.
20. What are the children getting………….in the garden?
5. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.
give oneself up = surrender
give away = (1) reveal, (2) give freely as a present
give in = (1) deliver, yield
give off = send out/emit
give out = (1) come to an end, (2) announce, (3) distribute
give up = (1) stop doing sth, (2) admit ddfdat
give oneself up = surrender
hype up = exaggerate the value of sth
1. Let’s go……………the plan once more to make sure it’s all clear.
2. Dtes the shed go……………the house or should I pay extra?
3. She had it cancel her holiday when she went……………the flu.
4. She’s gone……………all her savings since she lost her job.
5. I don’t know what’s going……………next door but they’re being very noisy.
6. I’m planning to go……………the poetry competition this year.
7. Suddenly the fire alarm went……………
8. The Prime Minister promised to go …………… the matter of lowering inflation.
9. Those shoes are going …………… next to nothing. I’ve never seen such a good sale.
10. I don’t think there’s enough fruit to go……………. Could you get some more?
11. His proposals didn’t go……………very well at all ; in fact they were all rejected.
12. He paused to answer the phone, and then he went……………what he was doing.
13. New blocks of flats are going …………… everywhere, destroying the character of the township.
8. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.
lay aside = put aside
lay into = attack (with blows or words)
lay off = stop doing sth irritating
lay out = spend
let down = 1) disappoint, (2) lower sth
let in for = involve in trouble etc
let in on = allow sb to share a plan, secret, etc
let on = reveal a secret
let out = (1) make (a garment etc) looser or larger (opp: take in), (2) utter a cry
let sb off = not punish severely
let sb through = allow sb to pass an exam or a test
let up = become less in degree
let up on = treat sb less severely
1. He had a bad time in the army but he has put it…………..him now.
2. It is being put…………..that the vice-president is involved in the scandal but as yet there seems to be no
real evidence.
3. Just put…………..your name and address on this card.
4. The lecturer had difficulty in putting…………..his ideas.
5. He put his failure in the exam…………..bad luck.
6. The drought in Africa has put ………….. development in the area by decades.
7. Why don’t you put…………..that new position at the university?
8. Make sure you put…………..the fire before going to bed.
9. Could you put me…………..to Mr Jones, please?
10. If you can’t afford a hotel, we’ll put you…………..for the night.
11. He put…………..an insurance claim after the accident but he got nothing.
12. How can you put…………..the noise in this house? I’d go mad.
13. Don’t be put…………..by his manner. He always acts that way.
14. They’re putting…………..a dance performance in the town hall tonight.
15. We put…………..a sum of money each month for our summer holidays.
16. Mr Jones has put ………….. the proposal that all members of staff should make a contribution to the
earthquake relief fund.
11. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.
hand over = give
live on sb/sth = get the money needed from
live through = experience over time
live up to = reach the standard that may be expected
live with = tolerate/accept sth and endure it
meet with = have as a reaction
miss out = forget to include
move on to = pass to another subject
narrow down = reduce
note down = record
pass over = ignore, overlook
phase out = gradually stop using
piece together = discover gradually
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1. His proposal met…………total opposition from the committee.
2. I’m afraid you’ll have to learn to live …………this problem for the rest of your life.
3. We’d better move…………the housing problem before time runs out.
4. Please note…………these figures so we can go over them later.
5. She asked him to hand the document…………to her.
6. We can narrow our options…………to two or three at the most.
7. If you think you can live…………charity for ever, you’re sadly mistaken.
8. You ought to try and live…………your parents’ expectations.
9. I think you’ve missed…………John and Sally from the invitation list.
10. The detective tried to piece…………the events from the few clues he had.
11. He’s used to hardships because he’s lived…………two wars.
12. Tom has been passed…………for promotion in favour of a younger man.
13. New automated machinery in factories has led to the phasing…………of old production methods.
12. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.
run across = find by chance
run after = pursue
run away = leave (school, home etc)
run away with an idea = accept it without careful thinking even though it is wrong
run behind = be delayed
run down = (1) criticise, (2) gradually stop functioning, (3) run sb down (with a vehicle)
run in = use a new vehicle carefully
run into = (1) meet by chance, (2) collide with
run off = produce quickly
run out of = exhaust the supply of sth run through = (1) rehearse (2) use up
run up = accumulate (bills etc)
run up against = encounter difficulties
1. He’s always running …………… his boss although she actually treats him well.
2. The secretary was asked to run …………… copies of the report for the employees.
3. We ran Sally at the shops yesterday ; I hadn’t seen her for months.
4. He ran……………the boy, but didn’t manage to catch him.
5. We’ve run……………coffee; Could you go and buy some?
6. He ran……………debts amounting to millions of dollars last year.
7. Let’s run……………that scene again ; then you can all go home.
8. Their son ran……………at the agee of 12 and didn’t contact them for four years.
9. The old woman was run……………by a taxi.
10. You’d better run……………your new car bofore you drive it on the motorway.
11. We ran……………some valuable old bools while we were clearing out the attic.
12. Don’t run……………the idea that you can come home at whatever time you like!
13. Everything was going smoothly until we ran……………the problem of lack of funding.
14. My father fell asleep at the steering wheel and ran……………a lamp post.
15. I’m running……………shedule as my meeting lasted longer than I’d expected.
13. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.
see about = make arrangements for
see off = accompany a traveller to his/her train etc
see over = inspect properly
see to = take care of
see through = (1) not be deceived, (2) support sb through a difficult time
see out = accompany sb to an exit
settle down = live a more permanent life-style
settle for = accept sth (less than expected)
settle in = become used to a new house or job
settle on = decide on
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settle up = pay (a debt, a bill etc)
1. He was hoping to sell his car for £1,000 but he had to settle…………..£800.
2. Once we've settled………….., we’ll invite you for a long weekend.
3 Could you please see…………..getting the sofa re-covered?
4. They settled…………..the Ritz as the best place for the reception.
5. We made an appointment to see…………..the cottage before we decided to buy it.
6. The children were seen…………..at the station by the entire family.
7. Could you see…………..those messages while I read through this report?
8. He said he would make me a rich man, but I saw …………..him immediately.
9. After wandering for years, they settled…………..in a small village in Wales.
10. He saw his best friend …………..his divorce.
11. I’ll see you…………..; you may not be able to find your way to the lift.
12. Let’s settle…………..with the waiter and go home. I’m feeling tired.
14. FilI in the missing preposition or adverb.
set about = begin
set aside = save for a special purpose
set back = hinder
set sb back = cost sb a lot of money
set in = begin (of a period, usu bad)
set off = (1) start a reaction, (2) begin a journey (= set out)
set an animal on sb = cause an animal to attack sb
set out = begin a task/job with a specific intention
set up = (1) establish (a record), (2) start a business (3) erect
1. She takes…………her father: she has the same gestures and mannerisms.
2. His lecture was so complicated that I only took………… a few words of what he said.
3. These magazines must be read in the library. You can’t take them………….
4. The secretary took…………the list of titles as her boss read them out.
5. We were so taken…………by his decision to resign that we didn’t know what to say.
6. I’ll never forgive you if you don’t take…………what you said about me.
7. Since his retirement, he has taken…………painting to fill up some of his spare time.
8. She seems to have taken…………me, as if I had offended her somehow.
9. Nobody was taken…………by his story, although it seemed convincing at first.
10. You have to take…………these curtains. They look very dirty.
11. If you take this skirt…………a little, it should fit you perfectly. It’s too big for you now.
12. She is always being taken ………… Elizabeth Taylor, even though she doesn’t look that much like her.
13. When they discovered that the child was an orphan, they offered to take him………….
14. That desk is so big that it takes…………most of his office.
17. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.
take off = (1) remove (clothing), (2) leave the ground (of aeroplanes etc), (3) imitate sb in a comic way, (4)
begin to succeed (of plans, ideas etc)
take on = (1) undertake sth, (2) employ staff, (3) accept sb as an opponent
take out = (1) extract, remove, (2) accompany sb to a theatre etc
take over = take control of sth esp in place of sb else
take to = (1) find agreeable; like, (2) begin a habit, (3) escape to; hide in
take up with = become involved in (usu derog)
1. He was against the plan at first, but they managed to talk him…………...
2. Jane was so determined to become a model that her parents couldn't talk her…………...it.
3. Ann was told…………...by her father for coming home late.
4. You can't talk me…………...giving you more money . I've given you enough already.
5. His lack of a convincing alibi will tell…………...him at the trial.
6. Out boss talks…………...us as if we were children.
7. He insisted that children who talk…………...ought to be punished.
8. If you can't talk…………...your differences wish your fiancé , you’d better break up.
9. Stop behaving like that ot the neighbours will start to talk…………...you.
10. The only way one can tell the twins…………...is by their haircuts.
11. He keeps talking…………...moving to another city , but s doubt if he will.
12. I’ve never had a real conversation with Peter; he just talks…………...you.
13. My parents advised me to think things…………...before accepting the job.
14. Racing drivers rarely think …………...the dangers involved in their profession.
15. She thought her ideas…………...carerully before puttings them down on paper.
16. We need to think…………...an exciting advertising campaign for our new product.
19. Fill in the missing preposition or adverb.
turn away = refuse admittance to sb
turn down = (1) reject an offer, (2) reduce heat etc
turn in = go to bed
turn sb in = report to the authorities
turn into = convert, change
turn off = switch off
turn on = switch on
turn out = (1) assemble as a crowd, (2) produce, (3) prove to be
turn over = fall on one side
turn sth over (in one’s mind) = think carefully about sth
turn to = go to sb for help
turn up = (1) arrive, (2) increase volume