A. ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS
Choose a phrasal verb to replace the explanation in brackets.
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| 1. When Caroline goes to work, the babysitter (takes care of) _________ ____ the children. a) looks at b) looks up c) looks for d) looks after |
| 2. The babysitter (has a good relationship) _________ ____ well with the children. a) gets out b) gets on c) gets up d) gets in |
3. Peter promises he will ( stop) _________ ____ smoking soon. a) give in b) give over c) give up d) give out |
4. They (continue) _________ ____ talking when the teacher arrives. a) carry on b) get on c) break out d) remain on |
5. The fire fighters came and (extinguish) _________ ____ the fire. a) put off b) let away c) put out d) let out |
6. I'll call the shop to (discover) _________ ____ the price. a) find out b) bring out c) turn up d) call up |
7. You never forget the place where you (spend childhood) _________ ____ . a) bring up b) raise up c) grow up d) rise up |
8. If your car (ceases to function) _________ ____ , you should call a garage. a) stops off b) breaks down c) turns off d) breaks out |
9. It's difficult for a plane to (leave the ground) _________ ____ when there is snow on the ground. a) take off b) start up c) lift off d) rise up |
10. You must (return) _________ ____ the books that I lend you. a) hand in b) take back c) give back d) pay for |
Read the following story and identify the phrasal verbs used by the author. There are 26 uses of phrasal verbs in this text. Can you find them?
Adventures Growing Up
I was brought up in a small town in the countryside. Growing up in the countryside offered lots of advantages for young people. The only problem was that we often got into trouble as we made up stories that we acted out around town. I can remember one adventure in particular: One day as we were coming back from school, we came up with the brilliant idea to make out that we were pirates looking for treasure. My best friend Tom said that he made out an enemy ship in the distance. We all ran for cover and picked up a number of rocks to use for ammunition against the ship as we got ready to put together our plan of action. We were ready to set off on our attack, we slowly went along the path until we were face to face with our enemy - the postman's truck! The postman was dropping off a package at Mrs. Brown's house, so we got into his truck. At that point, we really didn't have any idea about what we were going to do next. The radio was playing so we turned down the volume to discuss what we would do next. Jack was all for switching on the motor and getting away with the stolen mail! Of course, we were just children, but the idea of actually making off with a truck was too much for us to believe. We all broke out in nervous laughter at the thought of us driving down the road in this stolen Postal Truck. Luckily for us, the postman came running towards us shouting, "What are you kids up to?!". Of course, we all got out of that truck as quickly as we could and took off down the road.
Phrasal Verbs Matching
Match the phrasal verbs in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.
_____ blow up 1) choose
_____ throw away 2) omit
_____ look like 3) resemble
_____ leave out 4) postpone
_____ pass away 5) recollect
_____ pick out 6) cancel
_____ work out 7) recover
_____ make up 8) die
_____ pick on 9) find
_____ get over 10) create
_____ put off 11) explode
_____ call off 12) continue
_____ hold on 13) happen
_____ come across 14) wait
_____ look back on 15) discard
_____ carry on 16) admire
_____ take place 17) exercise
_____ look up to 18) bully
Link to phrasal verb exercise: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8g3yDGyanyydG9NV2Jub3lNNWs/edit?usp=sharing
Additional verbal phrase worksheet: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/phrasal-verbs-with-get-worksheets.pdf
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