Phrasal Verbs


1) Complete the sentences 1 – 4 with a suitable phrasal verb in the correct form.
  * look forward to
  * take up
  * run out of
  * look up


1 Sorry, but I’ve .............................................all ideas.

2 Could you...........................................................the number ..............in
the telephone directory?

3 We are ...........................................................hearing from you soon.

4 Peter decided to...........................................................Spanish this year.


2) In sentences 5 – 10 the phrasal verbs (in bold) have been mixed up. Try to correct the
sentences.


5 Could you let me down from the station?

6 Teenagers find it difficult to give up with their parents.

7 Can you get over my dog next weekend?

8  People with heart disease should get along smoking.

9 Don’t pick me up - I count on you.

10 He’ll never look after his grandmother’s death.



A survey of phrasal verbs from exercises 1 and 2:

                                           Phrasal verbs

                                                                                            Meanings/Czech equivalents

*       look st. up


*       look after sb./st.


*       look forward to sb./st.


*       run out of st.


*       get over st.


*       pick sb. up


*       give up st.


*       take up st.


*       get along with sb.


*       let sb. down



3) Fill in the gaps with phrasal verbs from the box which mean the same as the verbs in brackets.


[DEL: care for :DEL]             carry on           cut down          fill in                put
off

ring up            set off              take in             turn down        turn up


I had been doing the same job for years and I didn’t really care for (like) (1) it any more but it
was extremely well paid. Then one day I decided to look for another job, realising I would need to
………………………….……. (reduce) (2) what I spent on luxuries.

I ………………………….…. (completed) (3) lots of forms but all my applications were ………………………….. (rejected)
(4). I …………………….…………. (continued) (5) looking for   a job but nothing suitable ……………………..…….
(appeared) (6) so I booked a holiday. The day before I was due to ………………………… (leave) (7) I was
…………………………. (telephoned) (8) by a TV company who asked me to go for an interview the next day. I
………………………. (postponed) (9) my holiday immediately. It was the job of my dreams. I could hardly
………..…………….(absorb) (10) the news when they offered it to me. And I never went on that holiday.

      (Text from: Grammar for FCE, CUP, 2006)



A list of phrasal verbs from exercise 3:

                                               VERBS

                          MODEL SENTENCES showing the correct word order.

*       care for sth.

He didn’t care for her friends.


*       carry on (with sth./doing st.)

Carry on with your work while I’m away.

He carried on reading the newspaper.

*       cut sth. down; cut down (on) sth.

We need to cut the article down to 1 000 words.

The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.

*       fill sth. in

To order, fill in the coupon on page 54.


*       put sth. off

Let’s put the meeting off until next Friday.


*       ring sb. up

You should ring him up as soon as you can.


*       set off (for a place)

We set off for London just after ten.


*       take sth. in

Halfway through the chapter I realized I hadn’t taken anything in.

*       turn sb./sth. down

He asked her to marry him but she turned him down.

Unfortunately, she turned my invitation down.

*       turn up

We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up.