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Exercises: I. Complete the following sentences with phrasal verbs from the list. Use the correct tense or structure: carry out, cut down, get on, hold up, dip into, make up, bring out, break out, cut off, get over, put out, work out, let down, turn out, lead to. 1. Now, don’t______us______. We’re counting on you to cook something really special for the party this Saturday. 2. Over eating and lack of exercise can______serious health problems in later life. 3. Giving up my job to go and live aboard______to be the biggest mistake I’ve ever made. 4. He______some story about catching the wrong train to explain his lateness. 5. If you want to lose weight, you should______on amount of dairy products you eat. 6. Modern computers are capable of______the most complex operations in micro-seconds. 7. It’s no the sort of book you’d want to read from cover but it’s quite interesting to ______now and then. 8. The start of the concert was______by the late arrival of the group. 9. The gas supply was______for about four hours as they had to repair some leaking pipes. 10. Toby’s______really well at his new job. He’s already been promoted twice. 11. Quick action by the police prevented fighting from______between rival groups of fans after the football match. 12. I hear FIAT have______a new model but I haven’t seen it yet. 13. She______the problem of lack of time by hiring a house-cleaner. 14. Herbie asked them to______their cigarettes as he is allergic to smoke. 15. It is said that Isaac Newton______the law of gravity after he’d been hit on the head by an apple! II. Put in these forms: brought up against, face up to, get round to, go out into, look forward to, looks out over, went back on, put up with, take up on, looks up to, cut back on, come in for, make up for, go through with, look down on. 1. The government’s economic policies have______a lot of criticism. 2. You’ll have to work very hard today to______the time you wasted yesterday.
3. I should______my problems and not try to avoid them. 4. Do you think he’s really likely to______his threat? 5. It was so stuffy indoors that I had to______the fresh air. 6. I’m feeling nervous. I’m not______giving my presentation. 7. The government is to ______spending on the armed forces. 8. He really______his older brother. 9. He______his promise to tell nobody about this. 10. I meant to do the ironing but I didn’t______it. 11. The house is on the top of the cliff and______the English Channel. 12. I left the job because I couldn’t______my boss a moment longer. 13. Actually, can I______you______your offer of a bed for the night? 14. Small boys often______little girls and refuse to play with them. 15. I had big ideas until I was______the reality of the situation. III. workout the meaning of these phrasal verbs and put them in the right sentences: let in , get off, throw away, stay in, come back, cross out, pay back, get on , turn up, fall over, take back, go off, lie down, go away , put off 1. I didn’t have a key, but luckily someone was there to______me______. 2. Can’t we go out somewhere? I don’t want to______all evening. 3. Could you lend me ten pounds? I’ll______you______on Friday. 4. The sidewalk is very icy. Be careful you don’t______. 5. I was feeling so tired I had to______on the bed for a while. 6. I saw Martin______the bus and go straight home. 7. Mark’s gone out, and I don’t know when he is going to______. 8. The driver unlocked the coach so that the passengers were able to______. 9. I’ll have to______these books______to the library. 10. Your brother was being a nuisance, so I told him to______.
11. Don’t______that box. We can use it again. 12. If you make a mistake on the form, just______it______. 13. I can’t hear the radio. Could you______it______a little? 14. I was late for school this morning because my alarm clock didn’t______. 15. Never______until tomorrow what you can do today. IV. Complete each sentence using a phrasal verb that means the same as the words in brackets. 1. The football match had to be because of the weather. (cancelled) 2. The story Kate told wasn’t true. She . (invented it) 3. A bomb near the station, but no one was injured. (exploded) 4. How long are you going to working? (continue) 5. George finally______nearly an hour late. (arrived) 6. We are going to______an outing for our group. (arrange) 7. A number of buildings are going to be______to make way for the new road. (demolished) 8. We need to make a decision today at the latest. We can’t______any longer. (delay it) 9. You can hardly______on £100 a week. (manage to live) 10. The noise is terrible. I can’t______. (tolerate it) 11. For the sake of your health, you ought to______alcohol. (stop) 12. Teachers should encourage kids to______for themselves. (discover things) 13. I’m afraid the machine has______.(stopped working) 14. Our phone has been______, so ring me on my mobile. (disconnected) 15. We need to______the situation. (fully discuss) V. Rewrite the sentences, using the correct synonym of the underlined phrasal verbs: appear, cancel, consider, continue, delay, delete, demolish, discover, discuss, display, erect, examine, execute, occupy, omit, postpone, prepare, reduce, reject, represent, explode, resemble, return, stop, select, review, calculate, tolerate. 1. You’ll have to cut down your living expenses a little.
2. I must think that matter over carefully before I answer you. 3. That company is going to put up a new building on this corner. 4. The two girls take after their mother very much in appearance. 5. Look each sentence over carefully. Cross out the incorrect words. 6. Mr. Lam’s job seems to take up all of his spare time. 7. They are going to pull that building down. 8. We had to call off the picnic because of the bad weather. 9. We heard the bomb go off five miles away. 10. These books are overdue. When are you going to take them back? 11. When you make up that list for me, don’t leave any names out. 12. We worked out how much of our salaries we would have to save each year. 13. That woman certainly tried hard to show off her abilities. 14. When I was looking through my papers, I came across this picture. 15. I suggest that you talk the matter over with your boss first of all . 16. Did the workers carry out the foreman’s instructions carefully? 17. Is the committee going to turn down his application for admission? 18. Should we go over the lesson now or put it off until later tonight? 19. How many people do you expect to show up at the meeting tonight? 20. I think this storm will hold up the flights. ngừng (stop);hoãn lại (delay) 21. There are some pens here. Why don’t you pick out one or two? 22. I tried to interrupt the two men, but they went on arguing anyway. 23. Trevor gave up playing football years ago. 24. Those three letters are an abbreviation. They stand for something. 25. I don’t see how you can put up with such bad working conditions. VI. Replace the underlined works with a phrasal verb. 1. We’ve arranged a meeting for next Tuesday.