Phrasal Verb Selection 1

Match the highlighted phrasal verbs with the best definition:

(a) The gas heater blew up and destroyed the house. (b) Can you take care of my dog while Im away? (c) If you come across a post office, can you buy some stamps? (d) Did anybody come up with a solution? (e) This year Im going to cut down on junk food. (f) There are so many mistakes well have to do it over. (g) I dropped by friends house on my way home. (i) Do you want to order in or eat out? (j) I dont get along with Jack so Id prefer if you didnt invite him. (k) Why dont you look up his address in the phone book? (l) You cant trust him because he makes up stories all the time. (m) She picked out a long black dress to wear. (n) We put off our vacation plans until next year. (p) I want to get rid of some old clothes. (q) I ran into my old friend at the movie theater. (s) After we set up the tent, we started to make dinner. (t) He showed up two hours late. (u) You should take off those wet clothes. (v) Jake talked back to his mother so his mother punished him. (w) I turned down the volume after the neighbors complained. (x) I usually wake up at five in the morning. do again choose get up look after quit exploded arrived used up stand, bare delay think of find by chance reduce have a good relationship visit answer rudely make quieter arrange tell lies search for, find remove, throw away

(h) His grades were so bad that he decided to drop out of university. met by chance

(o) I am not going to put up with the noise and garbage anymore. eat at a restaurant

(r) Our car ran out of gas so we had to walk two hours to the gas station. undress

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