Se Phrasal Verbs break down: 1) stop working, 2) tose control of feelings break in: enter by force (break into a building) break into: start singing, smiling, etc suddenly break out: 1) begin suddenly (BUT a storm breaks), 2) escape break up: (of schools) stop for holidays 1 Underline the correct item. 1A fire broke in/out in the kitchen because someone had left the oven on 2. My car broke down/up on the motorway and | had to wait for help. 3 Tara was so happy that she suddenly broke in/into singing. 4. Our school breaks up/out for the holidays on 12th June. 5 Georgia broke up/down in tears when she heard the terrible news. 6 The prisoners are planning to break up/out of their cells tonight. 7. Athief broke in/down and stole tots of jewellery. bring about: cause sth to happen bring out: make a new record, book, etc available bring sb round: 1) cause sb to regain consciousness, 2) persuade sb bring up: 1) raise a child, 2) raise a new subject 2 Underline the correct item. 4. It took five minutes to bring Eleanor round/about after she fainted. 2 At first, Rachel didn’t want to come with us, but eventually we brought her out/round. 3. My grandmother brought out/up six children. 4. Robbie Williams has not brought out/about a new album for a while. 166 5 The Internet has brought about/round great changes in the way we communicate. 6 It’s bad manners to bring out/up religion or politics at dinner parties. 7. I wanted to tell Eva that | was annoyed with her, but | found it difficult to bring it about/up. carry on (with): continue carry out: do, complete sth hold back: contain one’s emotions hold on: wait hold up: 1) delay, 2) rob a place 3 Fill in the gaps with the correct particles. ++ an investigation into 1 The police carried the crime. 2 We were held . motorway. 3. Can you hold umbrella? 4 The bank was held robbers, 5. The singer carried ........++ singing even though her microphone was broken. 6 The doctor carried ........... a careful examination of the patient. 7 Tom and Hayley’s wedding was so moving that | couldn't hold .. my tears. . by heavy traffic on the while I just go and get my . by three armed get away: escape ‘get on: 1) make progress, get along, 2) enter a bus, train, etc (= get off) get on with sb: have a friendly relationship with sb, get along with sb get through: 1) reach sb by telephone, 2) manage to finish sth. | 4 Flim the gaps with the correct particles. from | Booked a flight to Greece to get .. She rainy British summer. 2 Lot of passengers got .. the bus and it Became very crowded 3 Helen tried several times to get to the ‘customer service helpline, but didn't manage it 4 My brother and | didn’t get ........... each other when we were children, S We got ........... the whole cake in half an hour! © We have to get + the train at the next station. 7 How are you getting .. project? with your school give sb away: betray sb give sth away: 1) reveal sth, 2) give sth free of charge sive back: return give off: emit (a smell, gas, etc) sive out: come to an end give up:t) abandon a habit , 2) stop dofng sth ive oneself up: surrender 5 Underline the correct item. 1 The criminal gave himself up/back after three days of hiding from the police. 2 Don’t tell Hannah about the surprise party ~ she might give the secret away/out! 3. I've given off/up drinking coffee because it’s bad for me. 4 The engine is giving off/away a funny smell — think we should check if it's all right. 5 Bobby has six books to give back/up to the library. 6 I listened to my CD player till the batteries gave upfout. 7. The mobile phone company is giving up/away free phones! 8 | gave up/out trying to persuade my dad to eat less. 80 after: 1) chase sb/sth, 2) aim for sth go in for: enter a competition, exam, etc go on: 1) continue, 2) happen go through: examine sth in detail 1 80 out: 1) stop buming, 2) become tess fashionable | 89 off: 1) explode, make a sudden noise, 2) go | bad 6 Fill in the gaps with the correct particles. 1 That skirt went .. 2 Please go .. what you have to say. 3 I think the milk’s gone .. - ~ it smells bad. 4 Polly ran out of the house in tears so Jason went her. 5 Eleanor went . Ben's CD collection to work ‘out what music he liked. 6 The teacher demanded to know what had gone sss While she was out of the classroom. 7. My dog started barking when the fireworks went of fashion years ago! ! We're very interested in 8 The fire went ........... and we all got cold. 9 Did you hear Tim’s going . the London marathon next year? 10 Meg is going company. the top position in the look after: take care of sb/sth | look for: search for sb/sth look forward to: anticipate with pleasure look into: investigate look out (for): watch for sb/sth look through: read ook up: look for an address, name, word, etc ina | book, list, ete 167Se Phrasal Verbs 7 Underline the correct item. 1 Tom's on the sofa looking after/through a magazine. 2. ’m going to look into/up the possibility of taking ‘spanish classes in my area. 3. Will you look through/after your brother while 1 pop to the shops? 4. [didn't recognise that word so | looked it for/up in the dictionary. 5 Julie is really looking for/forward to her party! 6 Sandra has been looking through/for her glasses for ages and still hasn’t found them, 7 Can you took out for/after signs to the airport? make outs 1) see sth with difficulty, 2) understand make up: 1) invent, 2) put cosmetics on, 3) become friends again after a quarrel make up one’s mind: decide 8 Fill in the gaps with the correct particles. 168 4 You have to make .. your mind whether you ‘want to come to the party or not. 2 Josie and George had a big argument but now they've made «sss « 3 As the boat was approaching the island, | could just make the snow-covered mountain peaks. 4 Don't trust what Irene says. She's always making things . 5 Ican’t make .... handwriting’s terrible. 6 The actors have to dress and make before the performance. what this letter says ~ the put down: write put forward: propose put off: postpone ‘put on: 1) dress oneself in sth, 2) increase in weight put out: extinguish (a fire, cigarette, etc) put through: connect by phone put sb up: provide sb with a place to stay 9 Underline the correct item. 1. The company put down/forward a proposal of a pay rise to the striking workers. 2. Anna put me up/off while | was staying in Bertin. 3. The teacher asked the pupils to put down/ forward their answers on a piece of paper. 4 “Hello. Could you put me through/on to the ‘manager, please?” 5. | put on/up a black dress for the party. Make sure you put off/out the candle before you go to bed. 7 Eating a lot of chocolate is a sure way to put forward/on weight. 8 Don't put off/up until tomorrow what you could do today. run across: find sb/sth by chance, come across run away (from): leave a place due to unhappiness 41) hit and injure sb with a vehicle, 2) say bad things about sb/sth run into: meet sb unexpectedly run out (of): reach the end of a supply of sth run up against: start to experience problems run down { 0 Fill in the gaps with the correct particles. 1 Kelly got run . by a car and taken to hospital, 2. We ran some problems when we were instalting the new computer system 3 Teenagers are prone to run... parents push them hard. 41 ran Steve on my way to the supermarket 5 Susie ran ........+. milk S0 she went to the shop to, buy some more. 6 I don’t like Warren — he’s always running people home if their ae eee. ar aan acre a et il ial