PHRASAL VERBS - 3

P U T
1 – MATCH THE VERBS IN COLUMN A WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS IN COLUMN B

A B
PUT ABOUT discourage ____________________
PUT ACROSS provide accommodation __________
PUT DOWN TO postpone ______________________
PUT FORWARD tolerate _______________________
PUT OFF pretend _______________________
PUT OFF suggest, propose _______________
PUT ON cause to be understood __________
PUT OUT extinguish _____________________
PUT OUT start, cause to circulate ___________
PUT UP inconvenience __________________
PUT UP WITH attribute to ____________________

2 – FILL THE GAPS WITH ONE OF THE PHRASAL VERBS ABOVE IN THE CORRECT TENSE

1.- Don let me .......................................(you) going to see it. I mean, the film does have its good points.

2.- At the meeting someone ......................... the idea that there should be a student representative on
the committee.

3.- He did seem a bit short-tempered, I agree. I ................................. (it) overwork.

4.- I’m just not prepared to ......................... your inefficiency any longer. You’re fired!

5.- Thank you, I’d love to stay for dinner, as long as I won’t ............................... (you) at all .

6.- We’ll just have to .....................................(the meeting) until everyone is back from holiday.

7.- The part of the course I enjoyed least was philosophy. It wasn’t ............................. very well by the
lecturer.

8.- If my sister can......................................(me) it’ll save the cost of a hotel room for the night.

9.- She ...................................(it) that she was thinking of leaving the company and, as a result, she
received several offers from a rival firm.

10.- He didn’t really hurt his leg. He limped a bit but he was only ..................... (it) to get our sympathy.

11.- She couldn’t ....................... the humiliation of being rejected by the casting director for the second time.

12.- Due to the strong wind, it took over 15 hours to ------------------------------- the fire in that wood.

13.- You shouldn’t ..................................... going to the dentist any longer. It’s urgent.

14.- Don’t ....................................... (your failure) bad luck. You didn’t work hard enough.

15.- Most people ............................................. (him) as Chairman of the committee.

EXERCISE ONE
1- Put about start, make circulate
2- Put across cause to be understood
3- Put down to attribute to
4- Put forward suggest, propose
5- Put off discourage
6- Put off postpone
7- Put on pretend
8- Put out extinguish
9- put out inconvenience
10- put up provide accommodation
11- put up with tolerate

EXERTCISE 2
1- put you off
2- put forward
3- put it down to
4- put up with
5- put you out
6- put off
7- put across
8- put me up
9- put it out
10- putting it on
11- put up with
12- put out
13- put off
14- put your failure down to
15- put him forward