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Cl.J° In the following sentences, choose the correct verb in bold to complete the phrasal verb in italics .
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l9 1. Some parents are criticized for the way they bring/ make/ throw up their children. (to raise
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2. They
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refused (-~ ove I face I com~ up to their responsibilities, with disastrous consequences .. (to
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accept an unpleasant state of affairs, anc! try to deal with it) · · ·

3. . The President decided to shout I cry I call off his visit to Europe . (to not to go ahead with a plan) -·
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4. · It is only at election time that senators add/ count I read on support -f rom their constituents . (to rely
I depend on other people) · · - . I

5. - Many developing count~ies ar~ failing to run I chase I catch up with their more develop~d
· neighbors. (to get to the same ievel) . ·. · · · · · · ·

ti. It can t ake months or even y~ars }or political scandals to die I cut I fall down. (to become le~s strong)

7. An al~rming number of students jump I drop I fall out of school early every year. (to leave -~ race, a _·
· .competition, a course of study, etc., early or before you have finished)

8, Major international companies can't carry I cut I figure out the .p opularity of the anti~capitaiist ·
. movement. (informal: to find it hard to understand) .

9. . The committee members dropped I made I fe/1 out over plans for the new health center. (to argue)
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1b. lfthey examined the issues more closely, they would search I look /find out the reasons. (to
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11 . As we grow I stand I look up out priorities change . (to change from being children to being adults) ·

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something else) . ·

13. The latest government report leaves I keeps I throws qut the real reasons for current demographic 1

shifts. (to not include) · ·

14. The journalist showed I pointed I spoke out the mistakes made by the agency over the last few
· years . (to show)

15 . Before you write your essay, you should search I hunt I look into the Party's history. (to research)

16. Nobody at the meeting carried I brought I moved up the subject of paid leave . (to start discussing a
subject)
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· 17 . Once people lose I 1ump I fall behind with their mortgage payments, they come under extreme
·· · · financial pressure from their bank . (to fail to do something or pay something at the time that you should)

18. The first step to a healthier lifestyle is to .c;ut I slice I chop down on the amount of saturated fats
you eat. (to start doing less of something, usually because it is bad for you)
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Exercise 2
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Instructions as above . In one of the sentences, all ~f th_e verbs are pqssible.
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1. D~ring the early 2000's, a lot of.sta.te-run schools were controiled / taken /•acquired over by . \H
private companies. (to start to do something in place of someone else) ·· Q.)
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2. In my last essay", I tried to argue I place I put forward the arguments in favor of global capitalism : c:: 6·

(to suggest or state the case for . something) . · ·. • · Q.) il\

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6. It is very important to carry I work/ do out my instructions carefully. (to do something that you have
been told to do, often in a particular way) ·

7. Many employees went I kept I carried on workJng despite pressure from the unions. (to continue)
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8. . The drug's effects are very powerful, but they begin to wear I come I fall off after a few hours. (to
gradually disappear or become less intense) ·

9. · The meeting will be canceled if not enough people arrive I move I turn up. (to come somewhere,
often unexpectedly)

10. At first, sales of the product were slow, but they kicked I hit I picked up when people realized how
useful it was . (to slowly improve) "'

11 . I have given I put I moved across several suggestions, but so far they have all been ignored . (to
expiain an ide~, often in a way that is easy for people to understand)

' 12 . I came I ran I moved into Laura outside the theater last week. (to meet someone by chance)

Thie- rf""II ,r,o h::ic co+/ n,r,11c,rl f n11+ mp .h;:id- hv ;:ihn11t 'tJnnn linfnrmr1I: to cost someone a oarticular .
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· amount of money, especially a large amount)

When I look I consider I move back on my childhood, I remember the many sa~rifices my parents
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made for me. (to think about something that happened in the past)

15. We were all disappointed ·with the way things turned I came I changed out. (to develop in a
particular way or have a particular result)

The exhibition was so popular that a lot of visitors had to be pushed I turned I thrown away. (to
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be not allowed to enter a building)

17. The total cost of the project makes I moves I works out to about $250,000. (to add up to a
particular amount)

The telephone service is rather unreliable, and it's quite common to be cut I shut I run off in the
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middle of a conversation . (to be disconnected while talking on the telephone)

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