B1 Phrasal verbs (Part 2)

31) GIVE UP: If you give up something, you

stop doing it or taking it: “I’m going to give up
smoking.”
32) GIVE WAY: If you give way to a vehicle,
you allow it to go past before you move.
33) GO FOR: If you go for something, you try to
have or achieve something.
34) GO OFF: If a light or a machine goes off, it
stops working. Also, if an alarm goes off, it
starts to make a loud noise, and if a bomb goes
off, it explodes.
35) GO ON: If something goes on, it continues
to happen or exist. Also, if something is going
on, it is happening: “I don’t know what is going
on.”
36) GO OUT: If you go out, you leave your
home to do something fun, such as going to a
bar, a party, etc. Also, if you go out
with someone, you have a romantic or sexual
relationship.
37) GO WITH: If one thing goes with another,
they look or taste good together: “This wine
goes well with this cheese.”
38) GO TOGETHER: If two things go together,
they look good together.
39) GROW UP: When someone grows up, they
change from being a child into being an adult.
40) HAND IN: If you hand in an exam,
homework, a document, or something that you
 have found, you give it to a teacher, police
officer, or another person in authority

41) HAND OUT: If you hand things out to a

group of people, you give one or more to each
person in a group.
42) HANG OUT: If you hang out in a place or
you hang out with someone, you spend a lot of
time in that place or with those people.
43) HANG UP: If you hang up or you hang up
the phone, you end a phone call.
44) HOLD UP: To hold up someone or
something means to delay them or make them
late.
45) KEEP IN: If you keep someone in (a place),
you make them stay in that place.
46) KEEP ON: If you keep on doing something,
you continue doing it.
47) KEEP UP: If you keep up something, you
continue to do it.
48) KNOCK DOWN: If a person is knocked
down by a vehicle or a driver, they are hit by this
vehicle and fall to the ground, and are often
injured or killed. Also, to knock someone down
means to hit a person so that this person falls
down.
49) LIE DOWN: When you lie down, you move
into a horizontal position, usually in order to rest
or sleep.
50) LOOK AFTER: If you look after someone or
something, you take care of them and try to
keep them healthy or in good condition.
51) LOOK FOR: If you look for something, you try to
get something that you want or need.
52) LOOK FORWARD TO: If you look forward
to something that is going to happen, you want it to
happen and feel excited about it.
53) LOOK OUT: If you say or shout “look out!” to
someone, you are warning them that they are in
danger.
54) LOOK UP: If you look up a particular piece of
information, you try to find it by looking in a book or on
a list, or by using a computer.
55) PASS ON: If you pass something on (to
someone), you give something to someone,
especially something that someone else has given
you.
56) PICK UP: When you pick up someone or
something that is waiting, you go to the place where
they are and take them somewhere, usually in your
car.
57) PUT AWAY: If you put something away, you put
it into the place or container where it is normally kept.
58) PUT DOWN: If you put something down,
especially your name, on a list or piece of paper, you
write it down.
59) PUT OFF: If you put off something or doing
something, you arrange to do it at a later time.
60) PUT ON: If you put on weight, you become
fatter. Also, if you put on clothes, glasses or make-
up, you place them on your body to wear them.
Exercise 1 (Phrasal verbs 31-40)
Write the correct phrasal verbs to complete these sentences.
1) You must …………………..to the cars that are coming from the right.

2) The lights …………………….in most buildings because of the

earthquake.

3) He is going ………………..the gold medal in the Olympic Games this

summer.

4) I have to ……………………...this essay by Friday.

5) The war ……………………...for over two years.

6) After the accident he couldn't walk, so he had to……………………golf.

7) Would you like to go …………………………..for a drink tonight?

8) She had a child when she was very young and had to
…………………………..very fast.

9) These shoes and this dress don't ………………………………….

10) These shoes don't ………………………………this dress.

Exercise 2 (Phrasal verbs 41-50)
Choose the correct phrasal verbs to complete these sentences.

1 He told me to _____ and turn off my phone.

a. hand out
b. hang up
c. keep on
d. hold up

2 Volunteers _____ food to the homeless twice a week.

a. hand out
b. hold up
c. look after
d. knock down

3 I'm exhausted. I need to _____ for a while.

a. keep up
b. hold up
c. lie down
d. hang up

4 We missed our flight because we were _____ in traffic.

a. kept up
b. held up
c. knocked down
d. kept on

5 I _____ my brother's dog when he's away.

a. look after
b. lie down
c. keep in
 d. hand out

Exercise 3 (Phrasal verbs 51-60)

Fill in each gap with one of the words or phrasal verbs in the box
below.

down – for – forward – off – out – pass on – pick up – put away – put on –
up

1 Can you look   the meaning of this word in the dictionary?

2 They decided to put   the wedding until he recovered from

his injury.

3 ! A car is coming!

4 Please, can you   this message to your colleagues?

5 Some parents didn't   the children from school.

6 Put your name   on the list if you want to ask any
questions.

7 I'm really looking   to seeing you.

8 Children should learn to   their toys when they finish

playing with them.

9 I'm looking   my keys. Have you seen them?

10When she got pregnant, she   a lot of weight.

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