P h r a sal v e rb s

I. Rewrit e the foll owing sentenc es replacing th e underlined

expre ssio ns wit h the correc t phrasal verbs in th e right f or ms. In
each s ent ence you are given part of t he phrasal verb in boldface .

1. Sh e is always criticising her neighbours behind their backs. RU N

2. He promise d that he would co m e to help me , but he disappointed m e

and didn't turn up. DOWN

3. He pretende d that he was not a Scot sma n, but his accen t betrayed him.
A W AY

4. I want ed to get the jo b, but they rejected my application b ecause I didn't

know G erma n well eno ug h . TURN

5. They tried to deceive me , but I discovered their true intentions and

realised that they wa nted to rob me of my money. TH RO UG H

6. T o m quarrelled with his boss and a couple of days later he wa s given

the sack. FE LL

7. I can't bear the noise of my neighbour's lawn mower. It always wake s

me up in th e morning. PUT

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8. At first we didn't like our new teacher but whe n we got to know him
better, we started to like him. TAKE

9. Patti resembles her mother in so many respects. For example, she is as

stubborn and as garrulous as her mother. AFTER

10. Before you go to your boss to ask for a pay rise, write d own quickly the
points that you wan t to make to support your case. D OW N

11 . You should persuade your brother-in-law to buy this car because it is

such a bargain. TALK

12. Being full of admiration for her as a singer, I rushe d to buy a ticket for
her concert, the momen t I heard she wa s coming to Poland. However,
her performance was far fro m what I had expected. Now, I can say I
much prefer listening to her CDs to going to her concerts. COME

13. Th e American Civil W ar between the North and the South started in
1861 and was won by the Union in 1865, whe n General Robert E. Lee
and his army were forced to surrender at Appomattox in Virginia.
BREAK

14. I'm terribly sorry, I didn't have time to give you a hand with all th e
preparations for the party. Please, let me help you with the cleaning
when the party finishes, so that I can compensate for it. UP

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15. T he deal didn't c o me to completion because the co mp an y didn't agree
to the t erms of p ayment that we pro posed. TH R O U G H

16. W h e n I organise a party it's always the s ame. Everything se em s to go

according to plan, but at the last minute so m e problems appear
unexpectedly an d spoil everything. C R OP

17. T he Tu rners arrang ed to get a mortgage f rom a building society to buy

this house an d now their biggest concern is how to pay it off. OUT

18. Terry is a weird bloke. His behaviou r is so baffling a nd his ideas s eem
to be so contradictory that I've given up hope of understandin g h im.
MAKE

19. T he very sight of the restaurant with its shabby interior repelled me.
I wasn't starving to eat in a place like that. OFF

20. W h e n I w as shopping in the new mall I met A ndrew accidentally.

I though t he was still on a scholarship in Frankfurt. INTO

2 1 . At the last session th e municipal authorities resolved to demolish the

aba nd one d te nem ent buildings at Crocket Street. D O WN

22. W h en the floo d sub sided, we could see clearly that half of t he town was
destroyed completely. WI P E

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23. He is just a budding playwright, but he has already his own theatre
comp an y an d they are performing a play in our city next week. ON

24. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of instances of xenop hobia in the
world and people of different origins are often despised in both their
professional an d their private lives. LOO K

25. Bein g the sole heir, Daniel inherited his grandmother's vast estate after
her death. INTO

26. Thousand s of people employed in the steel industry in Poland have

been dismissed because some orders have dried up. LAY

27. If I hadn't bee n delayed by the traffic in the city centre , I would've
arrived on time for th e meeting. UP

28. T he price was exorbitant! I'm afraid the advertising agency really
overcharged yo u for the commercial. RIP

29. It goes without saying that Ja mes has brilliant actin g abilities. Have you
seen him imitating the Prime Minister? That was side-splitting, I tell you!
O FF

30. The legal advisors of the tw o companies met to prepare the initial
version of the partnership contract. UP

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