Phrasal verbs with up and down

1. Look at the sentences with the phrasal verb pick up. Which one has an obvious meaning?
Which one has an idiomatic meaning?

1. I picked up a cup that was lying on the floor.

2. She picked me up at the hotel and took me to the party.

2. In these sentences the meanings of the phrasal verbs, are fairly obvious. Complete them with
up or down.

1. The dinner won’t cook if you don’t turn the heat_down__

2. We can’t afford a big party – we need to keep costs__down__
3. The old bus station has gone – they’ve pulled it_up__
4. When you someone’s glass is empty, go and fill it__up___
5. He settled__down__on the sofa to read his book.
6. The town’s getting bigger – they’ve put_up_ a lot of new houses.

3. Some of these sentences have an idiomatic meaning. Match the sentence halves. Use a
dictionary if necessary.

1. Please tidy up a) 8 the apartment and sell it for a big profit

2. I never turn down b) 7 your best friend by breaking a promise
3. Remember to wrap up c) 5 the time of the next train on the website
4. She took down d) 1 the mess as soon as possible
5. Look up e) 3 the presents before going to the party
6. They put up f) 2 the offer of a lift home
7. Never let down g) 4 the decorations from the wall
8. He decided to go up h) 6 a tent in the garden.

4. Match the phrasal verbs in 1-8 in exercise 3 with the definitions a-h

(a) Decorate 6
(b) look for information 5
(c) disappoint 7
(d) erect 8
(e) refuse 2
(f) put something in special paper. 3
(g) remove 4
(h) make neat and organised. 1

5. Discuss / write

1. Who tidies up in your house? Mom and dad, the big brother his own room and bathroom,
and now during the week a housekeeper meanwhile we work away from home.
2. Has a friend every let you down? What happened? When I was a teenager. Not now.
3. How often do you look up a word in English? Almost every day when I have to write e-mails
to my team work.