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PHRASAL VERBS:

Break down: stops working


Calm down: to become quiet and relaxed after you have been angry, excited, nervous, or upset, or to
make someone become quiet and relaxed
Come across: to meet, find, or discover someone or something by chance
Fall down: to fall to the ground
Get through: difficult time
Keep on: continue
Look forward: to be excited and pleased about something that is going to happen
Put on: to move something you wear onto your body
Run out of: to use all of something and not have any more left
Take off: to remove a piece of clothing
Work out: if a problem or complicated situation works out, it gradually gets better or gets solved

Complete the sentences below with the appropriate phrasal verb and tense:
1. Put your shoes on.
2. I’ll have to put my glasses on; I can’t read the sign from here.
3. He tried to calm down the frightened children.
4. We ran out of gas on the freeway last night.
5. My mother says she’s looking forward to meeting you.
6. Our apple tree fell down in the storm.
7. The car broke down just north of Paris.
8. I’m really looking forward to our vacation.
9. The treadmill is the hardest, but I keep on.
10. We need to work out how we’re going to get there.
11. She puts on too much makeup.
12. He took off his uniform and puts on a sweater and trousers.
13. We've ran out of milk. Could you stop at the store on your way home?
14. The printing machines are always breaking down.
15. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to keep you on at the end of your contract.
16. He stumbled and fell down.
17. Calm down and tell me what happened.
18. Charlie was putting on his shirt when the phone rang.
19. She lit a cigarette to calm herself down.
20. The bridge is falling down and will need a million dollars to repair it.
21. You just have to keep on trying
22. I came across an old diary in her desk.
23. I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans).
24. He sat on the bed to puts his boots on.
25. I hope we don't run out of paint.
26. He looks forward to the end of his shift.
27. We tried to take off people’s fears.
28. I have a new set of friends and something to keep on to everyday.
29. Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road
30. We're starting to run out of ideas.

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