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1. Read the text. Fill in the blanks.

Hi, Amy. It’s mom.

Listen, our car broke down. Sorry, but you have to go to your Spanish __________ by bus
today.
So, at 4.45 go to the bus stop __________ the street. Get on the 24 bus at 4.48. Get off the
bus 15 __________ later at Katy’s Flower Shop, which is near your friend Loren’s house, you
know the __________.
Don’t __________ to pick up your aunt’s cat from her place after the lesson.

2. From the text above find the phrasal verbs and write them down in the box below.

1__________ 2__________ 3__________ 4__________

Grammar Box:
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and one or more prepositions. The meaning of phrasal
verbs is often different from the meaning of the verb alone.

1. Some phrasal verbs do not need an object.

2. Some phrasal verbs need an object.

1. Match the phrasal verbs in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

Column A Column B
wake up to collect someone/something
 get up to stop working (for example a machine)
break down to get out of bed
pick up to stop sleeping
2. Use the words from the boxes to complete the sentences. (May be used more than
once.)

verbs: wake | get | pick | prepositions: up | on | out | off

look

1. I ________ at 6.30 every morning to get ready and go to work.

2. My sister is leaving for Spain. I have to _____________ her two dogs while she’s
gone.
3. When you _______ the bus, cross the street and turn left. My house is around
the
corner.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs from the box!

BREAK UP – CALL OFF - COME OUT - COME UP WITH – FIND OUT – GET ON – GO UP - LIE DOWN –

LOOK AFTER - LOOK FOR - LOOK UP – SEE OFF - SET UP – TAKE AFTER - TURN UP - WAKE UP

1. Simon ____________________ a story about catching an enormous fish, and almost

everyone believed him.
2. I’m self-employed now. I’m going to ____________________ my own office.
3. My friend has been thinking about it all morning, but she simply can’t
____________________ a solution to the problem.
4. He ____________________ when the alarm clock rang.
5. I’ll ____________________ his number in the phone book.
6. The novel 1948 first ____________________ in 1948.
7. Jack ____________________ that his wife was having an affair.
8. I’ll _____________ you _____________ at the airport when you travel to London.
9. We have ____________________ the meeting until we can find someone who can write a
protocol.
10. They ____________________ last month, after being together for over ten years.
11. Prices have ____________________ in the supermarket, so everything is much more
expensive than a year ago.
12. Yesterday, John ____________________ that he had passed his test.
13. I’d like you to ____________________ all the words you don’t know.
14. Could you ____________________ the radio. I can’t hear anything,
15. She ____________________ well with her father. He was such an amazing guy.