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Name: ______________________ Date: TT2-tem 2

Subject: Grammar (daily exercise) Topics:

Phrasal verbs

A. Read this explanation and memorize them.

1. Come about = to happen, to take place

2. Come across = to find something by chance = come upon, to meet somebody by chance = come upon, come
along = to hurry up = come on
3. Come along = to go with somebody, to progress, to develop the way you want = come on, to visit sy
4. Come around = to recover consciousness,
5. Come back = to return, to become popular again
6. Come down = to land, to fall, to descend, to rain, to snow, to criticize
7. Come in = to arrive, to enter, to come into fashion
8. Come off = to fall from something, to succeed, to come away, to detach
9. Come on =to hurry up, to progress, to develop the way you want, to start functioning
10. Come out = to become known, to be published, to appear (sun, moon), to undertake one's homosexuality
publicly
11. Come over = to visit, to change sides
12. Come to = an idea enters your mind
13. Come up = to come towards, to be mentioned in a conversation, to rise up the surface, to sg is going to
happen soon
14. Get across = cause to be understood
15. Get along = have a friendly relationship
16. Get away = have a holiday / escape
17. Get by = manage to survive in spite of difficulties
18. Get down = dismount/ get serious
19. Get in = go inside a car / arrive at
20. Get off = leave the bus / train / plane / place
21. Get on = start doing
22. Get out = become known
23. Get over = recover / over come
24. Get through = succeed in finishing
B. Complete the sentences with across, along, away, by, down (to), in, off, on, out, over, through or up.

1. My daughter is an early bird. She gets _ _ _ _ _ _ at 7 every day of the week.

2. How can Tom get _ _ _ _ _ _ on his poor salary?
3. Pat usually fails to get her jokes _ _ _ _ _ _.
4. Jim got _ _ _ _ _ _ his exams without much effort.
5. You’d better get _ _ _ _ _ _ the back seat. I’ve got my son’s safety seat in the front.
6. I’ve never got _ _ _ _ _ _ with my brother-in-law.
7. If this secret gets _ _ _ _ _ _ , you’ll be in trouble.
8. We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we can’t get _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
9. You should get _ _ _ _ _ _ with your homework right now.
10.Kate hasn’t got _ _ _ _ _ _ her separation with Mark.
11.The burglar got _ _ _ _ _ _ before we came back home.
12.When Moly got _ _ _ _ _ _ the plane, she saw all her family waiting for her.
13.Let’s get _ _ _ _ _ _ business.
14.Linda’s been unemployed for six months. She’s getting _ _ _ _ _ _ thanks to her parents’ help.
15.After the concert the audience got _ _ _ _ _ _ and applauded for ten minutes.
16.Do Steve and Jess get _ _ _ _ _ _?
17.Can you tell me where I should get _ _ _ _ _ _?
18.We hope to get _ _ _ _ _ _ for a few days at Easter.
19.How did Liz get _ _ _ _ _ _ here? She hasn’t got the key, has she?
20.It took me two weeks to get _ _ _ _ _ _ the terrible flu.
21. The temperature has come _______________ 10°C. It's so cold now. (descent)
22) Some soldiers from the enemy came_______________ to our side in the World War II. (visit)
23) My son came_______________ from the disco late at night. (return)
24) The sun came _______________ 5:20 this morning. (appear)
25) The famous actor came _______________ last week. (popular)
26) The lamp came _______________ after the earthquake. (
27) Could you tell me how the proposal came_______________? (happen)
28) Button came_______________ first on the Canadian Grand Prix. (arrive)
29) Oh, Sarah! I'm going to change. Please, come_____________ to me. (return)
30) The heating contractor was here but he couldn't say when the heating will come _______________. (start)
31) According to my teacher my vocabulary has come_______________ ______ a lot this year. (progress)
32) One shoulder swimsuit is coming _______________ this summer. (arrive)
33) A helicopter can come_______________ in a field. (land)
 34) Nora Robert's new bestseller has come _________________ recently. (release)
35) This new idea came _______________ on the meeting yesterday. (appear)
36) Reading old newspapers I have come _______________ some really interesting articles. (find)
37) David has come _______________ from coma after 10 months. (recover)
38) The snow came _______________ in big snowflakes yesterday.
39) Charlie, come _______________! Don't go so far!

C. Complete the sentences and the text below with these phrasal verbs:

get over = recuperate clog up = obstruct come down (with) = catch (an illness)
fight off = defend against throw up = vomit dose up (on/ with) = medicate
let up = cease or diminish lay low = make someone weak

1. Many children __________________________________an ear infection even before their first birthday.
2. High fat foods can________________________________________________ our arteries.
3. Most people _______________________________ a cold within two weeks.
4. The flu usually ______________________people _____________________ for four to ten days.
5. A cold continues at its peak for several days, then it gradually _____________________.
6. The human body’s immune defenses usually________________________ viruses.

I always ______________ with colds. In fact, I was suffering from one last weekend. I hate it when your nose
___________________ so much that you can’t breathe and you feel like you’re going to _________________. I’m
________________________ it now though. People say that you should _____________________ with vitamin C
to _______________ colds ____________________. I take vitamin C every day but they still
___________________ me ________________________ every autumn.

Example phrasal verbs in a sentence.

1. I think I need to go on a diet. I can’t get into my
jeans.
2. These jeans are too small for me. I’ll give them
away to my friend.
3. Do these shoes go with this dress?
4. I’m looking for my slippers. Do you know where
they are?
5. It’s really difficult to pick out a dress. They’re all
so beautiful.
6. I need to pick up my suit from the dry cleaners
today.
7. Teenagers never put away their clothes.
8. Put on a coat. It’s cold.
9. Take off that hat. It looks ridiculous.
10.Don’t throw away clothes. Recycle them
instead.
11.I always try on shoes before I buy them.
12.Children wear out their clothes quickly because
they play so much.
D. Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:

Phrasal verb Meaning

1. take off ___ A. To remove an item of clothing.
2. throw away ___ B. To choose something.
3. try on ___ C. To put something in your wardrobe or drawer.
4. put on ___ D. To coordinate with another item.
5. put away ___ E. To search for something.
6. wear out ___ F. To collect something.
7. give away ___ G. To place an item of clothing on your body.
8. get into ___ H. To ruin an item of clothing through repeated use.
9. pick up ___ I. To donate clothes to another person.
10. pick out ___ J. To fit your body in an item of clothing.
11. look for ____ K. To check an item of clothing fits you.
12. go with ____ L. To dispose of an item of clothing.

E. Fill in the blanks with the right words of phrasal verbs.

1. I won’t give _______________.
2. Why don’t you take __________ your shoes and relax?
3. I think it’s going to break _____________ soon.
4. She wants us to make _____________ a story.
5. We have to put _____________ our travel plans until next year.
6. Could you please turn _______________ the volume?
7. She wants us to come __________ a better idea.
8. Let’s take _______________ the Christmas decorations!
9. The teacher wants us to hand ___________ our essays.
10. We should get _______________ at the next bus stop.
11. I’m going to look ______________ the meaning in a dictionary.
12. How did they get _______________________?
13. Come over here and check ____________________ this killer hornet!
14. Let’s go ___________________ to a restaurant tonight.
15. I can’t keep _____________________with the class.
16. My old shoes are falling _________________