Phrasal Verbs Practice 1

Advanced Phrasal Verbs Practice for: Gifted Students (major in English) Further Practice on Phrasal Verbs Daily UsesThis course focuses on multiple meaning, and other meanings of known phrasal verbs. Note that there may be other meanings for the verbs listed here.

COURSE 17

Phrasal Verbs 1 Explanations 1

This course focuses on multiple meaning, and other meanings of known phrasal verbs Note that there may be other meanings for the verbs listed here

Add up (make sense)

His evidence just doesn't add up

Ask after (inquire about)

Jim was asking after you

Back down (yield in an argument)

Sheila was right, so Paul had to back down

Bargain for (take into account)

We hadn't bargained for there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane

Bear out (confirm the truth)

Helen's alibi was borne out by her sister

Break down (lose control of the emotions)

David broke down and wept when he heard the news

Break off (stop talking)

He broke off to answer the phone

Break up (come to an end)

The party finally broke up at 3.00 am

Bring about (cause to happen)

The crisis was brought about by Brenda's resignation

Bring off (succeed in doing something)

The team tried for years to win the competition and they finally brought it off

Bring on (cause the onset of an illness)

Sitting in the damp brought on his rheumatism (cause trouble to happen to oneself)

You have brought this on/upon yourself

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Bring round (influence someone to your point of view)

After much discussion, I brought the committee round to my point of view

Bring up (mention)

I feel I ought to bring up another small matter

Call up (mobilise for military service)

Mark was called up when the war broke out

Carry off (complete successfully - perhaps despite a problem)

Jane had a difficult role to play, but she carried it off

Carry out (complete a plan)

The attack was successfully carried out

Catch on (become popular - colloquial)

This new hair style is beginning to catch on

Come about (happen)

Let me explain how the situation came about

Come down to (be in the end a matter of)

It all comes down to whether you are prepared to accept less money

Come in for (receive - especially criticism, blame)

The government has come in for a lot of criticism over the decision

Come off (take place successfully)

I'm afraid that deal didn't come off after all

Come out (appear)

All the flowers have come out

When the news came out, everyone was shocked My photos didn't come out very

well

Come up (occur - usually a problem - colloquial)

Look, something has come up, and I can't meet you

Come up against (meet a difficulty)

We've come up against a bit of a problem

Come up to (equal - especially expectations, standard)

The play didn't come up to expectations

Come up with (think of- especially an answer, a plan, a solution)

We still haven't come up with a solution to the problem

Count on (rely on)

Don't worry, you can count on me

Crop up (happen unexpectedly - colloquial)

I can't come to your party, something has cropped up

Do away with (abolish - colloquial)

Dog licences have been done away with.

(murder - colloquial)

What if they do away with the old man?

Do up (decorate - colloquial)

We are having our living room done up

Draw up (come to a stop)

A white sports car drew up outside the door

Draw up (organise - especially a document)

The contract is being drawn up at the moment

Drop in (pay a visit - colloquial)

Drop in any time you're passing

Drop off (fall asleep - colloquial)

The baby has just dropped off

End up (finish in a certain way, or place)

We ended up staying there for lunch

The car ended up in a ditch

Face up to (have courage to deal with - especially responsibilities)

You have to face up to your responsibilities

Fall about (show amusement - especially laughing - colloquial)

Everyone fell about when Jane told her joke

Fall back on (use as a last resort)

If the worst comes to the worst, we've got our savings to fall back on

Fall for (be deceived by - colloquial)

It was an unlikely story but he fell for it

(fall in love with - colloquial)

I fell for you the moment I saw you

Fall out with (quarrel with)

Peter has fallen out with his boss

Fall through (fail to come to completion)

The plan fell through at the last minute

Feel up to (feel capable of doing)

Old Mr Smith didn't feel up to walking all that way

Follow up (act upon a suggestion)

Thanks for the information about that book I'll follow it up

(take more action)

We'll follow up this lesson next week

Get across (be understood - especially get an idea across)

I had the feeling 1 wasn't getting the meaning across

Get at (imply - about personal matters - colloquial)

What are you getting at exactly?

Get down to (begin to seriously deal with)

It's time we got down to some real work

Get off with (avoid punishment)

They were lucky to get off with such light sentences

Get on for (approach a certain age/time/number)

He must be getting on for seventy

Get on (make progress - especially in life)

Sue is getting on very well in her new job

Get over (be surprised)

I couldn't get over how well she looked

Get over with (come to the end of something, usually unpleasant)

I'll be glad to get this awful business over with

Get round to (find time to do - also around)

Sorry, but I haven't got round to fixing the tap yet

Get up to (do something - usually bad when about children - colloquial)

The children are getting up to something in the garden

What have you been getting up to lately?

1 Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence

1) Jim completely fell for my joke/story

2) The conversation/meeting didn't break up until late

3) It seems that we've come up against rather a tricky idea/problem

4) It must be getting on for six o’clock/extremely well

5) The witness's evidence bore out what Peter had said/as Peter said.

6) I really should get down to my homework/the weather

7) Unfortunately my plan/suggestion didn't quite come off

8) Mary's new novel doesn't come up to her usual expectation/standard

9) Last night I dropped off at 11.30/from 11.30 until 7.00 this morning

10)When David started speaking everyone fell about in laughter/laughing

2 Put one suitable word in each space

a) When I give an order I expect it to be … carried….out

b) Getting up so early really gets me

c) It was a good idea, but I'm afraid it didn't quite off

d) I'm afraid that your story doesn't really up

e) I was so surprised when Harry got the job, I couldn't ………over it

f) Terry's new book out next week

g) Someone was after you in the club yesterday

h) I tried to get an early night, but just as I was off, the phone rang

i) Neil was too embarrassed to up the question of who would pay j) The police didn't up Bill's complaint about his neighbours

3 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

The Terrys were sitting calmly having afternoon tea in their lounge when the van (1) A…up

outside The words 'Reliable Removals - you can (2) us' were printed on the side of the van in large blue capitals Soon afterwards, an enormous man covered in tattoos appeared on the doorstep Tim opened the door 'Sorry we're late, guv,’ said the tattoo man, 'we hadn't (3) all the traffic on the motorway, otherwise we'd have been here sooner Isn't that right, Lester? His companion, an unshaven man roughly half his size, joined in: 'We didn't budge for a

good half hour, and we (4) up coming off the motorway and going through the villages I did try and phone, but I couldn't get (5) Anyway, we're here now, so let's (6) to some serious work.' Tim said, 'Hmm, I think there's been some sort of misunderstanding, gentlemen.'

1) A drew B followed C cropped D called

2) A ask after B bear out C count on D draw up

3) A got up to B faced up to C bargained

for

D added up

6) A do away B come up C fall out with D get down

4 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each

space

When the war (1) C …out I must have been (2) 18 years of age, and like most boys of my age, I received the news with a kind of naive enthusiasm, born out of youthful

ignorance and inexperience When I was (3) , I still had a romantic vision of marching quickly to victory and being home in time for tea I have an old picture of myself standing

proudly in my new uniform – a young man about to (4) his responsibilities in life I look like a boy pretending to be a man – and not quite managing to (5) it off Little did I realise just what I had (6)

2

)

A getting on

for

B falling back on C getting round

to

D feeling up to 3

)

A counted on B broken up C called up D asked after

4

)

A draw up B face up to C do away with D bring about

6 A come in for B come up C come down to D come up with

5 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given Do not change the word given

a) They didn't punish Karen, only gave her a warning

got

Karen …got off with…a warning

b) What sort of progress are you making in your new job?

getting

How are ……… ……… in your new job?

c) There were no taxis so in the end I had to walk home

up

Because there were no taxis I ……… ……… home

d) I'm doing more work than I bargained for

be

I didn't expect ……… ……… much work

e) Brenda doesn't get on with her next-door neighbour any more

fallen

Brenda has ……… ……… her next-door neighbour

f) I broke down and cried when I heard the news

into

I ……… ……… when I heard the bad news

g) The best solution was thought of by Sally

come

Sally ……… ……… the best solution

h) Soon it will be time for lunch

getting

It's ……… ……… lunch time

i) What happened confirmed the truth of Jack's prediction

borne

Jack's prediction ……… ……… by subsequent events

j) Carol has trouble communicating her ideas to others

her

Carol has trouble ……… ……… across

Vocabulary 2

Leisure activities

1 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space

It is now generally recognised that stress is a major (1) C of heart disease, and contributes to

many other illnesses Stress is increased by (2) ………… such as worry, overwork and lack of exercise or relaxation For it is just as important from a psychological point of (3) ………… to relax as it is to (4) ………… physical exercise Relaxing does not necessarily mean just lazing about and doing nothing The benefits of a weekend away or the diversion of sporting activities are considerable If you are suffering from high stress (5) ………… , or wish to (6) ………… after a trying day, it is generally advisable to have a change of (7) ………… Although there are some

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individuals who (8) ………… on stress, for most of us, it can lead to exhaustion, mood swings and even severe depression

1) A reason B motive C cause D purpose

2) A factors B aspects C elements D items

3) A fact B departure C view D return

4) A make B have C undergo D take

5) A rates B layers C ratios D levels

6) A hold up B wind down C draw back D peter out

7) A scene B location C sight D place

8) A bloom B prosper C thrive D flourish

2 Choose two items from the box which are used in each activity (a-h)

a) Gymnastics horse _ _bars

b) Scuba Diving _ _

e) Photography _ _

f) Do-It-Yourself _ _

g) Swimming _ _

3 Both options make sense Underline the one which forms a common collocation.

Last week well over a thousand people (1) too k pl a ce in / took part in our local round-the-city 10-kilometre fun run This kind of race doesn't normally (2) a pp ea l to me / amu se me , s, frankly, I'm not really (3) cut o ut f o r / right f or long distance running But I've got two friends who are dead keen runners and who keep going on about the (4) be n e f ici al / po s it i ve effects of running So I decided to

run, partly for that reason and partly to (5) e a r n / raise money for charity Friend and colleagues

agreed to (6) s pon s or /s upport me, and pay for each mile I completed Well, I hadn't done much

training for the big event, and after two kilometres I was (7) gas pin g/ pantin g for breath, so I settled down to a slow jog and resigned myself to plodding along with the (8) strugg l ers/stragg ler s at the back of the race At least I finished, and was very pleased with myself, as I didn’t need to stop I timed myself with a stop-watch, and reckon I (9) crossed/arri v d at the finishing line in 43 minutes -

not bad for a novice The heat proved too much for a few people who'd gone off too fast for their

c pabilities and ended up (10) suffering from /showing exhaustion Apparently, the course was very fast,

and both of my friends ran a (11) pe r onal b e st / p e rsonal r e ord The winner (1 2) s u rpass ed / br o k e the course record I was actually very impressed with the whole event; the organisation was first-clas , with medical volunteers (13) on duty/on s t a ndb y throughout, and drinks (14) sto s/s tat ions

every few kilometres of the route So now the charity of my choice is £150 the richer, and as for

me I'm well and truly bitten by the running bug I go running with my f iends regularly now, and I'm actually starting to (15) catch up wi th /get ear t o them!

4 Complete each sentence with a word formed from the word in capitals

expectations…

b) There was a bare of people at the youth club

HAND

c) Helen's solo crossing of the Pacific was a .feat REMARK

d) We go to the pub before lunch on Sunday VARY

e) All the runners, wih the of Mark, were

f) Our club has just purchased new sports EQUIP

g) Our city has some open spaces but they are not very

i) Nowadays numbers of people are taking up

Leisure habits won't change much in the …… future SEE