Exercise on the Phrasal Verbs of To Run A Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings and then translate them. Phrasal Verb Meaning Translation 1 To run down .... a – finish ......................................................... 2 To run into .... b – hit with a car 3 To run over .... c – criticize 4 To run out (of) .... d – accumulate 5 To run up .... e – meet by chance ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... B Fill the gaps using phrasal verbs in the correct form. 1 He's always running .............................. the government. 2 I ran .............................. an old friend the other day. 3 He limps because he was run .............................. when he was 6. 4 She ran .............................. of money on holiday. 5 I've run .............................. a huge bill on my credit card. 6 We ran .............................. our neighbour on holiday in Itaca. 7 We've run .............................. of milk! 8 He's a pig. He's always running his girlfriend .............................. . 9 A policeman got run .............................. yesterday. 10 Be careful with Internet. You could run .............................. a big bill. www.autoenglish.org Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007 Answers A 1C 2E 3B 4A 5D B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 He's always running down the government. I ran into an old friend the other day.. He limps because he was run over when he was 6. She ran out of money on holiday. I've run up a huge bill on my credit card. We ran into our neighbour on holiday in Itaca. We've run out of milk! He's a pig. He's always running down his girlfriend. A policeman got run over yesterday. Be careful with Internet. You could run up a big bill. www.autoenglish.org Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007