PHRASAL VERBS

LIST

Get on/along with................have a friendly relationship

Get over .............................. recover
Fill in ................... .................complete by writing
Give up .................................Stop doing sth
Grow up................................Change from a child to an adult
Let so down.........................disappoint
Look up.................................Search (for a word in the dictionary)
Look forward to....................Think you will enjoy
Look after..............................Take care of
Pick so up.............................Collect in car
Try on.....................................Put on clothes to see if they are
suitable
Take off..................................Leave earth, undress (plane, clothes)
Take after .............................Resemble, be similar in appearance
Put up with............................Accept without complaining
Catch up with ......................Reach s.o. going faster
Run out of.............................Have no more of
Break down .........................Stop working (cars)
Break up with.......................End a relationship
Bring up................................Raise and educate children
Go through...........................Suffer from a difficult situation
Chat up with ........................Try to go out with so
Turn so down.......................reject
Carry on................................continue

EXERCISES:

A.Rewrite the sentences changing the underlined words into a phrasal verb:

1.There isn't any food left!. We have …

2.Mike and Tom aren't very good friends. Mike and Tom don't …
3.Julia has been very ill but she's recovered now. Julia has been very ill but she
has …
4.I can't bear so much air pollution. I can't …
5.Carol checked the dates in an encyclopaedia. Carol …
6.Jane is very similar to her father. Jane …
7.Kelly's father is trying to stop smoking. Kelly's father is...
8.Lidia spent her childhood in Uruguay. Lidia ...
9. Carlos can't stand the traffic anymore. Carlos....

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb:

1.Bill left before I did, but I ran and …............................him.

2.I'm really …...............................my holiday in Italy next week.
3.It was a difficult class and I couldn't …............................the other
students.
4.You should .....................................smoking. It's very bad for
health.
5.I need a dictionary, so I can ....................this word.....................
6. Robert had to ..............................a form, giving all his personal
details.
7.Mary's parents were quite strict and .....................her
.................... to be very polite and obedient.
8. I'm not sure about the size of this coat, so can I .........................it
...................?
ANSWERS :

A. Rewrite the sentences changing the underlined words into a phrasal verb:

1.There isn't any food left!. We have … run out of food

2.Mike and Tom aren't very good friends. Mike and Tom don't …get on (very well)
3.Julia has been very ill but she's recovered now. Julia has been very ill but she
has …got/gotten over it
4.I can't bear so much air pollution. I can't …put up with so much air pollution
5.Carol checked the dates in an encyclopaedia. Carol …looked the dates up in an
encyclopaedia
6.Jane is very similar to her father. Jane …takes after her father
7.Kelly's father is trying to stop smoking. Kelly's father is...giving up
smoking/trying to give up smoking
8.Lidia spent her childhood in Uruguay. Lidia ...grew up in Uruguay
9. Carlos can't stand the traffic anymore. Carlos....can't put up with/doesn't put
up with the traffic anymore.

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb:

1.Bill left before I did, but I ran and …............caught up with

................him.
2.I'm really …..............looking forward to.................my holiday in Italy
next week.
3.It was a difficult class and I couldn't …..............catch up
with..............the other students.
4.You should ................give up .....................smoking. It's very bad
for health.
5.I need a dictionary, so I can ........look............this
word........up.............
6. Robert had to ............fill in..................a form, giving all his
personal details.
7.Mary's parents were quite strict and ............grew.........her
...........up......... to be very polite and obedient.
8. I'm not sure about the size of this coat, so can I .............try
............it ........on...........?