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Phrasal VERB - Nothing
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PHRASAL VERBS - 1
I. Match each phrasal verb with its definition.
 A. VERBS WITH TWO PARTS: Transitive separable
VERB
DEFINITION
1. bring up
2. call off
3. clear up
4. cut off (usu used in the passive)
5. fill in
6. give up
7. knock out
8. let down
9. look up
10. pick up
11. put off
12. put up
13. take up
14. try on
15. wash up
A. start doing a hobby or activity
B. search for information in a reference book
C. cancel
D. disappoint, fail to keep a promise
E. stay in someone’s house
F. clean plates, knives and forks, etc.
G. be disconnected during a phone-call
H. hit and make unconscious
I. choose to stop doing something
J. collect in a car
K. put on clothes to see if they are suitable
L. educate, look after a child
M. complete a form
N. postpone
0.make clean and tidy
➔NOTE 1: When the direct object is a noun or noun phrase, it can stand either before
the particle or after the particle.
➢A.1.
S
+
V
+
O
+
Particle
1. The widow brought her six children up.
2. He looked the word up in that bilingual dictionary.
➢A.2.
S
+
V
+
Particle
+
O
3. The widow brought up her six children.
4. The headmistress called off the staff meeting.
NOTE 2: When the direct object is a pronoun, it must stand before the particle.
➢A.3.
S
+
V
+
O
+
Particle
5. Why are your clothes on the floor? Please pick them up.
6. “Who won the match?” “No one. We had to call it off because it rained.”
 B. VERBS WITH TWO PARTS: Transitive inseparable
VERB
DEFINITION
1. ask after
2. call for
3. call on
4. come into
5. deal with
6. fall for
7. get at
8. get over
9. join in
10. look into
11. make for = head for
A. go in the direction of
B. fall in love with, be strongly attracted to
C. take part in, contribute to
D. inherit
E. tolerate
F. be similar in appearance or character
G. investigate
H. meet by chance
I. come to your house and collect
J. try to say
K. pay a short visit, usually informal
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12. run into
13. see to
14. stand for
15. take after
L. recover from
M. ask for news about sb
N. pay attention to, often meaning ‘repair’
G. take action over, handle
➔NOTE 3: These verbs are followed by an object. The object cannot be put between the
verb and the particle (or preposition).
S
+
V
+
Particle
+
O
7. Mary takes after her father in being strong-willed.
8. The child fell down the stairs and lay unconscious.
9. The police are looking into the case very thoroughly.
 C. VERBS WITH TWO PARTS: Intransitive, i.e. there is no direct object.
VERB
DEFINITION
1. bank on
2. break down
3. break off
4. come round / to
5. drop out
6. get on
7. get away
8. go down
9. grow up
10. set off / out
11. show off
12. show up
= turn up (of a person)
13. stand out (as sth)
14. take off
15. turn round
➔NOTE 4:
S
A. be much better than or more important than sb/sth
B. begin a journey
C. arrive, or arrive unexpectedly
D. behave in a way that is intended to attract people’s attention
and impress sb
E. be remembered by many people for having done sth
F. leave sth such as an activity, school, or competition before
finishing
G. stop talking
H. return the same way that you came instead of continuing
on your journey
I. make progress
J. stop working, especially cars
K. become conscious after being unconscious
L. change from a child to an adult
M. depend on sth / sb
N. escape
0. when a plane leaves the ground
+
V-intransitive
+
Particle
10. Do you and your boss get on well?
11. The plane took off later than scheduled.
 D. VERBS WITH THREE PARTS
VERB
1. catch up with
2. come down with
3. come up with
4. cut down on
5. do away with
6. drop in on
7. get along / on with
8. keep up with
9. live up to
10. look down on
DEFINITION
A. be as good as was expected – usually used with
promise or expectation
B. admire or respect sb
C. have a friendly relationship with
D. have none left
E. reach someone by going faster
F. have a view of
G. reduce or reduce the amount spent on
H. want to happen, as you think you will enjoy it
I. think that you are inferior
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11. look forward to
12. look out onto / over
13. look up to
14. put up with
15. run out of
J. abolish, get rid of
K. visit, perhaps unexpectedly
L. tolerate
M. move at the same speed and stay level with
N. become ill with a particular disease, usually one that
is not serious
O. think of something such as an idea or a plan
➔NOTE 5: These verbs are followed by an object. The object cannot be put before the
particle or the preposition.
S
+
V
+
Particle
+
Preposition
+
O
12. I’ve put up with her complaints long enough.
13. Ann usually comes up with the right answers.
➔NOTE 6: Some of the verbs can be used without the preposition, but with no object.
14. You are going too fast! I can’t catch up!
15. You’re eating too many sweets. You should cut down.
16. The next time you are nearby, please do drop in.
17. We work in the office, but we don’t get on.
18. Thomas finds this class difficult, and can’t keep up.
19. There isn’t any more milk. We’ve run out.
II. PHRASAL VERB NOUNS
➢ Phrasal verb nouns are nouns derived from phrasal verbs.
➢ How to form nouns from phrasal verbs.
PHRASAL VERB
NOUN
1. break down
2. break in
3. hold up
4. drop out
5. wash up
6. tell off
7. break out
8. bring up
9. look on
10. pass by
1. breakdown : mechanical failure
2. break-in(s) : entry into a building by force
3. hold-up(s) : delay, stoppage
4. dropout : person who leaves school before finishing
5. washing-up [U]: act of washing plates, glasses, etc
6. telling(s)-off : scolding
7. outbreak : sudden start of something unpleasant
8. upbringing :
9. onlooker : person who watches sth happening
10. passer(s)-by : person who is going past by sth/sb
PRACTICE
I. Put ONE suitable phrasal verb in each space.
1. Sue asked if I could help her
the dirty dishes.
2. I need a dictionary, so I can
this word.
3. If I were you I’d
early because Edinburgh is a long way.
4. Our meeting tomorrow has been
, I’m afraid.
5. I’m not sure about the size of this coat, so can I
it
?
6. Jim had to
a form, giving all his personal details.
7. You’ll never guess who
at our school party last week.
8. Six people applied for the job, but one of them
out.
9. Nearly everybody says that George
his father. He hasn’t inherited
his mother’s qualities and physical features.
10. You have any kind of problem, just call me and I’ll
it as soon as I can.
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11. The sinking of the Titanic will surely
in history as the greatest shipping disaster.
12. The brakes on your car need
. They are not working well.
13. The students were talking, but they
when the teacher came into the room.
14. I was relying on Mike to help me move house, but he
me
and didn’t come.
15. The wedding was planned for Saturday but they have
it
until next Thursday.
16. Don’t
An turning up this afternoon. He’s not very reliable.
16. Sandy
you when I bumped into her this morning. She said she hadn’t seen
you for ages.
17. My dad said he
my mum the very first time they met at a party. It
was love at first sight.
19. The girl
after stopping breathing for five minutes. I had given first aid to her
by applying artificial respiration.
20. There’s one child in the class who
from all the rest, she’s extremely
good at languages.
II. Complete each sentence with a suitable form of the phrasal verbs in the list
D. Use each one once only.
1. I’ve been so busy lately. I’ve decided to
the amount of time I
spend watching television.
2. Tung is very friendly and will easily
the people in his new academic environment.
3. Bill left before I did, but I ran and
him.
4. We were told that the concert was going to be good but it didn’t
our
expectations at all.
5. Ann is really
seeing Sue again after a separation of more than 10 years.
6. My dad has
the flu and he’s really quite ill at the moment.
7. I really don’t like Jordan because he thinks he’s better than everybody and
them.
8. I’ve always
my grandfather for all the things he’s achieved in his life.
9. Those abortion laws should be
. They are contrary to humanity.
10. Unless we can
a solution by tomorrow, we’re in real trouble.
11. Any time you’re in the area, feel free to
us.
12. It was a difficult class, and I couldn’t
the other students.
13. Sorry, we have
orangeade. Would like some water?
14. I can’t
all this noise! It’s unendurable.
15. My room
the garden. I often hear the beautiful singing of birds.
III. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains a form of the phrasal verb given.
1. You can stay with us for a week.
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2. Helen is doing well in her English class.
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3. When did you start going jogging?
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4. Let’s pay a surprise visit to Julia while we are here.
DROP

5. Two children started playing, and then the others played too.

6. We paid a visit to my aunt on her birthday.
CALLED

7. Kate will come and collect the doctor at once.
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8. Nobody understood what I was trying to say.
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IV. Complete each sentence with ONE phrasal verb noun from the list in part II.
1. There has been an accident on the motorway, so there’s a 3-mile
of traffic.
2. Simon had another
- on the motorway, unfortunately. He shouldn’t
have bought that old car.
3. There was a
at the shop last night. A lot of equipment was stolen.
4. Any university
were looked down on by the other students.
5. As a result of her mother’s
, Huyen has strong sense of the difference
between right from wrong.
6. We got the
from the boss for failing to meet the deadline.
7. One of the
was a nurse, and she gave first aid when I fainted in the street.
8. He was only a
; he didn’t get involved in the fighting.
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