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Exercise on Phrasal Verbs Mixed Exercise 1 Complete the sentences. 1. Put your shoes………… - it's too cold to walk around barefoot. 2. You must get…………….. now or you will be late for school. 3. Sit………… , please. I'll be with you in a minute. 4. Could you write…………. this word for me, please? 5. Don't give…………. singing. You are very talented. 6. Where is the fitting room? I'd like to try…………… these trousers. 7. Have you tidied…………… the kitchen, yet? 8. My little sister woke me………….. in the middle of the night. 9. Don't put the vase there, it will fall………… . 10. Adam switched………………. his torch, so we could find our way home in the dark.

Complete the sentences. 1. I often use Wikipedia to……... ……… information. 2. If you want to…………… a bus in London, you will have to queue. 3. Can I………….. the TV? I want to watch the weather forecast. 4. It is very hard to…………….. smoking. 5. It is so dark in here, you can really……………… your sunglasses now. 6. Shall I……………… and offer my seat to the old lady? 7. With a few buckets of water, we…………….. the fire. 8. Who will…………… your cat when you're on holiday? 9. Would you like to …………….your new dress today? 10. At the next stop we have to……………… the bus and walk along the street to the cinema. Complete the sentences. Use each phrasal verb only once. 1. I cannot…………… his writing. 2. Please,…………… the page. 3. We cannot play football here. The sign says, “……………. the grass.” 4. She……………. and cried. 5. The boy was…………… by a nanny. 6. I can hardly concentrate. I could really…………….. a holiday. 7. The Titanic collided with an iceberg and…………….. . 8. Why don't you……………. singing? You have such a beautiful voice. 9. The strike was……………. by military units. 10. Would you like to…………….. business in the United States?

Complete the sentences. Use each phrasal verb only once. 1. Don't smoke in the forest. Fires………….. easily at this time of the year. 2. I am really………………. seeing my friends again. 3. I'm afraid, we have……………. apple juice. Will an orange juice do? 4. Your website has helped me a lot - ………………..the good work. 5. This year, Easter………………. my father's birthday. 6. A friend of mine has……………. her wedding. 7. I cannot…………….. your horrid behaviour anymore. 8. As an excuse for being late, she……………. a whole story. 9. I got…………….. by his enthusiasm. 10. I just cannot…………….. my mobile. Answers 1. Put your shoes on - it's too cold to walk around barefoot. 2. You must get up now or you will be late for school. 3. Sit down, please. I'll be with you in a minute. 4. Could you write this word down for me, please? 5. Don't give up singing. You are very talented. 6. Where is the fitting room? I'd like to try on these trousers. 7. Have you tidied up the kitchen, yet? 8. My little sister woke me up in the middle of the night. 9. Don't put the vase there, it will fall down. 10. Adam switched on his torch, so we could find our way home in the dark.

11. I often use Wikipedia to look up information. 12. If you want to get on a bus in London, you will have to queue. 13. Can I turn on the TV? I want to watch the weather forecast. 14. It is very hard to give up smoking. 15. It is so dark in here, you can really take off your sunglasses now. 16. Shall I stand up and offer my seat to the old lady? 17. With a few buckets of water, we put out the fire. 18. Who will look after your cat when you're on holiday? 19. Would you like to put on your new dress today? 20. At the next stop we have to get off the bus and walk along the street to the cinema. 21. Don't smoke in the forest. Fires break out easily at this time of the year. 22. I am really looking forward to seeing my friends again. 23. I'm afraid, we have run out of apple juice. Will an orange juice do? 24. Your website has helped me a lot - keep up the good work. 25. This year, Easter falls in with my father's birthday. 26. A friend of mine has called off her wedding. 27. I cannot put up with your horrible behaviour anymore. 28. As an excuse for being late, she made up a whole story. 29. I got carried away by his enthusiasm. 30. I just cannot do without my mobile.

1. Complete with one of these phrasal verbs: be through, go on, fill in, take off, stay out, speak up. 1. Could you ………. this application form, please? 2. I´ll never talk to you again. We ………. ! 3. If you don´t ………., we can´t hear you. 4. I´m tired because I ………. too late last night. 5. The plane ………. late because of the bad weather. 2. Complete with one of these phrasal verbs: go off, put off, see off, take off, turn off. 1. Let´s go to the airport to ………. them ………. 2. The plane doesn´t ………. till 5 o´clock. 3. He was sleeping soundly when the alarm clock ………. 4. The meeting has been ………. till next month. 5. Don´t forget to ………. all the lights when you leave.

3. Complete with: carry on, get on, hold on, put on, try on. 1. Hi! Is Mr. Knight in? ………., I´ll call him. 2. Excuse me, could I ………. this dress, please? 3. How are you ………. at college? 4. Are you still ………. with your tennis lessons? 5. It was a bit chilly, so she ………. her jacket. 4. Complete with: give up, hang up, look up, wake up, wash up. 1. The kind of housework I hate most is ………. 2. If he rings back, just ………. 3. I didn´t know that word, so I ………. it ………. in a dictionary. 4. Don´t ……….. You can do it if you try hard. 5. When I ………. in the middle of the night, I had some temperature.

5. Match the phrasal verbs with their corresponding synonyms. 1. put off a. cancel 2. call off b. switch off 3. look up c. postpone 4. go off d. continue 5. carry on e. explode 6. turn off f. check

Answers Exercise 1 1. fill in 2. are through 3. speak up 4. stayed out 5. takes off / took off Exercise 2 1. see them off 2. take off 3. went off 4. put off 5. turn off Exercise 3 1. hold on 2. try on 3. getting on 4. carrying on 5. put on Exercise 4 1. washing up 2. hang up 3. looked it up 4. give up 5. woke up Exercise 5 1. put off – postpone 2. call off – cancel 3. look up – check 4. go off – explode 5. carry on – continue 6. turn off – switch off