Speakout Advanced p 61. Phrasal Verbs: Exercise 7

1.    They set _________ at dawn to miss the traffic jams.

2.    Don’t be taken ______ by his promises. He won’t do anything to help you.

3.    He became very depressed as he had taken ______ more than he could manage.

4.    When his father died he took ________ the family business.

5.    The cinema was full; many of the people waiting outside were turned ______

6.    I had my doubts but everything turned __________ to be all right in the end.

7.    I never worry as something always turns _______.

8.    His evidence just doesn’t add ____.

9.    Sheila was right, so Paul had to back ______.

10. We hadn’t bargained ______ there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane.

KEY

1.    Off/out. Set off/out: to begin a journey. E.g. we set off for London just after ten.



2.    In. Take sb in: to make somebody believe something that is not true. Deceive. She took me in completely with her story.



3.    On. Take on: to decide to do something; to agree to be responsible for something/somebody. E.g. I can't take on any extra work. We're not taking on any new clients at present.



4.    Over. Take over: to begin to have control of or responsibility for something. She took over the job after he left.



5.    Away. Turn sb away: to refuse to allow somebody to enter a place. E.g. hundreds of people were turned away from the stadium (= because it was full). They had nowhere to stay so I couldn't turn them away.



6.    Out. Turn out: To develop in a particular way, or to have a particular result. To be discovered to be; to prove to be. E.g. the job turned out to be harder than we thought.




7.    Up. Turn up: to happen, especially by chance. E.g. He's still hoping something (= for example, a job or a piece of luck) will turn up.



8.    Up. Add up: make sense. E.g. there is something about this case that just doesn’t add up. His story just doesn't add up.



9.    Down. Back down: to take back a demand, an opinion, etc. that other people are strongly opposed to; to admit defeat. E.g. neither side is willing to back down.



10.  For/on. Bargain for/on: (usually in negative sentences) to expect something to happen and be prepared for it. E.g. we hadn't bargained for this sudden change in the weather. When he agreed to answer a few questions, he got more than he bargained for (= he got more questions, or more difficult ones, than he had expected). I didn't bargain on finding them here as well.

Speakout Advanced p 61. Phrasal Verbs: Exercise 6

1.    He didn’t want to go to the dance, but his girlfriend was so persuasive that he gave __.

2.    The nurse gave ______ the pills to the patients.

3.    You must never give _____. If you don’t succeed at first, you must try again.

4.    Mrs Brown goes in ____ cooking special slimming food.

5.    The bomb went ______ in the policeman’s home.

6.    I got lost when I was making _________ the airport.

7.    He’s always trying to put me _____ doing what I want to do.

8.    She’s very much fatter. I wonder how much weight she’s put ____.

9.    Firefighters soon put the fire ____.

10. The hospital was near a main road so the patients had to put up _____ a lot of noise.

KEY

1.    In. Give in (to sb): surrender. To admit that you have been defeated. E.g. the rebels were forced to give in. To agree to do something that you do not want to do. The authorities have shown no signs of giving in to the kidnappers' demands.





2.    Out. Give sth out: Distribute. To give something to a lot of people. E.g. the teacher gave out the exam papers.



3.    Up. Give up: Cease, stop trying to do sth. E.g. she doesn't give up easily. I give up—tell me the answer.




4.    For. Go in for: Be interested in. E.g. she doesn't go in for team sports.




5.    Off. Go off: to be fired. To explode. E.g. The gun went off by accident.



6.    For. Make for: go towards. Head for. E.g. he picked up his umbrella and made for the door. 




7.    Off. Put off: discourage. E.g. All this rain really puts you off going out after work.



8.    On. Put on: gain. E.g. He must have put on several kilos.



9.    Out. Put out: to stop something from burning or shining. Switch off, extinguish. E.g. If they had put the light out there wouldn’t have been a fire started which needed putting out.



10. With. Put up with: bear, tolerate. E.g. I don't know how she puts up with him.

Speakout Advanced p 61. Phrasal Verbs Exercise 5

1.    The worst of the exams is _________ now, we can relax.

2.    I am up ______________ a difficult problem.

3.    The black plague has broken ____________ in America again.

4.    The hippies brought _______ a new way of dressing.

5.    He’s very rich. He came ____________ a lot of money when his father died.

6.    I put my shirt in the washing machine and the stains came ________

7.    The increase in student grants came _______ at the meeting today

8.    These examinations are getting me _________. I will never pass.

9.    How is Mrs Brown getting ________? She had a very nasty operation.

10. Teenagers generally get ________ their parents when they want a new laptop.







KEY

1.    Over. Be over: Finished







2.    Against. Be up against: Confronted by





3.    Out.  Break out: Begin of unpleasant things.




4.    In. Bring in: Introduce



5.    Into. Come into: inherit




6.    Out. Come out: fade. Disappear



7.    Up. Come up: arise, be mentioned.




8.    Down. Get down: depress



9.    On. Get on: Make progress



10. Round. Get round: persuade