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Exercises

These exercises also practise and test some of the phrasal verbs from Unit 16.

17. Complete these sentences in a logical way. eee c eee c cbt ee es cttseeecciseeeestiteeeesciietenteeeennes ?
DSDomnant Two men tried to break into 2.0.0.0. ccecc cece ee ceeeecee see cbeeecteesctesectesetitetetiesirtentestteen ?
Pm not very good at making up .....00....0ccccce cect eece eee ee ee eeeteeetteteeeneeeetrtneteteeneerenerene: .
wonder
Could you lie down ooo...
ccc cece
cece cece eect cece cece tee ectetesttescteiesctetevieseterestteestenenes .
She asked me to turn OM oo...
ce cece sce t ee ec cee eeecesteseeeettseeeestieetiseteeenies .
occ ccc ecetee cette ttetetttteteeeen .
We have asked an engineer to come and SOrt OU...
e cece eee e eee
Are YOU BOING tO STAY IN ooo.
tee e eee c een ttittteeeeeeesenniuitteeseresitenerens ?
Why did you leave Out...
cece ccc eee bee e cbt tee cbteecteeeccteestetseeteestieeniieeteenteretesne: ?
Can you get DY oo.
a Pm afraid we broke down .o........cccccc ccc cece c ccc ets e cette cts settee tesesttieeitieetieentieteneenes .
TP SrOW UP ieee cece
eee E eee err t ttt t rt teeetteeeettibritteetesennntinieeeenn .
eee eer
17.2 Is it possible to separate the two parts of the phrasal verb in the sentences below? Look at
the examples first, and use a dictionary to check your answers. (You can also check your
answers in the answer key.)
Examples: 1 forgot to get off the bus. No (get the bus off x)
Why did he take off his trousers? YEs (take his trousers off /)
antwhdr He had to put out the fire.
She decided to carry on working.
Could you turn on the radio?
I had to lie down for a few minutes.
Could you go to the shop for me? We’ve just run out of coffee.

Doon I think she made up that story.
I can’t get by on the money my parents give me.
Children grow up very quickly these days.
I turned off the light when I went to bed.
a Can we leave out this question?

17.3 Make these texts more informal by changing some of the verbs to phrasal verbs with the
same meaning. (There are three in each text.)
1 The cost of living is increasing all the time and I find it quite difficult to manage on my
salary. But I think I can probably continue for a few months.
2 She told us to enter, but then we had to remove our shoes and I had to extinguish my
cigarette.
3 The teacher told the class to invent a story to go with the picture in their books, and then
continue with exercise 4. She said they could all omit exercise 5.

17.4 There are many phrasal verbs in other units. Can you find:
NwWBWNR three phrasal verbs in Unit 47 on page 98?
three phrasal verbs in Unit 21 on page 46?

three phrasal verbs in Unit 48 on page 100?
three phrasal verbs in Unit 56 on page 116?
three phrasal verbs in Unit 62 on page 128?
three phrasal verbs in Unit 75 on page 154?

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