F3 - Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs

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If you get off a bus, you leave it.

·          
If you get up, you stand up after sitting or lying.

·          
If you give in, you admit that you will have to do something you
have been trying not to do, or that you will not be able to do something you
wanted to do.

·          
If you give up something, you stop trying to do something.

·          
If you look for something, you want to find it.

·          
If you look forward to something that is going to happen, you
want it to happen because you expect to enjoy it.

·          
If you look into something, you examine it.

·          
If you look up something, you look for information in a
dictionary or reference book, or by using a computer.

·          
If you pass out, you faint.

·          
If you put away something, you place it tidily somewhere, for
example in a cupboard, draw, or pocket.

·          
If you put off an event or appointment, you delay or postpone it.

·          
If you show off, you try to impress people by making your skills
or good qualities very obvious.

·          
If you throw up, you vomit food.

·          
When you put on your make-up, you apply it to your skin.

·          
When you show up, you arrive where you have arranged to meet
somebody or do something.

·          
When you throw away something you no longer want or need, you get
rid of it, for example by putting it in the dustbin.

·          
When you try on something, you put on a piece of clothing to see
if it fits and how it looks.

·          
You use ‘pass way’ when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’.

 

Fill in the blanks with the correct
forms of the phrasal verbs.

get up                  get off

give up                 give in

look up                 look for               look into                            look forward to

pass away            pass out

put on                  put off                 put away

show off              show up

throw up              throw away

try on

 

e.g.  Jenny got up at nine
yesterday.

1.         
After withstanding hours of begging, Don’s father finally __________ and
took Don to Ocean Park.

2.       
An investigation team has been formed to __________ the murder.

3.       
Can you __________ the opening times on the website? I need the
information.

4.       
Danny __________ the bus and walked home.

5.       
Hamish began to __________ a vast load of shopping he had brought home.

6.       
He was afraid the others might think he was __________ or being
superior.

7.       
I can’t find my watch. Can you help me __________ it, please?

8.       
The football match was __________ because of the bad weather.

9.       
It was getting late when she finally __________ at the party.

10.     I’ve been
smoking for thirty years. I’ll never be able to __________ smoking.

11.       I miss Rick so
much! I’m __________ seeing him again.

12.     John has __________
his dinner. I’ll take him to the doctor.

13.     Mary drank too
much wine and she __________. I had to take her home because she couldn’t move
herself.

14.     Remember to __________
the shoes before you buy them.

15.     She __________
within three weeks of her sister and mother. Her funeral will be held next
week.

16.     She’s just __________
her make-up.

17.     The class __________
after the teacher came in.

18.     Thirty million
tones of refuse are __________ in the UK.