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Bài tập Bổ trợ & Nâng cao Tiếng Anh 12 – PHRASAL VERBS 2
Name: ………………………………..
Class: ................
EXERCISE 1: Replace the words in brackets in the following sentences with a suitable phrasal verb. Make any other
necessary changes.
call on get on for do in turn down g o down look up
get down g o off look in take to get at go back to
cut up take off g o down with go out give away take away
1) If he says that again I’ll (kill him) ____________ him ___________ - I swear it!
2) You’d better not dink that milk, Joe. It’s (turned sour) _______________.
3) We knew he wasn’t English as his accent (betrayed him) ___________________ him.
4) The house I live in (dates from) ______________________ the 15th century.
5) Let’s (go and visit) ______________________ Paul and Jan tonight. It’s been ages since we last saw them.
6) Clive was really (upset) ______________________ when he failed his proficiency exam.
7) I think I’ll go somewhere for the weekend. Things have been ( making me depressed) _____________ me lately, so a
change of air will do me good.
8) John can’t come with us tonight after all. It seems he’s (caught) _________________ a cold.
9) “What does “misogynist” mean, Allan?” – “I’ve no idea, Jill. You’d better (find out its meaning) _______ it ______ in
the dictionary.
10) The power point was behind the piano, which made it very difficult to (reach) ________________.
11) You’re not going to wear a mini-skirt, are you, Jane? They (stopped being fashionable) _________________ years ago.
12) “How old is Eva?” – “I’m not sure. But she must be (nearly) ______________________ forty.”
13) If you (subtract) ________________ 25 from 100, you’re left with 75.
14) No one really believed it when the news came through that the “Titanic” had (sunk) ________________ on her maiden
voyage.
15) I tried smoking a pipe once, but I never really (liked) _________________ it.
16) I was offered a job in Leeds but I (refused it) ___________ it ___________ because I didn’t want to move away from
Hastings.
17) I can’t stop now but I’ll (pay a short visit) ___________________ later on my way home from home.
18) You should see Brian (imitate) __________________ the new boss. The way he does it is really fantastic. He’s just like
him!
EXERCISE 2: Replace the words in brackets in the following sentences with a suitable phrasal verb. Make any other
necessary changes.
let off g o through with do up turn out come round take for
go off turn away put up with go over get round to come apart
fall out g o with get out of put up put off get through to
1) Do you think you could (examine) _________________ this work with me some time, Pete?
2) The teacher suspected that one of the class had stolen the money, so he made them all (empty) ____________ their
pockets.
3) You look upset, Sven. Have you and Inger (quarrelled) _________________ again?
4) I tried to have lunch at the Savoy yesterday, but was (refused admittance) ____________________ because I wasn’t
wearing a tie.
5) Guess what, Sue? I was (mistaken f or) _____________________ John Travolta last week. It was a great feeling.
6) Paul, do you think you could (give me a place to sleep) ______________ me ____________ for the night? It’s a bit too
late to go home now.
7) Many things are so badly made nowadays that they often (break into pieces) ________________ after only a few weeks.
8) He was caught shop-lifting but since this was his first offence he was (allowed to go free) ______________ with a
warning.
9) I didn’t really want to play football on Saturday, but since there was no one else to take my place I couldn’t really (escape
from doing) ________________________ it.
10) Could you help me (wrap) ___________________ this parcel, please, Tom?
11) I don’t know how she (tolerates) ___________________ him. She must have the patience of a saint.
12) You never listen to me, Eva, do you? It’s impossible to (reach) _________________ you these days!
13) I think David’s (stopped liking) _____________________ me. He hasn’t told me he loves me for over a week.
14) The girl was relieved when her boyfriend (regained consciousness) ___________________ after having fainted h alf-
way through the Pop Concert.
15) I like your blouse, Sally. It (matches) __________________ your skirt.
16) I know you find the course boring, Pauline, but since you’ve started it you might as well (complete) ____________ it.
17) The only thing that (discourages me from) _________ me ___________ getting married is the thought of having to
sleep in the same roof as someone else.
18) I keep meaning to write to my parents but I’m so busy nowadays that I can’t seem to (find the time to do)
_______________ it.
EXERCISE 3: Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable VERB (in the 1st part of the sentence) and a
suitable PREPOSITION / PARTICLE (in the 2nd part of the sentence).
E.g. I’d give up smoking, only I’m afraid of putting on weight.
1) When she was told that her father had ____________ away she broke ____________.
2) The police were ____________ in to break ____________ the fight outside the dance hall.
3) My father was ____________ up two days after war broke ____________.
4) She’s ____________ out! Quick somebody! Get the smelling salts! That should bring her ____________.
5) Unless the group ____________ up soon we’ll have to call ____________ the concert.
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Bài tập Bổ trợ & Nâng cao Tiếng Anh 12 – PHRASAL VERBS 2
6) James ____________ into quite a large sum of money when his parents were killed when the plane they were in crashed
as it was taking ____________.
7) I ____________ across these old books while I was clearing ____________ the attic.
8) “You will ____________ me up at the meeting, won’t you, Bill?” – “ Of course, Pat. You know you can count
____________ me for support.”
9) I’m a bit ____________ up at the moment, Miss Brown. So perhaps you wouldn’t mind dealing ____________ this
matter instead.
10) Although the was a public outcry when the news ____________ out that the Prime Minister had been taking bribes, it
didn’t take long for all the fuss to die ____________.
11) What do you mean, you’ve ____________ out of cigarettes? I bought you two packets yesterday. You can’t possibly
have got ____________ them yet.
12) It took John a long time to ____________ over Cathy. In fact, it wasn’t until he heard that she’d got married that he
finally gave ____________ all hope of her ever going back to him.
13) If your son ____________ on working like this, Mrs. South, then he’s bound to get ____________ the exam in the
summer.
14) I think I’d better ____________ in now; we’re setting ____________ very early in the morning.
15) “Do you ____________ like dancing?” – “Well, I’d rather sit this one ____________, if you don’t mind.”
16) Could you ____________ off another fifty copies of the letter please, Mr. Wilson, and make sure they’re sent
____________ first thing in the morning.”
17) Things were really _________ me down last week. In fact, I was almost tempted to do ________ _______ myself.
18) I don’t know how I’d ____________ by if I didn’t have my savings to fall ____________ ____________.
19) I’ve got some friends ____________ round this evening, so I’d better go home and tidy ____________ the flat before
they arrive.
20) My daughter really ____________ on well with people. She takes ____________ her father in that respect.
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