PHRASAL VERBS

LIST

Get on/along with

have a friendly relationship
Get over
recover
Fill in
complete by writing
Give up
Stop doing sth
Grow up
Change from a child to an adult
Let so down
disappoint
Look up
Search (for a word in the dictionary)
Look forward to
Think you will enjoy
Look after
Take care of
Pick so up
Collect in car
Try on
Put on clothes to see if they are suitable
Take off
Leave earth, undress (plane, clothes)
Take after
Resemble, be similar in appearance
Put up with
Accept without complaining
Catch up with
Reach s.o. going faster
Run out of
Have no more of
Break down
Stop working (cars)
Break up with
End a relationship
Bring up
Raise and educate children
Go through
Suffer from a difficult situation
Chat up with
Try to go out with so
Turn so down
reject
Carry on
continue

EXERCISES
1.Rewrite the sentences changing the underlined words into a phrasal verb
There isn't any food left!. We have …
Mike and Tom aren't very good friends. Mike and Tom don't …
Julia has been very ill but she's recovered now. Julia has been very ill but she
has …
I can't bear so much air pollution. I can't …
Carol checked the dates in an encyclopaedia. Carol …
Jane is very similar to her father. Jane …
Kelly's father is trying to stop smoking. Kelly's father is...
Lidia spent her childhood in Uruguay. Lidia ...
Carlos can't stand the traffic anymore. Carlos....

2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb:

Bill left before I did, but I ran and …............................him.
I'm really …...............................my holiday in Italy next week.
It was a difficult class and I couldn't …............................the other
students.
You should .....................................smoking. It's very bad for health.
I need a dictionary, so I can ....................this word.....................
Robert had to ..............................a form, giving all his personal
details.
Mary's parents were quite strict and .....................her ....................
to be very polite and obedient.
I'm not sure about the size of this coat, so can I .........................it
...................?

ANSWERS :

2.Rewrite the sentences changing the underlined words into a phrasal verb
There isn't any food left!. We have … run out of food
Mike and Tom aren't very good friends. Mike and Tom don't …get on (very well)
Julia has been very ill but she's recovered now. Julia has been very ill but she
has …got/gotten over it
I can't bear so much air pollution. I can't …put up with so much air pollution
Carol checked the dates in an encyclopaedia. Carol …looked the dates up in an
encyclopaedia
Jane is very similar to her father. Jane …takes after her father
Kelly's father is trying to stop smoking. Kelly's father is...giving up
smoking/trying to give up smoking
Lidia spent her childhood in Uruguay. Lidia ...grew up in Uruguay
Carlos can't stand the traffic anymore. Carlos....can't put up with/doesn't put
up with the traffic anymore.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb:

Bill left before I did, but I ran and …............caught up with
................him.
I'm really …..............looking forward to.................my holiday in Italy
next week.
It was a difficult class and I couldn't …..............catch up
with..............the other students.
You should ................give up .....................smoking. It's very bad for
health.
I need a dictionary, so I can ........look............this
word........up.............
Robert had to ............fill in..................a form, giving all his
personal details.
Mary's parents were quite strict and ............grew.........her
...........up......... to be very polite and obedient.
I'm not sure about the size of this coat, so can I .............try
............it ........on...........?