Phrasal verbs RE: 1 Service Lift

The service lift in the warehouse has (1) ____________ (stopped working)
I. Complete with one of these phrasal verbs: be through, go on, fill in, take
off, stay out, speak up.
1. Could you ___________________ this application form, please?
2. I´ll never talk to you again. We ___________________!
3. If you don´t ___________________, we can´t hear you.
4. I´m tired because I ___________________ too late last night.
5. The plane ___________________ late because of the bad weather.
II. Complete with one of these phrasal verbs: go off, put off, see off, take off,
turn off.
1. Let´s go to the airport to ___________________ them ___________________
2. The plane doesn´t ___________________ till 5 o´clock.
3. He was sleeping soundly when the alarm clock ___________________
4. The meeting has been ___________________ till next month.
5. Don´t forget to ___________________ all the lights when you leave.
III. Complete with: carry on, get on, hold on, put on, try on.
1. Hi! Is Mr. Knight in? ___________________ I´ll call him.
2. Excuse me, could I ___________________ this dress, please?
3. How are you ___________________ at college?
4. Are you still ___________________ with your tennis lessons?
5. It was a bit chilly, so she ___________________ her jacket.
IV. Complete with: give up, hang up, look up, wake up, wash up.
1. The kind of housework I hate most is ___________________
2. If he rings back, just ___________________
3. I didn´t know that word, so I ___________________ it ______________ in a
dictionary.
4. Don´t ___________________ You can do it if you try hard.
5. When I ___________________ in the middle of the night, I had some temperature.
V. Match the phrasal verbs with their corresponding synonyms.
1. put off A. cancel
2. call off B. switch off
3. look up C. postpone
4. go off D. continue
5. carry on E. explode
6. turn off F. check
VI. Complete the email using phrasal verbs provided
look after hold on do without take up run out of
break down meet up with check in turn up look into
EMAIL 1
TO: Robert Booth
FROM: Amy Cookson
again. Could you please get the Shindler engineer to (2) ____________ (investigate)
what has gone wrong and fix it as soon as possible?
This is urgent, because we really cannot (3) ____________ (manage) it. We are having
to move everything upstairs by hand. This is (4) ____________ (occupying) a lot of
time and soon everyone is going to (5)____________ (have no more) patience.
EMAIL 2
TO: Robert Booth
FROM: Amy Cookson
RE: Mr Senai
We are expecting Mr. Senai from Japan some time this afternoon. I have
rung the hotel, but he has not (6) ____________ (registered) there yet, so he may just
(7) ____________ (arrive unexpectedly) at the office. If he does, could you (8)
____________ (take care of) him and ask him to (9) ____________ (wait) until I get
back? I have to (10) ____________ (visit) a client at about 3.30, but I should be back
by 4.15.
VII. Complete the sentences using the right answer
back up build up close down fill in give up take up
try out
break down pick up put off meet up with buy out
turn off
go through look up turn up look after help out
run out of
1) Did you ____________ your files last week?
2) Keith Sole quickly ____________ his shareholding to 10% of the company.
3) If we don't stop the losses, the company will have to be ____________.
4) After you've ____________ the form, can you leave it with Fiona, my secretary?
5) We've ____________ trying to get business from small companies.
6) Marvin Steel is in the process of ___________ many of the smaller shareholders.
7) Could you ask Paul to ____________ with arranging the company BBQ at the
weekend?
8) If you don't know the meaning of a word, you should ____________ in a dictionary.
9) My plane gets in at 10.30. Could you ____________ at around 11?
10) The meeting has been ____________ until 17 April.
11) Have you had an opportunity to ____________ our evaluation software yet?
12) Don't forget to ____________ the air-conditioners when you leave the office this
evening.
13) I'm afraid to say that the photocopier's ____________ yet again!
14) I think I'll ____________ Roger before I go home this evening.
15) During the recession, the company ___________ some difficult times.
16) Mary has decided to ____________ an offer from another company.
17) Whatever you do, don't ____________ to the meeting late.
18) Who will ____________ my children if I have to work full-time?
19) I ____________ John last night.
20) Please call Jane if you ____________ any stationery items.