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Students Exercise
13
Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions . Replace
the words or phrases in bold type by phrasal verbs. Some of the
sentences may sound awkward as they stand.
1
Can he give a good explanation for his extraordinary behaviour?
2
He
mended the tyre of his bicycle and then filled it with air.
3
They were having a violent quarrel but stopped suddenly when I came
in.
4
The meeting was cancelled because of the flu epidemic.
5
If you
refuse to perform my orders you’ll be dismissed.
6
I don’t
think you can overtake them; they left two hours ago.
7
Sherlock Holmes was often able to solve a mystery without leaving
his rooms in Baker Stret.
8
I found a twenty-pound note by chance in the street. What should I
do with it?
9
If my scheme had succeeded, I should have made a profit of a
thousand pounds.
10
He recovered consciousness when the doctor had applied artificial
respiration.
11
The road safety campaign had succeeded in reducing road deaths by 10
per cent.
12
Three thousand students are candidates for the examination every
year but very few pass.
13
He tried to
alight from the bus while it was still moving and was badly hurt.
14
My sister
promised to sing at the concert and though she doesn’t want to now,
she can’t free herself from the obligation.
15
They announced the names of the winning horses on the radio.
16
If cigarettes get any dearer, I shall have to abandon the habit of
smoking.
17
Prices always increase; they never become less.
18
The police investigated the case very thoroughly but finally said
there was no suspicion of foul play.
19
He started his journey in a great hurry.
20
He needs more exercise; he should start playing tennis.
21
It is difficult to train children well.
22
The train was delayed by fog and arrived late.
23
I waited for her for ages but she didn’t come.
24
She is good at languages. She learnt Spanish without effort, in a
few months.
25
It is your responsibility to make a success of your own life. (It is
you etc.)
26
Anyone who was offered a chance like that would accept it with
enthusiasm.
27
Don’t walk on the grass.
28
He dictated so quickly that his poor secretary couldn’t go as fast
as he did. (couldn’t him)
29
I hit him so hard that he fell unconscious.
30
If I don’t punish you this time, will you promise never to do it
again?
31
She was very upset over her failure but now she is recovering from
it.
32
You mustn't omit the difficult sentences; do them all.
33
She kept asking me all the difficult words instead of searching for
them in a dictionary.
34
I took the children to the zoo today to compensate for the party
they missed yesterday.
35
Students of English often confuse the words ‘lie’ and ‘lay’.
36
He swore to revenge himself on me for the wrong I had done him.
Exercise
14
Substituting phrasal verbs for other expressions. Replace
the words or phrases in bold type by phrasal verbs. Some of the
sentences may sound awkward as they stand.
1
If you don’t allow me to enter I’ll break down the door.
2
He regarded her for a moment and then said, ‘She is too tall.’
3
The line was so bad when I telephoned him that I couldn’t
understand what he said.
4
Will you take care of the garden while I am in hospital?
5
I don’t believe a word of his excuse; I’m sure he invented it.
6
He’s had the best doctors available but he won’t recover unless
he has the will to live.
7
Be careful! The tree’s going to fall!
8
Never postpone till tomorrow what you can do today.
9
I regard him as the greatest living novelist.
10
He dressed
himself in uniform for the occasion.
11
He keeps hearing strange footsteps in the house, so he has hired a
private detective to investigate the matter.
12
She was sitting opposite me in the bus but she pretended not to see
me.
13
Whenever you are in Paris, do go and visit my sister.
14
Why was she looking so annoyed?
15
The Albert Hall was erected in memory of Queen Victoria’s husband.
16
I can’t offer hospitality to you all because my flat is too small.
17
Suppose you telephone the station and ask them.
18
He disparages his own garden but he likes other people to praise it.
19
She is in poor health after working for three years without a break.
20
The village is so small that we are always meeting our friends
accidentally.
21
It is the
first time that he has encountered any opposition.
22
Peter’s leaving. Why don’t you apply for his job?
23
There is something wrong with the television set; we’d better
summon an electrician.
24
A man who has always led an open-air life would find it difficult to
be contented in an office job.
25
I am feeling
rather tired today because I stayed out of bed later than usual last
night.
26
You are not allowed to offer yourself for election to Parliament if
you are under eighteen, a lunatic, or a bankrupt.
27
He lost his reputation and all his money but he had good friends and
they continued to support and help him.
28
The father was thoroughly dishonest and the son resembles him. He
has already been in the courts for stealing.
29
He started
playing golf as he thought it would help him socially.
30
I used to believe his tall stories; now he rarely succeeds in
deceiving me.
31
It is silly to abandon a good job like yours, just because you don’t
like the coffee in the canteen.
32
They rejected her application because they preferred a man for the
job.
33
The factory normally makes clocks and watches but during the last
war it produced precision instruments for aeroplanes.
34
The chairman brought his speech to an end by thanking the staff for
their hard work.
35
Take a pencil and paper and calculate how long it will take us to
reach London from here.
36
He undertook evening work to make some extra money but at the end of
the year he was completely exhausted, and had to abandon it.
Exercise
15 Combinations with off and on. Put in the appropriate
verb.
1
The fireworks ... off with such a noise that we were nearly
deafened.
2
The trade talks which had begun between the two countries were ...
off when the fishery dispute began.
3
He ... off on his journey.
4
I can’t
hear you. Do . . . off that vacuum cleaner.
5
The astronaut
found the experience of weightlessness strange at first
but the feeling ... off after a time.
6
The candidate
... on everyone in his constituency and asked them to vote for him in
the impending by-election.
7
Well-off
people used to have servants to ... on them.
8
If
we can’t decide on a play we all want to see we’d better ... off
the theatre party tomorrow.
9
Don’t be .
. . off by her odd appearance; she is really very nice.
10
I said to the shop assistant, ‘I like this coat; could I... it
on?’
11
You won’t... on very fast with your work if you try to watch
television at the same time.
12
Those chalk marks will easily ... off your jacket if you brush it.
13
Almost all workers like to . . . off (leave work) at six. It’s
hard to get anyone to stay on after that.
14
I was practising the bagpipes but I had to . . . off because my
mother complained about the noise.
15
I think you have enough to do as it is. Don’t... on any more work.
16
They won’t be able to have their letters ... on when they are away
as they will be on safari.
17
Many of our men are off sick just now. We have been ... on with a
skeleton staff.
18
It’s really your turn to wash up, Mary, but we’ll. . . you off
this time. You look very tired.
19
When I played
in his team he kept shouting advice at me, and this ... me off.
20
I heard two men planning to break into a house. What should I do?
You should ... on the information to the police.
21
I don’t see why we should do all the work while he just... on
{watches) and does nothing.
22
Someone is following us!
Never mind; ...
on walking and pay no attention.
23
Now that we have lost all the money, it’s no use ... on me and
saying that it’s all my fault.
24
The policeman told the crowd standing round the scene of the
accident to ... on because they were blocking the road.
25
I don’t want to ... on the light in case I waken her.
26
My house was damaged by floods so I had to . . . off the guests I
had invited for the following week-end.
27
She doesn’t usually wear a hat; she only . . . one on when she
goes to a wedding.
28
. . . on. It could do you good to come out for a change.
29
The wedding was planned for the 16th but the bride fell ill so it
had to be . . . off.
30
My train leaves at eight tomorrow morning. Will you come and . . .
me off?
31
The Scout... on his bicycle and hurried away to get help.
32
He doesn’t... on with his family. That’s why he doesn’t live
at home.
33
That new factory is doing very well; the manager has just... on
fifty new workers.
34
The plane ... off at seven and climbed rapidly into the stormy sky.
35
He . . . off his jacket and hung it up.
36
He flew his plane under the bridges of the Thames. Why
did he do that?
I
suppose he was just. .
. off. (attracting
attention to/displaying his skill)
Students
Exercise
16 Mixed combinations used in a connected passage. Fill
the spaces in the following passage by inserting suitable
combinations.
During Bill’s
last term at school, Mr White offered him a job in a hardware shop.
‘It would be in the tool section,’ he said, ‘helping old Mr
Hammer, and if you 1 …..(made good progress) you
could 2..............
(become
responsible for)
the section when Mr Hammer retires.’ Mr White
expected Bill to 3................. at the offer (accept
it eagerly) and was rather 4 …........(surprised
and disappointed) when the boy looked doubtful. ‘You
needn’t5..
. ... your mind (decide)
at once,’ he said. ‘Mr Hammer can 6.
…..........(continue/manage)
without an assistant for another fortnight. But7....
it. . . (consider it) and let me know. Your school
8.................. (closes for the holidays) this
Friday, doesn’t it?’ Bill nodded. ‘Well, if you decide to
accept the job, 9................. (call
at the shop)
next weekend. I’ll
show you round and we’ll10.
.. you . . . (arrange
this matter) with
an insurance card.’ Bill’s father urged him to
accept. ‘If you n. . . it. . . ...(refuse it) you’ll
just be on the dole,’ he said. ‘It’s no use 12.
….....(loitering) at home waiting for something better to
13.................. (appear). Very few employers
are 14................ (engaging) more men at
present and a lot of places
are 15...............
(shuttingpermanently).’
So BiH took the job and soon 16.............
in his new environment (became used to it).
He 17..............
(learnt) to
work quickly and when Mr Hammer retired and 18
….........(transferred) the tool section to him, he felt
very proud of himself. Unfortunately, after two years Mr White was
transferred to a bigger branch and a new manager, Mr Black, was
appointed. He and Bill didn’t19................ one
another at all (neither liked the other). He began, tactlessly
enough, by 20. . . Bill. . . and . . . (examining)
and saying, ‘I don’t21............... (like)
the way you dress. If you want to 22..............
(continue)
working here you must smarten up.23...............
(get dressed in)
a tie and 24
….......(remove)
those rings. I don’t approve of young men wearing
rings.’ ‘Some of our customers wear them,’
Bill25..................
(remarked).
‘Don’t26..…..
me …. .. (reply impudently)!’
snapped Mr Black. Soon afterwards, Bill and the
manager27.................... (quarrelled) again.
‘You spend too much time talking to customers,’
Mr Black complained. ‘But they like a
chat,’ said another assistant, trying to
28.........................
(defend)
Bill. ‘People
who want silent service go to supermarkets.’ ‘You29
…........of this (remain outside)
snarled Mr Black. ‘If business doesn’t30................
(improve) you may both be 31............
(seeking)
other jobs.’ ‘He
32.
... . customers . . . (repels them) by
his bad manner,’ muttered Bill to his friends. ‘But if
profits 33 ….........(decrease) he’ll
34.....................
(state falsely)
that it’s all our
fault. Anyway I’m sick of being 35
…...........(given
too many orders)
and I’m not going to 36.........
it
(endure
it).'
Fortunately, before rebellion 37
…......(started) in the tool department, Mr Black, who had
38 …............for (applied for) a more
important post, was told that he had got it. He became overnight a
much happier man and tried to 39......................
(compensate for) his previous harshness by being very polite
to everyone, even Bill. The staff weren’t40...............
(deceived) by his sudden affability, but it made a nice
change.
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Exercise 13
1 account for 2 blew it up 3 broke off 4 called off 5 carry
out my orders/carry my orders out 6 catch up with them/catch them
up 7 clear up a mystery/clear a mystery up 8 came across 9 come
off 10 came round/to 11 cutting road deaths down/cutting down road
deaths 12 enter for/go in for 13 get off/out of 14 get out of it
15 gave out the names/gave the names out 16 give up smoking 17 go
up, come down 18 went into/looked into 19 set off/out 20 take up
21 bring up children/bring children up 22 held up 23 turn up 24
picked Spanish up/picked up Spanish 25 up to you 26 jump at it 27
keep off 28 keep up with him 29 knocked him out 30 let you off 31
getting over it 32 leave/miss out or leave/miss . . . out 33
looking them up 34 make up for 35 mix up 36 pay me back/out
Exercise 14
1 Let me in 2 looked at her 3 rang him up 4 look after 5 made
it up 6 pull through 7 look out 8 put off 9 look on him 10 put on
uniform 11 look into 12 looked through me 13 look up my
sister/look my sister up 14 put out 15 put up 16 put you all up 17
ring up 18 runs down his own garden 19 run down 20 running into 21
run up against 22 put in for 23 call in/send for 24 settle down 25
sat/stayed up 26 stand for 27 stood by him 28 takes after him 29
took up golf 30 taking me in 31 throw/give up a good job 32 turned
down her application/turned her application down 33 turned out 34
wound up 35 work out 36 took on, worn out, give it up
Exercise 15
1 went 2 broken 3 set 4 turn 5 wore 6 called 7 wait 8 call/put
9 put 10 try 11 get 12 come 13 knock 14 leave 15 take 16 sent 17
carrying 18 let 19 put 20 hand/pass 21 looks 22 go/keep 23 turning
24 move 25 put/switch/tum 26 put 27 puts 28
Come 29 put
30 see 31 got/jumped 32 get 33 taken 34 took 35 took 36 showing
Exercise
16 1
get on 2 take over 3 jump at 4 taken aback 5 make up 6 carry on 7
think it over 8 breaks up 9 look in 10 fix you up 11 turn it down
12 hanging about 13 turn up 14 taking on 15 closing down 16
settled down 17 picked up 18 handed over 19 take to 20 looking
Bill up and down 21 care for 22 go on 23 put on 24 take off 25
pointed out 26 answer me back 27 fell out 28 stand up for 29 keep
out 30 look up 31 looking for 32 puts customers off 33 fall off 34
make out 35 ordered about 36 put up with 37 broke out 38 put in 39
make up for 40 taken in
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