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PHRASAL VERBS
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These exercises and activities have been designed for use with the Cambridge
International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbsand the Cambridge International Dictionary of
Idioms. They can be used with students from intermediate to advanced level.
Their aim is to give students practice in a variety of language areas connected with
phrasal verbs and idioms, including vocabulary building, grammar, collocation and using
different varieties of English and different registers. They are also designed to give
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 Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
Grammar
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and a particle e.g. get down, or a verb and two particles get down to.
Sometimes the phrasal verb is intransitive, which means it does not need an object after it e.g. drift
off: She closed her eyes and
drifted off
.
Sometimes the phrasal verb is transitive, which means it needs an object to make sense. In some
cases the object can be placed between the two parts of the phrasal verb or after the phrasal verb,
e.g. drink sth upor drink up sth:
Drink up
your coffee. We’ve got to go. or
Drink
your coffee
up
.
We’ve got to go.
In other cases the object can only come after the phrasal verb, e.g. border on sth: Swaziland
borders
on
South Africa and Mozambique.
The dictionary has a clear system to show how the grammar of phrasal verbs works using
abbreviations like sth (something), sb (somebody), swh (somewhere).
1 Look up the following phrasal verbs in the dictionary to find out whether they take
an object. If they do take an object, show with a tick (
1. drop ___ by ___
2. abide ___ by ___
3. ask ___ out ___
4. bear ___ up ___
5. breeze ___ through ___
6. consist ___ of ___
7. fasten ___ up ___
8. pore ___ over ___
9. live ___ through ___
10. take ___ against ___
2 Put these words into the correct order to make sentences with some of the phrasal
verbs from exercise 1.
1. evening might by said she she drop later this
2. freezing coat it’s fasten your up there out
3. wars grandparents two lived world through my
4. him drink she for ask phoned a to out him
5. through he exam difficulty breezed no with the
6. to discover map over they pored trying the they where were
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) whether the object comes
between the verb and particle, after the particle, or in both places.
3 Correct the mistakes in these sentences. The dictionary gives you extra information
to help you.
1. This wine is coming from the south-west region of the country.
2. He’s nearly 90 and he still fends for him.
3. She holds with a firm attitude to discipline in schools.
4. The next topic for discussion was passed on to very quickly.
5. The house was led to by a long winding path.
6. I was really set against to do this course before I started.
7. They must sit on quite a bit of money.
8. It makes me feel pretty happy when I think back what happened.
Vocabulary building
4 Choose the best meaning of the phrasal verb from the words in the box.
1. pick on
(a) collect (b) recognize (c) criticize (d) take
2. put away
(a) forget (b) send to prison (c) substitute (d) criticize
3. cut back
(a) stop (b) remove (c) reconnect (d) reduce spending
4. loosen up
(a) relax (b) untie (c) prepare (d) allow
5. pour down
(a) be honest (b) rain (c) appear (d) leave
6. pop off
(a) appear (b) explode (c) leave (d) forget
5 Use the phrasal verbs in Exercise 4 to fill the gaps in the sentences below. Use the
correct form of the verb.
1. It ........................ for most of the summer this year.
2. They ........................... for two years for their part in the crime.
3. I’ve got to ........................... now. I’ve got a dentist appointment at 3.
4. They always ............................ her because she’s the smallest.
5. He was quite nervous at first but soon ..........................
6. We’re going to have to .......................... next year with only one salary.
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Collocation
6 A lot of phrasal verbs are formed using the same verb but with different
prepositions. Look at these diagrams for
get
and
make
. Fill in the correct
prepositions. Use the words in the box below if you need to.
a proposal
the right people
an incredible
story
in
get
away
make
up
an operation
for
a habit
the loss
$2000
90
the mountains
for through on with into over with up for
7 Now write sentences using these phrasal verbs in context,
e. g.
She still rides a bike and she must be getting on for 90.
Fixed expressions
8 Some common fixed expressions are highlighted in bold in the dictionary. Which
words do you think can be used with the phrasal verbs below to make fixed
expressions?
1 meet with a with both feet
2 jump in b the sun
3 pile on c to the nines
4 go up d your approval
5 go against e with flying colours
6 dress up f the grain
7 come through g the agony
8 soak up h in flames
Now look in the dictionary to check your answers and to see these expressions
given in an example sentence.
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