3. Phrasal verbs 1 TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

3. Phrasal verbs 1

Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb in the correct tense. Sometimes you will have to separate the verb from the particle.

blow up	break down	bring up	cut down	get over	hang up
keep on	knock out	let down	pick up	put off	put out
ring off	run out of	set out	show off	take off	turn up

1	Have you ___got over____ that terrible cough you had last time I saw you?
2	He touched one of the sculptures in the exhibition, and the guard saw him and _________ him _________.
3	Her car _________ petrol and she had to hitchhike to a petrol station.
4	Her husband left her when the children were babies and she _________ them _________ herself.
5	I know you don’t want to talk to Jenny but it’s really important to do it today. You can’t _________ it _________ any longer.
6	Jimmy’s giving me a lift. He’s _________ me _________ tomorrow morning at eleven.
7	My little sister often _________when we have visitors. She wants to get more attention.
8	Our car _________ on the motorway and we had to call a garage to get it fixed.
9	Our plane _________ an hour late so we landed in Rome an hour later than we’d expected.
10	Please_________ your cigarette. Can’t you see the ‘no smoking’ sign?
11	She _________ asking me for money so in the end I had to give her some.
12	Terrorists put a bomb under the bridge and _________ it _________.
13	The robber hit the bank manager over the head and _________ him _________. He was unconscious for half an hour.
14	Tony still hadn’t arrived by ten. Eventually he _________ at 11.30 with other people.
15	We _________ on our trip quite early but there was already a lot of traffic on the road.
16	We _________ the tree in the front of our house because we didn’t get any light in our sitting room.
17	We promised to go and visit her tomorrow so we have to. We can’t _________ her _________. She’d be so disappointed.
18	We were talking on the phone and suddenly she just _________. Maybe somebody rang at her front door.

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