15 - ] Grammar Practice Exercises
Upper Intermediate
10 - ] Phrasal Verbs
1 - ] Underline
the phrasal verbs in the following dialogue . Write the phrasal verbs in the
infinitive in the appropriate columns .
Galal , a
head of department , is talking to his manager , Tawfiq .
T : So can
you tell me how things are going in your department at the moment , Galal ?
G : Well ,
Ahmad’s getting on very well . I think we did the right thing taking him
on . He’s already achieved higher sales than Nasser this month . He’s got lots
of enthusiasm and he never wastes any time ; he just gets on with it .
T : Well ,
that’s good news . But what about Nasser ? Is his work still not coming up
to standard ?
G : No , it
isn’t . His sales figures have been going down steadily since the
beginning of the year . If he carries on like this , I think I’ll have
to take him off that job and put him back in the office .
T : So what
do you think the problem is ?
G : Well ,
to be honest , I think he’s lost enthusiasm for the job . And I thin his
outside interests are taking up a lot of his time and energy .
T : I’m
afraid that’s just not good enough . If his sales figures don’t start going up
soon , he might find himself looking round for another job .
G : Yes , I
think that’s right . I’ll fix up a meeting with him so that we can run through
this year’s figures and then I’ll let him know that he can’t get away with this
poor performance for much longer .
T : Yes , I
really think he should give up some of these outside activities if his work is
suffering .
G : Yes , I
agree . Don’t worry .I’ll sort it out with him .
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Intransitive
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Transitive
( separable ) |
Transitive
( inseparable ) |
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get on |
take off |
get on
with |
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2
- ]Rewrite the underlined parts , replacing the words between brackets with a
phrasal verb from the above Exercise 1.
Example
1
. I’d like to discuss your plans with you . Can we (arrange) to have a
meeting soon ?
Can
we fix up a meeting soon ?
2
. You’ve got exams soon . You can’t (continue) going out every night .
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3
. He arrives late for work every day . I don’t know how he ( does it without
getting into trouble) .
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4
. If the business continues to expand , we’ll need to (employ) more staff
soon .
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5
. We’ll never get this problem (resolved) if we don’t talk about it .
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6
. The club membership has been (declining) for the last five years .
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7
. I’m going to (remove) you from this case , detective . I think you’re
becoming too personally involved .
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8
.I really think he should (stop) drinking ; it’s not doing him any good
.
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9
. I’m afraid I’m a bit disappointed with the course . It hasn’t really
(reached) my expectations .
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10
. I don’t think she’ll want to be in the play this year . Her new job is
(using) all her energy .
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3
- ] Complete the gaps with the following phrasal verbs .Put the verbs into the
correct tense and form . Two of the verbs should be put into the passive .
Write the answers in the spaces provided below the text .
(
turn up - put in for - pick up - run out of - come down - go on - turn down -
save up - take over - live off - cheer up - fall back on )
Dear
Ali ,
How’s life treating you these
days ? Things haven’t been too good for me lately , I’m afraid . My company 1
.----------------------- by UK confectionery in January and half the workforce
was made redundant , including me . I 2 ---------------- lots of different jobs
since then but I 3 -----------------every time . I think I might have to retain
, but the problem is that I 4 ---------------------money now so I can’t afford
to pay for a course .I’ve already spent all the money I 5
--------------------to go on holiday and I’ve got no other money to 6
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I
really hope that something 7 -----------------------soon otherwise I don’t know
what I’ll do . I know the government keeps saying that the economy’s starting
to 8------------------now but I don’t see any signs of it myself . And it’s
just so difficult trying to 9 -----------------social security .
Anyway , sorry to be so depressing . I
just hope I have some better news for you when I next see you . In fact , I was
wondering if you’d like to 10 --------------for a weekend soon . It would 11
------------me -------------to see you again and I promise I won’t 12
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Example
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