EXERCISE 50a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense. 2 page
2. They're cutting off the power. They're cutting the power off. They're cutting it off.
3. I dropped off Prank at the airport. I dropped Frank off at the airport. I dropped him off at the airport.
4. Mom asked me to take out the garbage. Mom asked me to take the garbage out. Mom asked me to take it out.
5. Alex tried out his new bicycle. Alex tried his new bicycle out. Alex tried it out.
6. Mike has woken up Ali. Mike has woken Ali up. Mike has woken him up.
11C
1. It's his backup camera.
2. It's the cutoff date.
3. She's his back-up.
4. I gave it a tryout.
5. She made a follow-up visit.
6. Your workout clothes got dirty.
7. You ate takeout food.
8. There was a backup on the interstate.
9. There has been a falloff.
10. She didn't make a backup.
11. There's a dropoff.
12. You gave it a workout.
11d
1. They cut it off
2. You bought takeout food.
3. Working out is good for my health.
4. You're going to try it out.
5. They're letting me give their service a tryout.
6. It cut them off.
7. They were cur off.
8. I'm backing it up.
9. It's a backup.
10. She's following up.
11. My workout routine is difficult.
12.He backed up his accusation with photographs.
13. She wants to try out.
14.lt backs it up.
15. It's a backup.
16. She drops her off.
17. It's a follow-up appointment.
18. It's not working out the way she expected.
19. He took Judy out.
20. It works out to $9,000.
21. You've never woken up at 3:30 in the morning.
11e
1. lay off
2. handed out
3. grew up
4. screwed up
5. go ahead
6. fell off
7. stay off
8. looking for
9. coming from
10. feel up to
11. screw ...out of
12. kickback
13. go along with
14. give ...back
15. fill in
16. heard of
12a
1. sign ...out
2. came up
3. put up
4. came across
5. signed out
6. fell through
7. puts up
8. backoff
9. fallen through
10. come up
11. put up
12. screw ...on
13. sign in
14. put up
15. screwed ...on
16. put... up
17. came up
18. come across
19. put up
20. comes across
21. came up
22. put ...up
23. coming up
12b
1. He'd backed off.
2. He had signed in.
3. She'd fallen through.
4. He had put up a fight.
5. It had come across well.
6. She had put up the money.
7. He'd said that it was coming up.
8. He'd screwed it on.
9. It was screwed on.
10. It had put them up.
11. Something had come up.
12. It had fallen through.
13. It had come up.
14. They'd put up a fence.
15. I had come across some old newspapers.
16. He'd come up to New York.
17. She had signed out.
12d
1. pay for
2. followed up
3. thrown up
4. fallen off
5. put to
6. work out
7. drop... off
8. woke ... up
9. try ... out
10. back up
11. pointed to
12. wrap up
13. cut off
14. planned for
15. take out
16. go after
13a
1. let... off
2. called off
3. hit on
4. light up
5. tracked ...down
6. lighting up
7. closed off
8. left off
9. hit on
10. handed in
11. drop ...off
12. left off
13. hand in
14. let...off
15. hand in
13b
1. The bride hasn't called off the wedding. The bride hasn't called the wedding off. The bride hasn't called it off.
2. Are they closing off the
gallery? Are they closing the
gallery off? Are they closing it off?
3. The accountant handed in her report. The accountant handed her report in. The accountant handed it in.
4. Have you left off Carmen? Have you left Carmen off? Have you left her off?
5.
The judge let off the pickpocket.
The judge let the pickpocket off.
The judge let him off.
6. I told him not to light up the cigarette. I told him not to light the cigarette up. I told him not to light it up.
7. The EPA tracked down the polluters. The EPA tracked the polluters down. The EPA tracked them down.
13c
1. It was tracked down.
2. They were handed in.
3. They're always let off.
4. She was hit on.
5. It was left off.
6. It was called off.
7. It's being closed off.
8. It's closed off.
9. It was lit up.
10. It was lit up
.
13d
1. burned down
2. taken off
3. talked down to
4. set up
5. screwed out of
6. let out
7. called in
8. pointed out
9. run into
10. piled up
11. given back
12. handed back
13. taken apart
14. planned for
15. run over
16. looked at
14a
1. wound up
2. fill... out
3. put away
4. stick... up
5. dress up
6. dries up
7. put... away
8. winding up
9. stuck... up
10. winding ...up
11. dressed up
12. dries up
13. wind ...up
14. stick up
15. filled out
16. put away
17. stuck up
18. put away
19. used ...up
20. butts in
14b
1. dried up
2. dressed up
3. filled out
4. stuck-up
5. used up
6. wound up
7. put away
14c
1. Janice dressed up her son. Janice dressed her son up. Janice dressed him up. 1. The sun quickly dries up the water. The sun quickly dries the water up. The sun quickly dries it up.
3. Filling out the entire form isn't necessary. Filling the entire form out isn't necessary. Filling it out isn't necessary.
4. Ed put away six beers in an hour. Ed put six beers away in an hour. Ed put them away in an hour.
5. They stuck up notices. They stuck notices up. They stuck them up.
6. I'm winding up my clock. I'm winding my clock up. I'm winding it up.
14d
1. He wound up in the hospital.
2. She kept butting in.
3. It dried up.
4. He put them away.
5. They're put away.
6. They're dried up.
7. You wound it up. S. It was wound up.
9. She dressed up.
10. She was dressed up.
11. He filled it out.
12. It was filled out.
14e
1. hung up
2. paid for
3. hooked up
4. cutoff
5. broken-down
6. set up
7. filled in
8. screwed up
9. caught up
10. worked up
11. grown-up
12. cut up
13. burned-out
14. backed up
15. wake-up
16. piled up
15a
1. blew ...away
2. set... up
3. came through
4. fix ...up
5. tell ...on
6. comes through
7. heading/headed for
8. fix... up
9. comes through
10. heading/headed for
11. go with
12. dried out
13. blow ...away
14. come through
15. set... up
16. go with
17. came through
18. blown away
19. went with
20. came through
21. went with
22. head back
23. go with
15b
1. He's going to fix you up with a table next to the fireplace.
2. She's sure that her father will come through.
3. It's going to blow him away.
4. He'll fix it up.
5. It will be fixed up.
6. He won't tell on her.
7. It's going to blow them away.
8. They won't come through it.
9. She'll fix herself up.
10. She'll be fixed up.
11. I'm going to head for Tucson.
12. I'm going to head back to San Diego.
13. He won't set Mike up with his sister.
14. She isn't going to go with blue.
15. It's going to blow away the competition.
16. He's going to come through town.
17. It's going to dry up.
18. It'll be dried up.
15d
1. came up
2. fell through
3. light...up
4. put up
5. track down
6. lit up
7. closed off
8. screw... on
9. call... off
10. backoff
11. hand in
12. left...off
13. sign in
14. signed out
15. let...off
16. came across
16a
1. thinking about
2. carry... on
3. counting on
4. go for
5. believe in
6. get through
7. count on
8. get through
9. held off
10. put ...past
11. carried on
12. held off
13. went for
14. going for
15. carry on
16. get ...through
17. believe in
18. carry on
19. believe in
20. get through
21. goes for
22. get through
23. count on
16b
1. She goes for it.
2. She didn't get through studying until 11:00 p.m.
3. They carried them on.
4. They kept carry-on bags with them.
5. She's thinking about spending the summer in Bolivia.
6. He doesn't believe in it.
7. He couldn't carry on his career as a dancer.
8. You held off having children.
9. I wouldn't put stealing past him.
10. She's going to try to get through to her.
11. I can't count on him.
12. He carried on.
13. You can't count on it.
14. They believe in monsters.
16d
1. stuck-up
2. fixed up
3. used up
4. put away
5. wound up
6. wrapped up
7. filled out
8. dried up
9. dressed up
10. screwed on
11. closed off
12. lit up
16e
1. wound up
2. goes in for
3. put up with
4. looking forward to
5. give up
6. feel up to
7. see... about
8. get around to
9. get out of
10. get ...over with
11. left off
12. worked out
13. broke down
14. took ...in
15. put ...up
16. broke out
17. butt in
17a
1. came over
2. falling apart
3. rip... up
4. heading/headed into
5. got back at
6. came over
7. worn down
8. go about
9. grow out of
10. falling apart
11. wear ...down
12. fell apart
13. come over
14. grows out of
17b (any two of the possible sentences shown are acceptable)
1. Taylor comes over. Ms. Taylor frequently comes over. Ms. Taylor comes over frequently.
2. Sometimes these cheap toys fall apart.
These cheap toys sometimes fall apart.
These cheap toys fall apart sometimes.
3. Nervously he went about making the bomb. He nervously went about making the bomb. He went about making the bomb nervously.
4. Eventually Sally will grow out other childish behavior.
Sally will eventually grow out of'her childish behavior.
Sally will grow out of her childish behavior eventually.
5. Reluctantly Jim headed into the swamp.
Jim reluctantly headed into the swamp.
Jim headed reluctantly into the swamp.
Jim headed into the swamp reluctantly.
6. Suddenly Pat ripped up Mike's letter. Pat suddenly ripped up Mike's letter. Pat ripped up Mike's letter suddenly.
7. Soon Frank will get back at Todd. Frank will soon get back at Todd. Frank will get back at Todd soon.
8. Gradually he wore down my resistance.
He gradually wore down my resistance.
He wore down my resistance gradually.
17c
1. It was ripped up.
2. It was ripped up.
3. It's falling apart.
4. They came over.
5. He doesn't know how to go about applying for a mortgage.
6. We're going to head into the city.
7. She grew out of it.
8. They've worn down.
9. They're worn down.
10. He's gotten back at you.
11. They came over before Columbus.
12. She came over and looked at my paper.
13. He fell apart.
14. She'll grow out of it soon.
15. It's falling apart.
16. They're trying to wear her down.
17d
1. find out
2. get along
3. go through with
4. chickened out of
5. set up
6. work in
7. fight back
8. came down with
9. monkey around with
10. kicking back
11. heard of
12. boils down to
13. come up
14. fell over
15. Go ahead
18a
1. get off
2. breakthrough
3. tell ...apart
4. get off
5. line up
6. stood around
7. goes beyond
8. get... off
9. figured on
10. get off
11. lined up
12. get... off
13. broke through
14. Get off
15. lift up
16. get off
17. line up
18. Get off
18b
1. He said he'd get it off the table.
2. You can't tell them apart.
3. He can't lift it up.
4. He said he hadn't figured on snow in May.
5. She lined up a great band.
6. It's lined up.
7. He said it goes beyond that.
8. They broke through it.
9. He gets off at 5:00.
10. I got off with a warning.
11. He lined up the desks.
12. They're lined up.
13. She asked you to get off the phone.
14. You stood around waiting for the bus.
15. He said you'd get Sundays off.
16. They have to be lined up.
17. He got off the train.
18. He told him to get off the grass.
18d
1. went for
2. thought about
3. held off
4. goes with
5. came through
6. counting on
7. told on
8. put...past
9. come over
10. goes along with
11. head for
12. head back
13. carried on
14. get off
15. grown out of
16. believe in
19a
1. heat... up
2. pulled over
3. bring ...back
4. cool ...off
5. go back
6. brought back
7. hand over
8. brought back
9. aiming at
10. bring ...over
11. warm up
12. aim ...at
13. handed ...over
14. cooled off
15. aimed at
16. goes back
17. warm up
18. went back
19. cools off
20. pulled over
21. warm up
19b
1. Could you bring back my tool kit. Could you bring my tool kit back. Could you bring it back.
2. I'll bring over your tool kit. I'll bring your tool kit over. I'll bring it over.
3. The air conditioner quickly cooled off my apartment.
The air conditioner quickly cooled my apartment off.
The air conditioner quickly cooled it off.
4. Todd handed over his wallet. Todd handed his wallet over. Todd handed it over.
5. The sheriff pulled over the suspects. The sheriff pulled the suspects over. The sheriff pulled them over.
6. The drivers are warming up their trucks. The drivers are warming their trucks up. The drivers are warming them up.
19c
1. It warmed right up.
2. I'll go right back to work.
3. It cooled right off.
4. You would pull right over.
5. He aimed it right at him.
6. She told you to give her dictionary right back.
7. He told her to hand it right over.
8. She brought it right over.
19d
1. broke through
2. standing around
3. went beyond
4. track down
5. headed into
6. backed off
7. come up with
8. hit on
9. fell through
10. wind up
11. tell ...apart
12. figure on
13. came across
14. lifted up
15. put up
16. let... off
20a
1. go off
2. went around
3. go on
4. go off
5. hang around
6. ended up
7. lies around
8. hangs around
9. start out
10. go around
11. stay up
12. ended up
13. lying around
14. went around
15. go on
16. goes off
17. going around
18. go off
19. stay up
20. goes around
21. hangs around
22. go around
23. went on
24. went around
25. Go ahead
26. go on
27. went on
28. went around
29. goes around
30. go on
20b
1. I'm going to
lie around watching TV.
2. She went around making decorating plans.
3. It ended up in Australia.
4. It goes off at 2:00.
5. He asked, "What's going on?"
6. He goes around telling awful jokes.
7. She stayed up all night.
8. He hangs around the house.
9. It didn't go off.
10. He went around wearing a Hawaiian shirt.
11. They go on automatically.
12. They didn't get a hot dog because I didn't buy enough to go around.
13. You have to go around the potholes,
14. You ended up buying the red car.
15. You couldn't go on.
16. She started out thinking it would take only a few weeks.
20d
1. screwed ... out of
2. cooled off
3. ripped ...up
4. blow... away
5. gave up
6. work up
7. paid for
8. heard of
9. came over
10. called off
11. see ...about
12. go about
13. dry out
14. aimed at
15. broke out
16. bring ...over
21a
1. take... out on
2. step on
3. picking on
4. looked around
5. settling down
6. looked over
7. settle ...down
8. zip ...up
9. settled down
10. look around
11. think ahead
12. step on
21b
1. He should took it over.
2. I looked around.
3. They settled down.
4. I should zip it up.
5. It's zipped up.
6. She didn't think ahead.
7. He picks on him. 8- He took it our on his
wife, 9. He stepped on it.
21c
1. Business in this restaurant should/ought to fall off in January.
2. They should/ought to be winding up the investigation.
3. These cheap shoes shouldn't hold up more than three months.
4. Jim flies from Florida to Boston every year in April, and it's April now. Jim should/ought to come up to Boston soon.
5. It almost always gets cooler in October, and it's October 1st today, so it should/ought to cool off soon.
6. Paul's disease is not serious, so he should/ought to pull through.
7. Francisco almost never works past 5:00, and it's 4:50 now. He
should/ought to get off in a few minutes.
8. Lydia likes skiing a lot, so if you suggest that we go skiing next weekend, she should/ought to go for the idea.
9. The enemy soldiers have been trying to smash a hole in the wall of the fort for two hours, and they should/ought to break through soon.
10. Sally said she would come to my house at 5:30 and it's 5:40 now, She should/ought to come over soon.
11. This work normally takes four hours to finish, so if you start at 9:00 you should/ought to get through around 1:00.
12. The train almost always passes through town at 3:25, and it's 3:20 now, so the train should/ought to come through town in five minutes.
13. I put a lot of wood on the fire, so it shouldn't burn out before morning.
14. The car heater is on maximum, so it should/ought to warm up soon.
21d
1. went around
2. Hand ...over
3. goes off
4. pull over
5. line up
6. stayed up
7. falls apart
8. get back at
9. started out
10. hang around
11. end up
12. brought back
13. lie around
14. go on
15. rang up
16. go back
22a
1. eat up
2. plug ...up
3. burns... up
4. clear ...up
5. pay up
6. cleared up
7. count up
8. cleared up
9. burn up
10. wipe up
11. heat ...up
12. burn up
13. ate up
22b
1. They burned up the wood. They burned the wood up. They burned it up.
2. He ought to clear up the misunderstanding. He ought to clear the misunderstanding up. He ought to clear it up.
3. Would you count up the votes? Would you count the votes up? Would you count them up?
4. Have they eaten up ail the candy? Have they eaten all the candy up? Have they eaten it up?
5.
I can't plug up the hole. I can't plug the hole up.
I can't plug it up.
6. Wipe up that water right now! Wipe that water up right now! Wipe it up right now!
C
1. I plugged it up.
2. It was plugged up.
3. You're heating it up.
4. It'll be heated up.
5. He hasn't counted up his money.
6. I'll pay it up.
7. I'll be paid up.
8. They burned them up.
9. They're burned up.
10. It cleared right up.
11. She's wiping it up.
12. He eats his food right up.
22d
1. count on
2. go with
3. Think ahead
4. signed in
5. signed out
6. put away
7. hand ...in
8. go with
9. dress up
10. looked around
11. step on
12. dry up
13. Zip up
14. takes ...out on
15. heading/headed for
16. head back
23a
1. make ... up
2. Watch out
3. cut down
4. cut down
5. Stay out
6. hold out
7. made up
8. drop out
9. makeup
10. crack down
11. got away
12. hold ...out
13. gotten away
14. stay out
15. holding out
16. make up
17. gotten away
18. get away
19. stayed out
20. cuts down
21. holdout
22. made up
23. make up
B
1. on
2. on
3. of
4. with
5. for
6. for
7. of
C
1. They're holding out for a 10 percent raise.
2. They're holdouts.
3. They made up.
4. He dropped out.
5. He's a dropout.
6. I made up my mind.
7. She told me to cut down on tennis,
8. They're holding out.
9. They're holdouts.
10. They stayed out until 3:00 a.m.
11. It has to hold out.
12. He made up a story.
13. It was made-up.
14. He has gotten away with it.
15. I have to watch out for big trucks.
16. They're going to crack down on crime.
17. It's a crackdown.
23d
1. grown out of
2. hold off
3. wipe up
4. think about
5. get through
6. tell ...apart
7. breakthrough
8. counted up
9. aimed at
10. falling apart
11. went for
12. put past
13. burned up
14. believes in
15. stand around
16. come over
24a
1. slowdown
2. Shake up
3. comedown
4. traded ... in
5. come down
6. Stopping over
7. shaken up
8. showed ...off
9. letup
10. come down
11. print.. out
12. shook ... up
13. stop ... over
B
1. shake-up
2. stopover
3. comedown
4. letup
5. trade-ins
6. slowdown
7. printout
8. show-off
C
1. The rain slowed down traffic. The rain slowed traffic down. The rain slowed it down.
2. He printed out his letter. He printed his letter our. He printed it out.
3. The bad news has shaken up Jim and Nancy. The bad news has shaken Jim and Nancy up. The bad news has shaken them up.
4. I got $5,000 for trading in my old car, I got $5,000 for trading my old car in.
I got $5,000 for trading it in.
5. Chelsea's parents showed off her perfect report card.
Chelsea's parents showed her perfect report card off.
Chelsea's parents showed it off.
24d
1. You printed them out.
2. It's a printout.
3. He's going to come down to New Orleans.
4. He shows off.
5. He's a show-off.
6. You'll trade it in.
7. It's a trade-in.
8. He shook things up.
9. It was a shake-up.
10. She's come down in life.
11. It's a comedown.
12. It let up.
13. It was a let up.
14. It slowed it down.
15. It was a slowdown.
16. I stopped over.
17. it was a stopover.
18. it shook him up.
19. He was shaken up.
24e
1. follow-up
2. crackdown
3. dropout
4. lineup
5. tryout
6. workout
7. backup
8. drop-off
24f
1. stay out
2. lift... up
3. goes beyond
4. told on
5. watch out
6. figure on
7. cool... off
8. holding out
9. bringing over
10. look around
11. settle down
12. step on
13. counted up
14. wipe up
15. hung up
25a
1. hurry up
2. settle for
3. had ...on
4. lighten up
5. knocked ...over
6. do with
7. plan ahead
8. think up
9. hurry... up
10. lighten ...up
11. have ...on
25b
1. He had a red shirt on.
2. He won't settle for less.
3. She's planning ahead.
4. He knocked him over.
5. He told him to hurry up.
6. It had to do with my income taxes.
7. He should lighten up.
8. She's thinking up a Halloween costume.
25d
1. zipped up
2. warmed up
3. cleared up
4. dried up
5. made-up
6. paid up
7. shaken up
8. ripped up
9. lined up
10. warmed up
11. plugged up
12. burned up
13. worn down
25e
1. comedown
2. hookup
3. screw... on
4. show off
5. called in
6. stops over
7. trade in
8. stuck ... up
9. cleared up
10. let up
11. warm up
12. slow down
13. hand out
14. print ...out
15. gone back
26a
1. get.. .together
2. start ...up
3. go over
4. open ...up
5. went up
6. put.. .together
7. shut off
8. go up
9. let.. .in on
10. go over
11. goes up
12. go over
13. put.. .together
14. opens up
15. goes ...up
16. go over
17. get ...together
18. gets together
19. went over
20. open ...up
21. Put... together
22. goes up
23. start up
26b
1. I wish they would open up a branch office near me. I wish they would open a branch office up near me. I wish they would open one up near me.
2. Lydia put together the food processor. Lydia put the food processor together. Lydia put it together.
3. Do you know how to shut off the photocopier? Do you know how to shut the photocopier off? Do you know how to shut it off?
4. Push this button to start up the generator. Push this button to start the generator up. Push this button to start it up.
26c
1. He went over it.
2. He gave it a good going-over.
3. She went up to the king and gave him the petition.
4. He let you in on a secret.
5. They're going to get together.
6. It's called a get-together.
7. It starts up from the hard disk.
8. It's the start-up disk.
9. It went over well.
10. It shuts off.
11. It's called the shutoff point or the shutoff temperature.
12. I quit my job so that I could start up my own company.