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Phrasal verbs
PV004
Complete the sentences below, using a phrasal verb from the box in its correct form.
BLOW OUT – BRING UP – COME FORWARD – DO WITHOUT – GET ACROSS – GET OVER
– GO THROUGH – HOLD ON – LET OFF – MAKE UP – PUSH FOR – RUN DOWN – SEND
FOR – SIT OUT – TAKE ABACK – TURN OUT
1. My lawyer has ____________________ all the documents I gave him, but he can't find the right
one.
2. The trade unions are ____________________ a rise in salary, but the employers don't want to
give it to them.
3. Thousands of people ____________________ to see the royal family, who were in the country
for the first time.
4. It was the first time he got caught so the teacher ______________ him _____________ with a
warning.
5. We were ____________________ when Jerry said he was getting married. Nobody had really
expected it.
6. I can't ____________________ coffee in the morning. I need at least 2 cups to get going.
7. When I was walking across the street a car sped by and almost ____________ me _________.
8. It took her a few months to ____________________ her husband's death.
9. Could you please ____________________? – Mr Jenkins is on the other line.
10. The couple finally ____________________ after they had been quarrelling about irrelevant
things.
11. A week after the incident the neighbour ____________________ with some new information.
12. I ____________________ the manager because I thought the sales assistant gave me wrong
information.
13. When he got his birthday cake, he ____________________ all the candles on it.
14. She finally ___________ most of what she was saying _______________ to the audience.
15. I don't like the performance either, but I guess we'll just have to ___________ it __________.
16. His grandparents ____________ him ____________ after his biological mother had left him.
gone through
pushing for
turned out
let off
taken aback
do without
ran down
get over
hold on
made up
came forward
sent for
blew out
got across
sit out
brought up
