PHRASAL VERBS 1/ Read the examples below and match each verb with its meaning: DO do with manage without do without prevent from having do out of renovate do up need, want Examples: I could do with something to eat. We have to do without a holiday this year as money is so short. He did me out of my rightful heritage. The old house needs to be done up. MAKE make for compensate for make of move in the direction of make up for think /opinion/ make out elaborate, write down Examples: Let´s make for the city centre and find a restaurant on the way. What do you make of him? The superb food at the hotel made up for the uncomfortable rooms. I must make out a list of things we have to buy. BRING bring up destroy, remove from power, lower bring off raise bring down succeed Examples: She brought up three children on her own. Don´t give up. I am sure you´ll bring it off. Inflation will bring down the government. Don´t bring me down. They promised to bring down the taxes. TAKE take after resemble take off form a liking for sb take to put off, leave the ground, imitate Examples: He takes after his father. You can take off your coat. The plane took off 2 hours late. She is very good at taking off her teacher. She took to him at once GET get away with come to a successful end, use up all of…. get behind recover from get down fail to do something at the right time get over do something wrong without being caught get through depress Examples: The robbers got away with several thousands of pounds. I´ve got terribly behind with my work. This weather is really getting me down. She´s getting over bad flu. She got through all her exams. He got through his month´s salary in just one weekend. 2/ Complete the sentences with one of the verbs below, you may have to change the form of the verb. make get turn stick work catch take call give break 1. The game was _____________ off because of bad weather. 2. You will lose weight if you ___________ to the diet. 3. Our car _____________down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm last week. 4. You'll have to run faster than that if you want to _____________ up with Marty. 5. I ______________ out at the gym three times a week. 6. My maths homework was too difficult so I ____________ up. 7. Josie ____________ up a story about why we were late. 8. I must say goodbye now, my plane _____________ off in twenty minutes. 9. Please ___________ the television off before you go to bed. 10. I just _____________over the flu and now my sister has it. (http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm) PHRASAL VERBS – COME, GET, TAKE COME come about to happen come across to find something by chance come down with to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious come into (money) receive it as a result of the death of a relative come off /inf/ to happen as planned or to succeed come round a/ to visit sb on their home b/ to become conscious again after an accident or operation come to to become conscious again after an accident or operation come up to be mentioned or talked about in conversation come up against sth to have to deal with a problem GET get along with sb like each other and be friendly to each other get at sb criticize get away with sth a/ to succeed in avoiding punishment for sth b/ to do sth successfully although it is not the best way of doing it get by (on) be able to live/deal with a difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money get sb down make sb feel unhappy and dissatisfied get sth down to write sth, especially something that someone has said get on with sb to have a good relationship get over sth to get better after an illness get round to sth to do something that you have intended to do for a long time get sth across explain get through sth to use up or finish sth TAKE take sth down to write sth that another person has just said take sth back to admit that sth you said was wrong take sth in a/ to understand completely the meaning or importance of sth b/ clothes – make it narrower take sb in to cause sb to believe sth which is not true, or to trick or deceive sb take off fly take over get control of a company take sb on employ take sth on begin take sth up to fill an amount of space or time A/ Rewrite the sentences using no more than 5 words and using the word in bold: 1. All students face the problem of phrasal verbs. come All students ____________________________ phrasal verbs. 2. Is this the first time you’ve heard of phrasal verbs? come Have you ever _____________________ phrasal verbs before? 3. What is another way of saying: I fell ill with a cold. came How can I say: I ______________________ a cold? 4. What about: We often discuss this subject in our lessons? comes What about: This subject __________________________ our lessons. 5. Did the man deceive you too? take Did he ____________________ as well? 6. I can just live on this amount of money. get I can ___________________ this amount of money. 7. You mustn’t allow your troubles to depress you, you know. get You mustn’t let your troubles ___________________________, you know. 8. I’ll never forget how rude he was to me. get I just can’t ____________________ his rudeness to me. B/ Complete each sentence using a phrasal verb: 1. Can you really __________________ all this information? 2. These books __________________ ten shelves. Can’t you get rid of a few of them? 3. An American organization may ________________ this company. 4. I’m sorry, sir, but you’ve already worn these shoes. That’s why we can’t ________ them ______.