Phrasal Verbs

28-2. On a separate piece of paper, write three sentences using the objects in
parentheses. Be sure to put the objects in the right place.
1. The White House beefed up. (security, it)
2. The police are breaking up. (the protest, it)
3. A trained technician ought to carry out. (the experiment, it)
4. The foundation gave away. (the money, it)
5. Susie always messes up. (the bathroom, it)
6. Todd stood up. (Heather, her)
28-3. On a separate piece of paper, write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs
and participle adjectives from this unit. Make all the phrasal verbs passive.
1. Dr. Wood will do the test of the new drug. What will happen to the test?
2. The statue was smashed by thieves. What happened to the gold statue?
3. The children made the house dirty and disorganized. What happened to the house?
4. In Question 3, how would you describe the house?
5. Mike’s friend promised to come to his house, but he didn’t. What happened to Mike?
6. Karen called Sarah, but Sarah was at school. Sarah didn’t call Karen later. What didn’t
happen to Karen?
7. A supermarket chain gave the food to charity and didn’t receive any money for it. What
happened to the food?
8. The palace is making security stronger. What is happening to security at the palace?
9. In Question 8, how would you describe the security now?
10. The jet engine noise was so loud that I couldn’t hear the baby crying behind me. What
did the engine noise do to the crying baby?
28-4. REVIEW On a separate piece of paper, complete the sentences with these phrasal
verbs from previous units. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense and
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person. To check their meanings, review the unit number given after each one.
back up, 11
fix up, 15
rip up, 17
tear down, 8
blow away, 15
hand out, 10
stick up, 14
track down, 
cut off, 11
hold up, 7
take in, 7
use up, 14
drop off, 11
lay off, 10
take out, 11
wake up, 11
1. The hard disk is _____________ _____________ by the computer operator every day.
2. The old buildings are being _____________ _____________ to make room for a new
office building.
3. There isn’t any paper in the copier. It was _____________ _____________ by Rosa.
4. Last night I was _____________ _____________ by a loud noise.
5. I can’t believe I was naive enough to be _____________ _____________ by him.
6. The library book I wanted had already been _____________ _____________.
7. Something amazing happened yesterday. You are going to be _____________
_____________ when I tell you about it.
8. After the old house had been _____________ _____________, it looked a lot better.
9. Many employees are really worried that they’re going to be _____________
_____________.
10. I was talking to my brother on the phone when I was suddenly _____________
_____________.
11. My shirt was _____________ _____________ when I fell off my bicycle.
12. The entire building is _____________ _____________ by these four steel beams.
13. The pamphlets will be _____________ _____________ in train stations and airports.
14. The supermarket was _____________ _____________ again last night.
15. The passengers were _____________ _____________ at the bus stop.
16. The escaped prisoner was easily _____________ _____________ by the FBI agents.
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