Phrasal Verbs

50-6. REVIEW On a separate piece of paper, complete the sentences with these phrasal
verbs from this unit and previous units. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct
tense and person. To check their meanings, review the unit number given after each
one.
come by, 50
get ahead, 49
hold on, 50
start off, 49
come down to, 50
get back to, 49
pay back, 50
take up on, 5
deal with, 50
get to, 49
put in/into, 47
turn around,
freak out, 46
give out, 43
run out, 47
wear out, 50
1. I like to go to the supermarket on Saturday because they _____________
_____________ free samples.
2. My teacher said that my project wasn’t very good and that it was obvious that I hadn’t
_____________ much effort _____________ it.
3. Don’t lend money to Marty. He’ll never _____________ you _____________.
4. Thanks for inviting me to go sailing with you. I just might _____________ you
_____________ _____________ the offer someday.
5. Sergeant Jones _____________ _____________ the problem in his usual efficient
manner.
6. We’re _____________ _____________ of coffee. Can you make some more?
7. David has some rare artifacts from ancient Egypt. I wonder how he _____________
_____________ them.
8. Nowadays, it’s hard to _____________ _____________ in the business world if you
don’t know something about computers.
9. Janice was talking to her father on the other telephone line when I called, so she asked
me to _____________ _____________ for just a minute while she said good-bye to him.
10. Ann used to have a lot of problems, but she has _____________ her life
_____________, and now she is very happy and successful in her job.
11. I called the restaurant manager to complain about the bad food we were served yesterday,
and she said she would investigate and _____________ _____________ _____________
me.
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12. Heather was very excited that she had _____________ _____________ go backstage
after the concert and meet the band.
13. We had a hard time deciding which of the two houses to buy. We liked both of them, but
it _____________ _____________ _____________ which one was in a better school
district.
14. I’m not as young as I used to be. That fifteen-mile hike _____________ me
_____________. 15. I hate walking through cemeteries at night. It really _____________
me _____________.
16. The president of the company _____________ the meeting _____________ by
welcoming everyone.
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Answers
When questions require complete sentences as answers, several variations of the
answer are often possible depending on whether contractions are used, whether
separable phrasal verbs are separated, and whether the object of the phrasal verb
is repeated in the answer, replaced by a pronoun, or ellipted (not repeated because
it is understood). The answers given below would be natural and likely in
everyday American English—contractions are used more often than not and
separable phrasal verbs are separated more often than not—but any grammatical
and logical sentence with the correct verb in the correct tense is acceptable.
Phrasal verbs separated by their objects (but not adverbs or adverbials) are
indicated with three dots between the verb and particle. Remember that questions
asked with I or we are answered with you, and questions asked with you are
answered with I or we.
1-1 1. took off 2. took off 3. put . . . on 4. run into 5. shows up 6. showed up 7.
passed away 8. put . . . on 9. figure . . . out 10. take . . . off 11. ran into 12.
put on 13. took off 14. Cheer up 15. gave . . . back 16. run into 17. take . . .
off 18. Take off 19. run into 20. Taking . . . off 21. putting . . . on 22. put . . .
on 23. put on 24. took . . . off
1-2 1. I finally figured out the instructions. I finally figured the instructions out.
I finally figured them out. 2. Give back my tools when you are finished.