Phrasal Verbs

10-5. REVIEW On a separate piece of paper, complete the sentences with these nouns
from previous units. To check their meanings, review the unit number given after each
one.
breakdown, 5
holdup, 7
put-on, 1
takeoff, 1
breakout, 9
hookup, 9
setup, 5
1. The pilot said that the __________________ would be on time.
2. There was a __________________ on the highway, and traffic was barely moving at all.
3. A cable __________________ is usually $59.95, but this month it’s free.
4. The guards suspected the prisoners were planning a __________________.
5. Waiter, we’ve been waiting for our dinner for an hour. What’s the
__________________?
6. I told my lawyer that it was a __________________ and that I was innocent.
7. When the detectives came and arrested Hank, we didn’t think it was real—just a big
__________________.
10-6. 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
person. To check their meanings, review the unit number given after each one.
catch up, 9
get along, 9
hook up, 9
talk down to
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chicken out, 9
give up, 9
pick out, 8
work up, 9
1. Don’t try to run ten miles at first; you have to _____________ _____________ to it.
2. After searching for three days without any luck, the rescue team _____________
_____________ on finding any survivors.
3. The police showed me some pictures to see if I could _____________ _____________
the guy who robbed me.
4. You go to the bank, I’ll go to the post office, and we’ll _____________ _____________
with each other at the corner in forty-five minutes.
5. I wasn’t happy about having Nancy for a partner on the project. I don’t _____________
_____________ with her.
6. Just because you went to college and I didn’t doesn’t make it OK for you to
_____________ _____________ _____________ me.
7. The teacher said, “Your daughter has missed a lot of school, and she’ll need to work hard
to _____________ _____________ with the rest of the class.”
8. Maria got scared and _________ _________ of jumping off the high diving board.
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