128 exercises 1 understanding phrasal verbs (a-b) work out the meaning of these phrasal verbs and put them in the right sentences: come back, come in, cut out, fall over, get on, give away, go away, let in, lie down, pay back, stay in, take back (use a dictionary if you need to.) ? hello. nice to see you. come in and sit down. ? i didn't have a key, but luckily someone was there to let me in. 1 can't we go out somewhere? i don't want to all evening. 2 could you lend me ten pounds? i' on friday. 3 the pavement is very icy. be careful you don't 4 i was feeling so tired i had to on the bed for a while. 5 there was an article in the newspaper that i wanted to 6 mark's gone out, and i don't know when he's going to 7 the driver unlocked the coach so that the passengers were able to 8 i'll have to these books to the library. and keep. 9 your brother was being a nuisance, so i told him 10 inordertogetpublicity, children. 2 one-word verb and phrasal verb (b) put in a phrasal verb that means the same as the verb in brackets. use the correct form of the phrasal verb. rachel: i've (►) found out (discovered) what the problem is with the exam. vicky: oh, good. tell me. rachel: when they printed the papers, they (1) (omitted) a page. no one noticed untilthepapershadallbeen( (distributed now they'll have to (3) (discard) all the papers and (4) (postpone) the exam. vicky: rachel: vicky: are you sure you haven't (5) (invented) this whole story? it's true, i tell you. and isn't it good news? i don't know about that. it means we'll have to () revising. 13 word order with phrasal verbs (c) complete the sentences by putting in the phrasal verbs. some of the spaces you have to leave empty. sometimes more than one answer is correct. ? the sweater was full of holes, so i threw it away (threw away). ? i've put up (put up) that picture we bought last week. 1 there'salwayslitterhere.nooneever ). 2 it's quite cold now. i think i'll on). 3 i haven't heard from rita lately. i might her .. (ring up). 4 daniel has to go into college his project (hand in). 5 i can't remember the address. i wish i' it ). 6 nick is trying to all the money he's just lost (win back). 7 i'm not going to have time these dishes up). 8 if you don't know the number, you can (look up) in the phone book. 9 there was an accident all the traffic coming into (held up). 10 the words 'expect' and 'except' are so similar that i them (mix up).