SELF-STUDY EXERCISES
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 552.
Natural English conversation includes many phrasal verbs. These are verbs made up of two words: a verb and a preposition. Complete the sentences below using the phrasal verbs in the box. You will have to change the forms of some of the verbs to make the grammar of the sentence correct. The first one has been done for you as an example.
V. Grammar Check
| Phrasal verbs |
| break down = to start to cry and become upset bring up = to cough up material such as mucus from the lungs or throat cough up = to cough hard to expel a substance from the trachea drop off = to fall asleep get around = to move about get over = to become better after an illness or a shock give up = not to do something any more go down = to become smaller knock out = to hit someone so hard that he or she is no longer conscious look after = to take care of a person and attend to his or her needs pass out = to faint pick up = to catch a disease prop up = to support a person, e.g. with pillows take after = to be like one or other parent take off = to remove something, especially clothes |
1. He got over his cold.
2. The nurses are ____________ her very well.
3. He must have _____________ the disease when he was travelling in Africa.
4. She often ____________ in front of the TV.
5. When we told her that her father was ill, she ______________ .
6. She _____________ and cried as she described the symptoms to the doctor.
7. He _____________ his father.
8. The doctor asked him to ___________ his shirt.
9. He was _______________ mucus.
10. Since she had the accident she ______________ using crutches.
11. I was advised to _____________ smoking.
12. He was ____________ by a blow to the head.
13. The nurse _____________ the patient with pillows
14. The swelling has started to _______________.
15. She became worried when the girl started _______________ blood.
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