11.8. Phrasal Verbs

11.8.1. Choose the correct form by underlining the right element

1. David nervously picked up/down the phone.

2. Eventually, Maria and I turned away/down the invitation.

3. Sandra has put on/off weight again.

4. When Dan was in trouble, the community rose to back him on/up.

5. Under the demand of the audience, the concert was called for/off.

6. The students came down/up against an unusual challenge.

7. No mate, you are not going to get away/off with it.

8. Bob has decided to cut down/off on smoking.

9. Driving home I decided to drop in/out on Phil and Sarah.

10. We have not got round/around to decorating the apartment, yet.

11. What is this suspicious young man getting down/up to.

12. Good manners made up/off for modest clothes.

11.8.2. Re-write the sentences by using the given verbs or prepositions, turning them into phrasal verbs and leaving the meaning intact. You can change the word form if necessary. E.g. Danielle defended herself without anybody's help. Stand. Danielle stood up for herself without anybody's help.

I must drink a cup of coffee in the morning. Can. Yesterday, Bill came to for the news about you. After. Rafaela inherited a large sum of money. Come. I am trying desperately to understand what you are suggesting. Get. Ali has recovered at last. Over. Let's have a city tour. Look. Where are you going? Make. The wife is always scolding poor John. Pick. The travel agent is to make arrangements for meeting you. See. Please, keep the news a secret until evening. Give. Things appear better now. Look. If your brother comes, we can provide accommodation. Put. Suddenly, a big truck came to a stop near the stadium. Draw. This rain will last for the whole day. Set.

11.8.3. Read the text and tick off correct lines with . Write down unnecessary elements and/or corrections made in each line in the space provided. The beginning has been done for you.

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There are children who have been got up by animals. The foster parents can be monkeys, wolves, and other animals that are not cut for rising human kids. Usually these children are lost by their parents and picked away by animals when they are few months or years old. They can be delivered back to human civilisation when discovering and rescuing. Throughout history there will have been many cases of children whose stories were taken down from generation to generation. There will have been many more, who never lived long enough to be founded out. Some of these stories are done up and the evidence for many has never been reliable. Many children who have lived with animals tend to take for their foster parents. They walk on all fours, make the same noises as their herd, pride or den, giving out the smell of the animal world. They are able to bark, bite and to be aggressive. The reason why animals turn out to become foster parents is, perhaps, that all babies are extremely acute and foster mothers immediately take off them. In many cases it is believed that a she-wolf's cubs might have been killed and that made her maternal instincts turned towards a human baby. Human parents on working in the field would leave their infants on the edge of a field and wolves would come up from the forest and make away with an infant in their teeth, making to the woods.

…brought up 

11.8.4. Fill in the gaps in the text by making correct choices

In 1996 a little known company carried (…1…) a task of writing a software and succeeded in bringing it (…2…). It became one of the most popular programs on the web letting people come (…3…) to each other in the virtual reality. Writing the programme had been going (…4…) for several months. In the end, the programme came (…5…) and burst into our life, enabling any two or more people anywhere in the world to type messages and get (…6…) to each other in no time. ICQ was the first instant messaging (IM) system to turn (…7…). It made a name for itself within a couple of months. 11 million users showed (…8…) to make the most of instant messaging. Many would log (…9…) just to download ICQ. It attracted the attention of the internet company America Online (AOL), which bought the service (…10…) in 1998 for $287 million. Since then scores of companies have joined (…11…) as older means of communication are making (…12…) for the new technology. The advantage of instant messaging is that (…13…) who has a computer can just go online and chat with family, friends or colleagues (…14…) the world. Instant message programmes that can handle (…15…) participants in real time are becoming a big part of the (…16…) strategy. So too are mobile devices. The two systems of communication do not fall (…17…) with each other and the companies have not looked (…18…) upon each other so far. Engineers have got (…19…) to developing a network of mobile telephone users sending messages to each other. They figured (…20…) that the consumers will get (…21…) very well with instant messages on their mobiles. Soon the process got (…22…) of control. The US has turned (…23…) to be the largest sender or receiver of messages on the network. Computer and mobile networks of communication are picking (…24…) momentum. This tendency is not likely to wear (…25…) soon.

1. A/ in B/ out C/ over D/ on

2. A/ off B/ along C/ in D/ out

3. A/ over B/ out C/ off D/ in

4. A/ out B/ in C/ across D/ on

5. A/ in B/ out C/ off D/ across

6. A/ for B/ about C/ through D/ out

7. A/ up B/ down C/ about D/ in

8. A/ up B/ off C/ down D/ in

9. A/ away B/ out C/ off D/ in

10. A/ right way B/ right away C/ the right way D/ way right

11. A/ off B/ in C/ into D/ 0

12. A/ a way B/ ways C/ way D/ the ways

13. A/ anybody B/ somebody C/ someone D no one

14. A/ through B/ across C/ over D/ throughout

15. A/ numerous B/ multitude C/ multiple D/ various

16. A/ extension B/ expansion C/ exacerbation D/ extermination

17. A/ out B/ off C/ down D/ in

18. A/ out B/ at C/ over D/ down

19. A/ in B/ over C/ around D/ up

20. A/ up B/ out C/ in D/ away

21. A/ up B/ on C/ out D/ off

22. A/ rid B/ away C/ out D/ clear

23. A/ out B/ up C/ in D/ off

24. A/ off B/ out C/ at D/ up

25. A/ out B/ off C/ away D/ down

11.8.5. Complete the text by closing gaps with only one word (e.g. "take off" is taken as one word)

Experts say that holidaymakers, who get (…1…) a lot, need more advice on how to protect their health (…2…) they are away. It is a very important role for the travel industry to talk the matter (…3…) with people and to bring the seriousness of this problem (…4…) to them. While many companies do tell travellers to stay (…5…) from some tours, others do not. Some people are staying (…6…) just for the night. Others set (…7…) to more distant and exotic places. Many go (…8…) to areas that are much different to one's homeland. They do not even (…9…) to think that thousands of tourists go (…10…) with dangerous diseases each year. It would have been wise of some to call (…11…) their trip before it started. Even a mosquito bite can turn (…12…) to be deadly in quite a few cases. The basic message is to think (…13…) mosquitoes and insects but not only. Many should take (…14…) of vaccination. It's high time people started to think (…15…) themselves wherever they are travelling. Yet, many of them hold (…16…) and dive head (…17…). Besides, for any sort of travel, people should talk (…18…) their health to a specialist. The fact is that tourists are very much likely to come (…19…) diseases they would not get (…20…) in their homeland. In too many cases they can't wait for the plane to take (…21…) but unfortunately too many travellers turn (…22…) good advice. Some do not want to give (…23…) the diseases they have and do not go to the doctor's at all.