1E Phrasal verbs

A Rearrange the words to make sentences with phrasal verbs. There is one extra word in each sentence that you do not need.
1 it / with / get / his / neighbours / to / He / difficult / to / on / finds

2 never / of / them / up / checks / until / She / one / gets / are / to / what / her / children / hurt / in

3 the / end / going / to / same / When / out / we / up / to / eat, / we / go / always / through / restaurant

4 need / you / to / write / make / notes / and / up / then / you / them / for / First / neatly

5 to / tried / keep / fast / runners / up / with / at / the / He / front / the / but / were / too / to / they

6 me / on / because / always / I / very / She / with / looked / fashionable / wasn’t / down

7 the / Their / plans / fell / on / at / minute / through / last / holiday.

8 has / from / up / always / looked / to / his / model / a / grandfather / as / role / James

B Rewrite each sentence using a phrasal verb below. The second sentence should have the same meaning as the first.

crack up  break down   bring up  go along with  make up for  put across  stand in for  take up

1 Jennifer is sorry she can’t come to the party but she says she’d like to buy us lunch
next week to compensate for missing it.

2 Not surprisingly, Anna collapsed in tears when she heard about the accident.

3 I know you’re not sure that the new scheme will work but I’m just asking you to agree to
John’s plans in the short term.

4 Yes, you do need to tell your brother about it, but I promise I’ll support you, no matter what.

5 We would like you to cover as goalkeeper while Jacob’s broken arm heals.

6 Most of his time is filled with fixing the printer because there always seems to be a problem with it.

7 Although he was nervous, Alexander managed to convey the message well to the other student councillors.

8 What I don’t understand is why they chose not to mention his previous convictions for robbery.

C Write questions using the phrasal verbs below. In pairs, ask and answer your questions. Answer your partner’s
questions as fully as possible.

be up to  end up  get on with  fall through  keep up with  look down on  look up to  write up

Example: Do you always write up your notes from lessons?

Have you ever made any plans which have then fallen through?

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 1E Phrasal verbs

Aims  To review and practise using phrasal verbs. To give

students the opportunity to apply them to their own lives.
Time  15 minutes
Materials  1 handout for each student
• Give each student a copy of the handout and ask them to
complete task A. Circulate and monitor, ensuring that students
are using phrasal verbs and identifying the extra word in each
sentence.
Answer Key
a He finds it difficult to get on with his neighbours.
b She never checks what her children are up to until one of them
gets hurt.
c When we go out to eat, we always end up going to the same
restaurant.
d First you need to make notes and then you write them up
neatly.
e He tried to keep up with the runners at the front but they were
too fast.
f She always looked down on me because I wasn’t very
fashionable.
g Their holiday plans fell through at the last minute.
h James has always looked up to his grandfather as a role model.
• Give each student a handout and tell them to complete task B.
Conduct class feedback.
Answer Key
1 Jennifer is sorry she can’t come to the party but she says she’d
like to buy us lunch next week to make up for (missing) it.
2 Not surprisingly, Anna broke down (in tears) when she heard
about the accident.
3 I know you’re not sure that the new scheme will work but I’m
just asking you to go along with John’s plans in the short term.
4 Yes, you do need to tell your brother about it, but I promise I’ll
back you up, no matter what.
5 We would like you to stand in for Jacob as goalkeeper while
his broken arm heals.
6 Most of his time is taken up with fixing the printer because
there always seems to be a problem with it.
7 Although he was nervous, Alexander managed to put the
message across well to the other student councillors.
8 What I don’t understand is why they chose not to bring up his
previous convictions for robbery.
• Tell students to work in pairs to form questions in task C.

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