Phrasal verbs 3

Study the following information and do the exercise below.

Phrasal Verbs are usually formed by a verb + a preposition or a verb + an adverb

A phrasal verb has a different meaning that when the verb is used alone.

Study the list of phrasal verbs below.

VERB MEANING
ask someone out Invite on a date
ask around Ask many people the same
add up to something   Equal (=)
back something up Reverse
blow up Explode
blow something up Add air
break down

Stop functioning (vehicle, machine)/

get upset 
break something down

Divide into smaller parts
break in Force entry to a building

break into something

 Enter forcibly
break something in Wear something a few times that it doesn't look/feel new
break in

Interrupt
break up

End a relationship/

Start laughing (informal)
break out Escape
break out in something Develop a skin condition
bring someone down Make unhappy
bring someone up Raise a child
bring something up

Start talking about a subject/

Vomit

Complete the sentences using one of the phrasal verbs from the list in the previous section.

  1. Sorry I'm late. The car on the way here.
  2. Hugo Evelyn to dinner and a movie.
  3. The food was so greasy that an hour later I it in the toilet.
  4. Christina the balloons .
  5. The children the window .
  6. My boyfriend and I after I moved to France.
  7. Someone my parents house and stole my mother's jewels.
  8. I don't know how my brother could his children correctly, he's such a mess.
  9. I a rash after our camping trip.
  10. The police but nobody has seen the accident.
  11. I need to this shoes before wearing them at work.
  12. I had to my car so they could get out.
  13. The fire while I was on my way home.
  14. The kids just when they saw me wearing my new hat.
  15. My mother always walks out of the room when my father sports.
  16. I didn't know I had spent so much until the cashier told me my purchase to $10,000 pesos!!!!
  17. The woman when the police told her that her son had died.
  18. My parents have always me over my decision to move to Europe.
  19. I was in class when the principal and told us to go home.
  20. The firemen had to the room to rescue the children.
  21. The thieves the jail when the guards weren't looking.
  22. The situation in the country is me .

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