1. Choose the correct answers to complete the text.
In the teen movie The Duff, Bianca is enjoying her senior high school year until her neighbour, Wes, lets slip that she’s known as a ‘duff’ – someone less attractive who makes her friends feel prettier and more popular. Bianca believes that her best friends, Jess and Casey, have 1…….. by making fun of her, so she 2…….. their friendship, ‘unfriending’ them on social media and in person. Bianca’s friendship with Wes grows when she 3…….. helping her become more popular so that she can get the attention of cool guitar-playing Toby, who she likes. However, bad girl Madison used to 4…….. Wes and she’s jealous because he and Bianca 5…….. so well. And when Bianca eventually plucks up the courage to 6…….. on a date, she can’t believe he doesn’t 7…….. – but he’s only using her to get closer to Jess and Casey! If you want to know how things turn out, you’ll have to watch the film for yourself!
1 a put her through
b let her down
c turned her down
2 a calls off
b puts down
c gets over
3 a puts him off
b puts him through
c talks him into
4 a go out with
b put up with
c split up with
5 a turn up
b get on
c look after
6 a make Toby up
b mess Toby about
c ask Toby out
7 a turn her down
b put her down
c put her through
Answer
1 b 2 a 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 c 7 a
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
get over not get on not make up not turn up
put through talk into
1 I can’t believe Ken asked me out on a date and then ………………………… !
2 Rob had a huge row with Sam last week and they still ………………………… .
3 Surprisingly, he had no trouble ………………………… his girlfriend when they split up.
4 I’m so angry. You’ve ………………………… me ………………………… so much recently.
5 I’ve made my mind up, so don’t try ………………………… me ………………………… going!
6 It’s difficult have friends who ………………………… with each other.
Answer
1 didn’t turn up 2 haven’t made up 3 getting over
4 put / through 5 talking / into 6 don’t get on
3. Complete the text with the correct particles.
After my best friend broke 1………….. with her last boyfriend, Sam, she didn’t go 2………….. with anyone for a few months. Sam had been messing her 3………….. for ages and she couldn’t put 4………….. with it any longer, so in the end, she decided to split 5………….. with him. But now she’s met someone new. He’s picking her 6………….. from school later today, so I’ll finally get to meet him!
Answer
1 up 2 out 3 about 4 up 5 up 6 up
4. Rewrite the sentences with the phrasal verbs below.
bring up get over put down turn down turn up
1 We waited, but John didn’t arrive.
……………………………………
2 I didn’t want to mention it.
……………………………………
3 You’re always making me feel stupid.
……………………………………
4 Kate was upset, but she’ll recover.
……………………………………
5 They offered me a job, but I rejected it.
……………………………………
Answer
1 We waited, but John didn’t turn up.
2 I didn’t want to bring it up.
3 You’re always putting me down.
4 Kate was upset, but she’ll get over it.
5 They offered me a job, but I turned it down.
5. Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.
1 A person’s eye colour depends on their g____________ .
2 He wrote an important p____________ that was published in a medical journal.
3 She was lucky that none of her internal o____________ were damaged in the accident.
4 In the animal world, one parent usually stays with the o____________ while the other searches for good.
5 Scientists have formulated a theory, but as yet they have no p____________.
Answer
1 genes 2 paper 3 organs 4 offspring 5 proof
6. Match the sentence halves.
1 He appears
2 It looks as
3 Judging by
4 Nothing
5 I can’t be
a certain, but I think he’s a vet.
b to be selling something.
c fer face, I’d say she was upset.
d if she’s enjoying her self
e springs immediately to mind.
Answer
1 b 2 d 3 c 4 e 5 a
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