English Grammar Exercises – Phrasal verbs (02)

1. Complete each sentence with the correct form of turn + one of the words from the box. Use two of the words twice.

1   I always …turn on…… the television as soon as I get home.

2   We didn’t expect good weather yesterday, but it to be quite warm.

3   I hadn’t seen Fernando since we were students, then one day he and asked me to have lunch with him.

4   We weren’t aware of it, but it that we had been staying at the same campsite as our friends.

5   Can you the volume? It’s very quiet.

6   When the captain the engine, we could hear the birds in the trees by the river.

7   Go and ask your grandfather to his radio. It’s far too loud.

2. Complete the announcement with the verbs from the box in the correct form and the words in brackets.

‘Ladies and gentlemen, we will arrive at our next destination in three hours. At this port some passengers will need visas. In a few minutes members of the crew (1) …will hand out landing cards…… (landing cards). Please make sure that you read the card carefully to check whether you need to (2) ………………………… (it). If you do not need the card, please (3) …………………………  (not / it), but (4) ………………………… (it) immediately to the crew member. When completing the card, be careful not to (5) …………………………  (any information). If you make a mistake, (6) …………………………  (it) neatly. Please do not try to (7) …………………………  (it) with an eraser. Failure to complete the landing card correctly will result in our whole group (8) ………………………… at the immigration office, so please read through what you have written. Thank you.’

3. Complete the newspaper article with the verbs from the box in the correct form and the words in brackets.

STAR ADMITS HEARTBREAK

Friends of TV celebrity couple Rose and Joey have confirmed that they (1) …are splitting up…… . They say Rose (2) ………………………… that Joey is seeing another woman. ‘The relationship (3) …………………………,’ revealed a tearful Rose. ‘I’m not prepared to (4) ………………………… him any longer,’ she added. ‘He has never been able to stop (5) ………………………… in front of other women and he (6) …………………………  (me) whenever we made plans.’ Rose intends to (7) …………………………  (their daughter Mimi) on her own, but she (8) ………………………… (not / her) from Joey. ‘Just because Joey and I (9) ………………………… each other, it doesn’t mean he can (10) ………………………… his responsibilities to Mimi,’ she said. Rose hopes to find love again but, for now, she wants to spend time with her family.

4. Complete the news item with the verbs from the box in the correct form and the words in brackets.

LAST CALL FOR HITTRONICS.COM

Talks are being held with suppliers of Hittronics.com, the high street company which (1) …was set up…… by Antonia Highbridge only three years ago with £20m of her family’s money. Her billionaire parents say she must (2) ………………………… (them) this month or her business will have to (3) ………………………… . Customers have claimed that Highbridge (4) ………………………… (them) with poor goods and inefficient service. Highbridge stated yesterday that her problems began because her business development plans (5) ………………………… by the family’s attitude. ‘Our stores look dated and I asked for extra capital so that we can (6) ………………………… (them). But every time I (7) ………………………… (the subject), the family said I had to wait.’

5. Complete the newspaper article with the verbs from the box in the correct form.

NOISES IN THE NIGHT

Residents of Victoria Street in Thornton were disturbed last night by an unusual accident. At eleven o’clock a car (1) …broke down…… near the end of the street and the driver left his vehicle there while he (2) ………………………… with his journey by taxi. An hour later, the car’s alarm (3) ………………………… when it was hit by a stolen van. The engine of the van (4) …………………………, so the thief tried to (5) ………………………… in the car. But he (6) ………………………… when the car wouldn’t start and stole a bicycle instead. ‘I (7) ………………………… to sleep just before midnight,’ said Michael Patel who lives at 11 Victoria Street. ‘Then I was woken by a terrible ringing and a loud bang. When I looked out of my window, I saw a man (8) ………………………… on my bicycle!’

6. Rewrite the sentences by replacing the underlined verbs with the verbs from the box in the correct form.

1   I’m sure we’ll all remember this holiday with great pleasure.

      I’m sure we’ll all look back on this holiday with great pleasure.

2   He calculated that it would cost $100,000 to do his degree in the States.

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3   This lead should be connected to the back of your computer.

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4   You have omitted several important facts in your report.

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5   We can’t continue if you won’t cooperate.

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6   He was offered a new job, but he refused it because he didn’t want to move house.

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7   We moved house because we couldn’t bear the noise from the motorway any longer.

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8   He had to leave when his boss discovered what he had been doing.

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9   Potential customers were discouraged by the difficulty of parking near the restaurant.

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10   The company has succeeded in reducing the packaging it uses by twenty-five per cent.

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