Phrasal Verbs and Prepositions

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs below.
get up to go in for go through with live up to

put up with run out of sign up for
1 We ………………………… money two days after we arrived!
2 He’s so annoying. How do you ………………………… him?
3 Personally, I don’t ………………………… dangerous sports.
4 She wasn’t brave enough to ………………………… the plan.
5 At the hotel reception, you can ………………………… some really
interesting excursions.
6 What did you ………………………… on holiday?
7 Part 2 of the trilogy could never ………………………… Part 1.
2. Complete the plot summary of the film Big with the correct form of the
phrasal verbs below.
catch up with fit in with get away with get on with
get up go back make up walk out on
Big
At a travelling carnival, twelve-year-old Josh Baskin is embarrassed when he is
too small for one of the rides. He puts a coin in a fortune-telling machine,
which tells him to make a wish – so Josh wishes he was big. When
he 1……………………… the next morning, he notices that his wish has come
true: he is an adult, although still a child inside. His mother thinks he is a
burglar, so he has to leave home. He tries to 2……………………… to the
carnival, but it has left town.
On his own, Josh needs money, so he finds a job at a toy company. He doesn’t
really have the skills he needs for work, but he 3……………………… it
because he loves toys. In fact, he does well at work, but he finds it difficult
to 4……………………… the other adults there. The only person he
really 5……………………… is a female colleague called Susan Lawrence.
One day, Josh’s friend Billy tells him that the carnival is back in town.
Josh 6……………………… Susan in the middle of an important meeting at
work. When she 7……………………… him, he is at the fortune-telling
machine. Finally, she realises that he did not 8……………………… the story
about being a child. The two say goodbye before Josh puts another coin in the
machine and becomes a child again.
3. Complete the sentences with one or two prepositions below.

away back for for in in on to up up
up
1 Look ……………………… his address on the internet.
2 It was so dark inside the cave that he was afraid to go ………………………
3 I’ve always looked ……………………… my grandmother; she’s a brave and
intelligent person.
4 He’s very reliable; he never goes ……………………… a promise.
5 I like sport, but I don’t really go ……………………… martial arts.
6 The beach was fantastic. It made ……………………… the hotel, which
wasn’t great.
7 The police saw the burglar, but he still managed to get ………………………
4. Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the phrasal verbs
below.
catch up with fit in with get on with go through with

live up to put up with run out of sign up for walk out on
catch up with fit in with get on with go through with
live up to put up with run out of sign up for walk out on
1 Connor didn’t fulfil his parents’ expectations and failed to get a place at
university.
……………………………………………
2 After her father abandoned his job, the family moved house.
……………………………………………
3 That child doesn’t behave like the rest of the class because he prefers to play
on his own.
……………………………………………
4 When Amy agreed to do a job as a waitress, she didn’t think it would be
such hard work.
……………………………………………
5 My brother is always making ambitious plans, but he never completes them.
……………………………………………
6 He’ll never succeed in reaching the other runners because he’s much slower
than they are.
……………………………………………
7 I couldn’t tolerate the heat any longer, so I went out and bought a fan.
……………………………………………
8 She couldn’t finish the exam because she had used all of the time.
……………………………………………
9 My little brother and I don’t have a good relationship with each other.
……………………………………………
5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the correct verb in brackets.
Include a pronoun where necessary.
1 The room was full, so he needed to take a deep breath before he
…………………………….. . (go in / go in for)
2 The teacher didn’t notice that we hadn’t done the homework. We
…………………………….. . (get away / get away with)
3 The starter wasn’t very tasty, but the main course
…………………………….. . It was delicious! (make up / make up for)
4 I didn’t answer the phone because I …………………………….. yet. (get up /
get up to)
5 If you don’t understand a word, …………………………….. in the
dictionary. (look up / look up to)
6 If you make a promise, you shouldn’t …………………………….. . (go back /
go back on)

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1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs below.

get up to go in for go through with live up to

3. Complete the sentences with one or two prepositions below.

catch up with fit in with get on with go through with

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