Phrasal verbs: Practice I

Hi again, 

Here you have an activity related to phrasal verbs. You must rewrite the sentences you are given by replacing the underlined word(s) with the corresponding phrasal verb in the right form. 

Tip: Do this phrasal verb activity after doing the listening activities in unit 1 as these listening activities contain an awful lot of phrasal verbs, some of which could appear in the activity proposed below. 

PHRASAL VERBS                                                                                    

For each of the following sentences, substitute the underlined word or phrase for an appropriate phrasal verb. For example:

      e.g. I will request a bus schedule.
              I will ask for a bus schedule.

a. She resembles her mother.

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b. I will adhere to what I said before.

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c. He will take care of everything.

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d. What do these initials represent?

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e. All of our plans depend on the availability of transportation.

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f. I want to organize my photographs.

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g. At a very early age she decided to become an actress.

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h. If you really want to lose weight, you need to stop eating desserts.

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i. Their last will was to donate their inheritance in order to build a cookery school in the city.

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j. She wanted to work part time, so she decided to consult with her boss.

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k. He would talk incessantly about the country where he was born.

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l. Mary used to have a good friendly relationship with her neighbour.

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m. Politicians usually defend their ideas to death.

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Answer key: 

a. takes after

b. stick to 

c. look after

d. stand for

e. hinge on 

f. sort out / sort my photoghaps out

g. made her mind up / made up her mind 

h. give up 

i. give away / give their inheritance away

j. go over her boss´ head 

k. go on about 

l. hit if off 

m. stand up for