Phrasal verbs: practice III

Hello, 

Here you are another activity related to various phrasal verbs appearing in unit 4, Politics: 

pick up – phone in – be mixed up – put up/push up – clear off – cover up – fade away – call on – take aback – date back – point out

Complete the following sentences with the corresponding phrasal verb in the right form or tense. 

1. Where did you __________ that idea?
2. Their business partners suggested they should __________their prices.
3. Frequently he was __________ to resolve war conflicts
4. Listeners have been invited to _________ to pick the winner
5. The journalists who captured the images were also ____________ by the cruelty shown in them.
6. The college which we visited in the London Borough of Haringay _____________ to medieval times
7. Critics ____________ that the prince, on his income, should be paying tax.
8. All his electoral promises ____________after the General Election.
9. He suspects there’s a conspiracy to ____________ the crime
10. How could the secretary of foreign affairs ___________ in a bribery scandal?
11. It took the town hall 10 years to ______________ the debt the celebration of the festival created.

Answer key:

1. pick up-2. put up/push up-3. called on-4. phone in-5. taken aback-6. dates back- 7. point out – 8. faded away – 9. cover up – 10. be mixed up – 11. clear off