PHRASAL

VERBS
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1 MATCH THE VERBS IN COLUMN A WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS IN COLUMN B

A

PUT ABOUT

discourage ____________________

PUT ACROSS

provide accommodation __________

PUT DOWN TO

postpone ______________________

PUT FORWARD

tolerate _______________________

PUT OFF

pretend _______________________

PUT OFF

suggest, propose _______________

PUT ON

cause to be understood __________

PUT OUT

extinguish _____________________

PUT OUT

start, cause to circulate ___________

PUT UP

inconvenience __________________

PUT UP WITH

attribute to ____________________

2 FILL THE GAPS WITH ONE OF THE PHRASAL VERBS ABOVE IN THE CORRECT TENSE
1.- Don let me .......................................(you) going to see it. I mean, the film does have its good points.
2.- At the meeting someone ......................... the idea that there should be a student representative on
the committee.
3.- He did seem a bit short-tempered, I agree. I ................................. (it) overwork.
4.- Im just not prepared to ......................... your inefficiency any longer. Youre fired!
5.- Thank you, Id love to stay for dinner, as long as I wont ............................... (you) at all .
6.- Well just have to .....................................(the meeting) until everyone is back from holiday.
7.- The part of the course I enjoyed least was philosophy. It wasnt ............................. very well by the
lecturer.
8.- If my sister can......................................(me) itll save the cost of a hotel room for the night.
9.- She ...................................(it) that she was thinking of leaving the company and, as a result, she
received several offers from a rival firm.
10.- He didnt really hurt his leg. He limped a bit but he was only ..................... (it) to get our sympathy.
11.- She couldnt ....................... the humiliation of being rejected by the casting director for the second time.
12.- Due to the strong wind, it took over 15 hours to ------------------------------- the fire in that wood.
13.- You shouldnt ..................................... going to the dentist any longer. Its urgent.
14.- Dont ....................................... (your failure) bad luck. You didnt work hard enough.
15.- Most people ............................................. (him) as Chairman of the committee.

EXERCISE ONE
1- Put about
2- Put across
3- Put down to
4- Put forward
5- Put off
6- Put off
7- Put on
8- Put out
9- put out
10- put up
11- put up with

start, make circulate

cause to be understood
attribute to
suggest, propose
discourage
postpone
pretend
extinguish
inconvenience
provide accommodation
tolerate

EXERTCISE 2
1- put you off
2- put forward
3- put it down to
4- put up with
5- put you out
6- put off
7- put across
8- put me up
9- put it out
10- putting it on
11- put up with
12- put out
13- put off
14- put your failure down to
15- put him forward