Each sentence given below contains an incomplete phrasal verb. Complete the expression by supplying an appropriate preposition or adverb particle.
1. The publishers are planning to bring ………………. a new edition of this book soon.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. This scheme will eventually fall ………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
3. I can’t get on ………………….. her.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. I am looking ………………… to being a grandmother.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. When he became a celebrity he began to look down ………………… his old friends.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. The chief guest gave .....................… the prizes.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. If you don’t understand the meaning of a word, you should look it …………………. in the dictionary.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. Everyone in my family looks up ………………… my grandfather.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. The rope gave …………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
10. We will not put ………………. with such an insult.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
1. The publishers are planning to bring out a new edition of this book soon.
2. This scheme will eventually fall through. (To fall through is to fail.)
3. I can’t get on with her.
4. I am looking forward to being a grandmother.
5. When he became a celebrity he began to look down upon his old friends.
6. The chief guest gave away the prizes.
7. If you don’t understand the meaning of a word, you should look it up in the dictionary.
8. Everyone in my family looks up to my grandfather.
9. The rope gave way.
10. We will not put up with such an insult.
