Can you use phrasal verbs correctly? Take a moment to do this exercise.
Fill in the blanks.
1. We cannot …………………… without food or water.
To do without something is to manage without that.
2. Child marriage is a bad custom and should be ………………. with.
To do away with a custom is to abolish it.
3. His elder brother did him ………………… his rightful inheritance.
To do someone out of something is to prevent them from having it.
4. We are ……………….. the kitchen on the weekend.
To do up the kitchen is to renovate it.
5. As soon as the thief saw the dog rushing towards him, he ……………… the gate.
To make for the door is to move in the direction of the door.
6. What do you make ……………….. her new boyfriend?
Make of means think of.
7. He made ……………….. as soon as he heard that his mother had fallen ill.
To make off is to leave hurriedly.
8. The superb food at the restaurant made ………………… the bad service.
To make up for something is to compensate for it.
9. The boy made ……………….. to his mother until she allowed him to go to the movies.
To make up to somebody is to be nice to them with objective of getting something.
10. The human body is ………………… of the five elements.
Make up means compose or constitute.
11. I find it rather difficult to make him ……………..
To make somebody out is to understand them.
12. I always fight with my husband but we …………………. soon after.
Answers
1. We cannot do without food or water.
2. Child marriage is a bad custom and should be done away with.
3. His elder brother did him out of his rightful inheritance.
4. We are doing up the kitchen at the weekend.
5. As soon as the thief saw the dog rushing towards him, he made for the gate.
6. What do you make of her new boyfriend?
7. He made off as soon as he heard that his mother had fallen ill.
8. The superb food at the restaurant made up for the bad service.
9. The boy made up to his mother until she allowed him to go to the movies.
10. The human body is made up of the five elements.
11. I find it rather difficult to make him out.
12. I always fight with my husband but we make up soon after.
