Fill in the blanks with an appropriate phrasal verb or a preposition or adverb particle that completes a phrasal verb.
1. Nobody believed him at first, but in the end what he said ................................. to be true.
2. I said some jokes to ................................
3. I was not at all amused by her rude remarks, so I told her ..............................
To tell somebody off is to reprimand them.
4. The committee is made ................................. six people.
= The committee consists of.
5. Snobbish people always turn me ...............................
When people turn you off, you lose interest in them.
6. I was completely taken ............................ by his charm.
Be taken in means be deceived.
7. My parents were really upset when I dropped ............................. college.
8. I was hoping to build a business of my own, but things didn't ............................ as I expected.
9. What's ............................ here?
10. Keep ............................ from the edge of the cliff.
11. Tanya came .............................. an interesting idea.
12. She gets ........................... well with her colleagues.
Answers
1. Nobody believed him at first, but in the end what he said turned out to be true.
2. I said some jokes to cheer her up.
3. I was not at all amused by her rude behavior, so I told her off.
4. The committee is made up of six people.
5. Snobbish people always turn me off.
6. I was completely taken in by his charm.
7. My parents were really upset when I dropped out of college.
8. I was hoping to build a business of my own, but things didn’t work out as I expected.
9. What’s going on here?
10. Keep away from the edge of the cliff.
11. Tanya came up with an interesting idea.
12. She gets on well with her colleagues.
