Fill in the blanks with an appropriate phrasal verb or a preposition or adverb particle that completes a phrasal verb.
1Nobody believed him at first, but in the end what he said ............... to be true.
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"Turned out" means proved to be true in the end.
2I told a few jokes to ...............
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"Cheer him up" means make him feel happier.
3I was not at all amused by her rude remarks, so I told her ...............
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"Off" completes the phrasal verb "tell someone off," meaning reprimand someone.
4The committee is made ............... six people.
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"Up of" completes "made up of," meaning consists of.
5Snobbish people always turn me ...............
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"Off" completes "turn someone off," meaning make someone lose interest.
6I was completely taken ............... by his charm.
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"In" completes "taken in," meaning deceived or fooled.
7My parents were really upset when I dropped ............... college.
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"Out of" completes "drop out of," meaning leave a course or school before finishing.
8I was hoping to build a business of my own, but things didn't ............... as I expected.
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"Work out" means develop or end successfully in a particular way.
9What's ............... here?
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"Going on" means happening.
10Keep ............... from the edge of the cliff.
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"Away" completes "keep away from," meaning not go near something.
11Tanya came ............... an interesting idea.
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"Up with" completes "come up with," meaning think of an idea.
12She gets ............... well with her colleagues.
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"On" completes "get on well with," meaning have a good relationship with someone.
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- Nobody believed him at first, but in the end what he said turned out to be true.
- I told a few jokes to cheer him up.
- I was not at all amused by her rude remarks, so I told her off.
- The committee is made up of six people.
- Snobbish people always turn me off.
- I was completely taken in by his charm.
- My parents were really upset when I dropped out of college.
- I was hoping to build a business of my own, but things didn’t work out as I expected.
- What’s going on here?
- Keep away from the edge of the cliff.
- Tanya came up with an interesting idea.
- She gets on well with her colleagues.