Rewrite the sentences, using the correct synonym of the underlined phrasal verbs
appear, cancel, consider, continue, delay, delete, demolish, discover, discuss, display, erect, examine, execute, occupy, omit, postpone, prepare, reduce, reject, represent, explode, resemble, return, stop, select, review, calculate, tolerate.
Question 1: You’ll have to cut down your living expenses a little.
Question 2: I must think that matter over carefully before I answer you.
Question 3: That company is going to put up a new building on this comer.
Question 4: The two girls take after their mother very much in appearance.
Question 5: Look each sentence over carefully. Cross out the incorrect words.
Question 6: Mr. Lam’s job seems to take up all of his spare time.
Question 7: They are going to pull that building down.
Question 8: We had to call off the picnic because of the bad weather.
Question 9: We heard the bomb go off five miles away.
Question 10: These books are overdue. When are you going to take them back?
Question 11: When you make up that list for me, don’t leave any names out.
Question 12: We worked out how much of our salaries we would have to save each year.
Question 13: That woman certainly tried hard to show off her abilities.
Question 14: When I was looking through my papers, I came across this picture.
Question 15: I suggest that you talk the matter over with your boss first of all.
Question 16: Did the workers carry out the foreman’s instructions carefully?
Question 17: Is the committee going to turn down his application for admission?
Question 18: Should we go over the lesson now or put it off until later tonight?
Question 19: How many people do you expect to show up at the meeting tonight?
Question 20: I think this storm will hold up the flights.
Question 21: There are some pens here. Why don’t you pick out one or two?
Question 22: I tried to interrupt the two men, but they went on arguing anyway.
Question 23: Trevor gave up playing football years ago.
Question 24: Those three letters are an abbreviation. They stand for something.
Question 25: I don’t see how you can put up with such bad working conditions.