Fill in the appropriate phrasal verb in the correct form
PHRASAL VERBS
act on: do whatever is advised/
suggested
answer (sb) back (informal): respond
rudely to sb
answer to: be under the command of sb/
have the characteristics described
back up: support/confirm
be getting at sth: say/mean
bear with: be patient
go into sth: discus or explain sth
carefully in detail
go on: talk for a long time
own up: confess, say that you did
something
slip out: say accidentally without
meaning to
stick up for sb/sth: defend/support
3 Fill in the appropriate phrasal verb
in the correct form.
P
4
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
8
1 You knew exactly what I
6
so there was no need for you
to pretend you didn't understand.
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2 The Prime Minister said that she would
_
speak to her advisors and then
their advice.
3 I didn't agree with what he did, but I
his right to do it.
11
12
13
4 The plant manager
the
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head of the company.
5 I was prepared to
her
15
story because I knew it was the truth.
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6 She most likely just let the word
because she doesn't like
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dancing.
7 When you are in the wrong, you,
and face the consequences
8 He _ for ages about his
own experience and asked me
questions that had nothing to do with
the job I was applying for
9 I was always in trouble for
when I was at school.
10 If you can
me a little
longer, I'll try to explain the reasons
behind our actions.
11 Today millionaire Alex Baldwin
stunned viewers when he _
_
great detail about how he
had once survived by begging on the
streets.
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act on: do whatever is advised/
suggested
answer (sb) back (informal): respond
rudely to sb
answer to: be under the command of sb/
have the characteristics described
back up: support/confirm
be getting at sth: say/mean
bear with: be patient
go into sth: discus or explain sth
carefully in detail
go on: talk for a long time
own up: confess, say that you did
something
slip out: say accidentally without
meaning to
stick up for sb/sth: defend/support
3 Fill in the appropriate phrasal verb
in the correct form.
P
4
1
2
3
4
5
6
T
8
1 You knew exactly what I
6
so there was no need for you
to pretend you didn't understand.
10
2 The Prime Minister said that she would
_
speak to her advisors and then
their advice.
3 I didn't agree with what he did, but I
his right to do it.
11
12
13
4 The plant manager
the
14
head of the company.
5 I was prepared to
her
15
story because I knew it was the truth.
16
6 She most likely just let the word
because she doesn't like
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dancing.
7 When you are in the wrong, you,
and face the consequences
8 He _ for ages about his
own experience and asked me
questions that had nothing to do with
the job I was applying for
9 I was always in trouble for
when I was at school.
10 If you can
me a little
longer, I'll try to explain the reasons
behind our actions.
11 Today millionaire Alex Baldwin
stunned viewers when he _
_
great detail about how he
had once survived by begging on the
streets.
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