PHRASAL VERBS
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
4 Fi
y
bear with: be patient
2
go into sth: discus or explain sth
3
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.
1 You knew exactly what I
so there was no need for you
to pretend you didn't understand.
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.
4 The plant manager
the
head of the company.
5 I was prepared to
her
story because I knew it was the truth.
6 She most likely just let the word
dancing.
because she doesn't like
7 When you are in the wrong, you
8 He
and face the consequences.
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
millionaire Alex Baldwin
stunned viewers when he
great detail about how he
had once survived by begging on the
streets.
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5
6
7
8
9
10
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1
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
4 Fi
y
bear with: be patient
2
go into sth: discus or explain sth
3
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.
1 You knew exactly what I
so there was no need for you
to pretend you didn't understand.
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.
4 The plant manager
the
head of the company.
5 I was prepared to
her
story because I knew it was the truth.
6 She most likely just let the word
dancing.
because she doesn't like
7 When you are in the wrong, you
8 He
and face the consequences.
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
millionaire Alex Baldwin
stunned viewers when he
great detail about how he
had once survived by begging on the
streets.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
1