Expressions with set and put

Look at the examples of following phrasal verbs based on set.

You should set aside some money for a rainy day.

We should set off before dawn to get there on time.
The bank helps people wanting to set up business.
He set out to climb Everest.

establish reserve begin work with a particular aim in mind begin a journey

Here are some of the many phrasal verbs with put.

He's good at putting his ideas across.

Please put away all your toys at once.
He is always putting her down.
We had central heating put in last year.
I'm going to put in an application for that job.
They've put off making their decision for another week.
Her sniffing really puts me off my dinner.
The fireman quickly put out the fire.
Please don't let me put you out.
I can put you up for the weekend.
The government is sure to put up taxes soon.
How do you put up with such rudeness?

give accommodation to discourage make someone look small extinguish

communicate to others raise tolerate submit postpone tidy install
inconvenience

PRACTICE
Put the following sentences into slightly more formal English by replacing the phrasal verbs
with their formal equivalents.

1. We try to set aside some money for our holiday every week.
2.Set aside all your negative feelings and listen with an open mind.
3.If we hadn't set off so late, we would have arrived on time.
4. The government's unpopular proposals set off a wave of protests.
The population of The UK is approximately 100 millions

Her birthday is in the 20th March and this year it falls in a Tuesday (2)

It´s allright we can do it by ourselves

There are strict restrictions about setting up a business on The USA

The project is a month ahead schedule

I didn´t got your e-mail

It all depends of what they say in the meeting

He gave me a good advice

I didn´t see them for 3 years

He worked freelance since he was made redundant

Don´t keep on send me spam !

Post and pack is not included in the price

I´ll try and finish the project during the weekend

My brother works like a civil engineer

Do you get much perks in your job

I don´t have a lot of free time recently

............. March
............. March 1st
............. Wednesday(s)
............. 2001
............. the weekend
............. the week