Separable Phrasal Verb Practice

Answer these questions in a complete sentence. Use the phrasal verb in your answer.
Then, re-write each sentence with a pronoun in place of the noun object.

Example:
Who do you need to call back?
a. Noun object: I need to call my mom back. OR I need to call back my mom.
b. Pronoun object: I need to call her back.

1. What is an item of clothing you have to hang up?

a.
b.

2. What did you shut off this morning?

a.
b.

3. What do you have to put back after you use it?

a.
b.

4. What song do you turn up when you hear it on the radio?

a.
b.

5. Do you enjoy trying on new clothes? Why or why not?

a.
b.

6. In your family, who puts away the dishes after dinner?

a.
b.

7. What is something you turn down?

a.
b.

8. Have you ever put out a fire? What happened?

a.
b.

9. What is the first thing you turn on in the morning?

a.
b.

By Amy Tate © Cambridge University Press 2014

Cut these sentences into individual strips. Students receive one question to ask their classmates in a
mingling activity to practice using the separable transitive phrasal verbs.

1. What is an item of clothing you have to hang up?

2. What did you shut off this morning?

3. What do you have to put back after you use it?

4. What song do you turn up when you hear it on the radio?

5. Do you enjoy trying on new clothes? Why or why not?

6. In your family, who puts away the dishes after dinner?

7. What is something you turn down?

8. Have you ever put out a fire? What happened?

9. What is the first thing you turn on in the morning?

10. What word did you look up in the dictionary recently?

By Amy Tate © Cambridge University Press 2014