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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 01

stay out | wipe off | clean up | take in | look up
Example Dialogue

Mickey : Hey! Stay out of the kitchen!

Nancy : Huh? Why? Are you cleaning up? Oh wow! You really are cleaning up! And

you cooked something for lunch!

Mickey : I’m planning to surprise my parents. They are coming over today. I want to

show them that I have changed.

Nancy : I’m sorry, but I’m still trying to take all this in. I can’t believe you know how

to clean. I mean, wow! Look at this place!

Mickey: Well, I looked up cleaning and some recipes on the internet.

Nancy: That’s great! I hope you and your folks will have a good time.

Mickey: Thanks. They’re going to be here in forty minutes. I still have to wipe off the

table. There are still a lot of stains.

Try to figure out the meaning of these phrasal verbs.

stay out | wipe off | clean up | take in | look up

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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 01

stay out | wipe off | clean up | take in | look up
Example Passage

Mickey’s parents were visiting him that day, and he was so excited to show them how

much he had changed. He made sure that his dog Bruno stayed out of the house

while he cleaned up. He looked up delicious recipes that he wanted to prepare for his

parents. After four hours, all he had to do was wipe off the stains from kitchen

counter and get himself ready. When his parents arrived, they couldn’t quite take in

all of Mickey’s changes.

Again, try to figure out the meaning of these phrasal verbs.

stay out | wipe off | clean up | take in | look up

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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 01

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Definitions

stay out | to avoid going into a place

The kids should stay out of their parents’ room.

wipe off ...

wipe ... off | to remove something by wiping

The products wipe off the stains.

We need to wipe all of this dirt off.

clean up ...

clean ... up | to make a place or person completely clean and tidy

Ariel had to clean up the mess her baby made.

Clean yourself up a bit before dinner.

take in | to accept/believe something as real or true

The fact that he won the lottery was hard for me to take in.

look up ...

look ... up | to try to find a piece of information by looking in a book or on

a computer; to seek out especially for a brief visit

We’d better look up this Mark. I’m not sure who he is.

Look me up when you're here, ok?

Make sure you can understand the meaning of these phrasal verbs.

stay out | wipe off | clean up | take in | look up

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Practice

Answer using the correct phrasal verbs (in a correct form) to complete the sentences.

1 | Can you this word?

2 | We’d better of the conference room until the meeting is over.

3 | I don’t know the lawyer’s number. I’ll it later.

4 | Look at this mess! You’d better this !

5 | Please! Everyone must of this place! This is a crime scene.

6 | Please, leave Jaime alone. He is still it all .

7 | You should the tomato sauce from your pants.

8 | They will go home late. They still have to after the party.

9 | Shelly stepped back and tried to everything that was happening.

10| You’d better the cookie crumbs from the table before mom comes.

APPLICATION:

Create your own sentences using these phrasal verbs.

stay out | wipe off | clean up | take in | look up

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Phrasal Verbs Practice | Lesson 01

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Exercise

Use the correct phrasal verbs (in a correct form) to complete the dialogue.

(Holly and Jerold are preparing the place for their son’s birthday party.)

Holly : All of this is too much to . I can’t believe our son is turning six! I

still have to the dust from the windows. Do you think he’ll like this

party?

Jerold : All right. You do that. I’ll the mess in the kitchen. All his friends

and classmates are invited. I’m sure he’ll love it, don’t worry.

Holly : OK. Please of the living room for a while. It’s going to get dusty.

Jerold : Did you call the caterer already?

Holly : Oh no! I forgot! They have a new number. I’d better it .

Jerold : Yes. You should do that first.

Holly : Right. Are all the decorations in place?

Jerold : Don’t worry. Everything’s taken care of.

APPLICATION:

Create your own dialogue using these phrasal verbs with your teacher.

stay out | wipe off | clean up | take in | look up

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