Complete the sentences and the text below with these phrasal verbs:

get over = recuperate clog up = obstruct come down (with) = catch (an illness)
fight off = defend againstthrow up = vomitdose up (on/ with) = medicate
let up = cease or diminishlay low = make someone weak

1. Many children an ear infection even before their first birthday.

2. High fat foods can our arteries.
3. Most people a cold within two weeks.
4. The flu usually people for four to ten days.
5. A cold continues at its peak for several days, then it gradually .
6. The human body’s immune defenses usually viruses.

Complete the sentences and the text below with these phrasal verbs:

work out = exercisepig out = eat a lotbuild up = increaseburn off = eliminate put
on = increase (weight) keep up= maintain the same speed as others do in = kill/hurtwarm up
= warm muscles before exercisestretch out = stretchtire out = exhaustmuscles

1. Resistance exercises (e.g. weight lifting) can help to your muscles.

2. Arnold Schwarzenegger must _ a lot to maintain his physique.
3. I go to aerobics to the calories I at the weekend.
4. I always feel guilty after I at the Chinese restaurant.
5. Yoga helps to my muscles.
6. You should before you exercise or you might your muscles .
7. I think I ate too much at Christmas. I’ve two kilograms.
8. I’ll never go to a circuits class again. The last one nearly me __. The other people
were really fit so I struggled to .
9. Just the thought of exercise me .

Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
sentence.

1. You shouldn’t walk at night by yourself in this area. It’s very dangerous.

A. unsafe B. polluted C. Annoying D. convenient

2. The stadium was packed with people when we came.

A. dangerous B. Dirty C. entertained D. crowded

3. Pollution is a serious problem in many urban areas nowaday.

A. neighbourhood B. City C. Countryside D. village

4. She has looked through the headlines with great interest.

A. watched B. saw C. read D. posted