PHRASAL VERBS (Part 1)

I. Phrasal Verbs With "Break"

For each space in each sentence, use the verb break with one of the
prepositions from the box.

In Down
Up Out
Into Even
Down Up
Out In
1. When he saw the police behind him, he _______________ a run.

2. Bring your mobile phone just in case the car _______________ on the
motorway.

3. War has _______________ in the small African country of Gabon. All

Europeans are advised to leave immediately.

4. If the expenses and income of a company are equal, the company

_______________. If it earns more money, it has made a profit.

5. Someone is _______________! I heard a window smashing. Call the police!

6. When Prince Charles _______________ with Princess Diana, nobody

imagined he would marry again.

7. A general election was called after negotiations between the government and
the opposition _______________.

8. After the First World War, the Ottoman Empire was _______________.

9. In "Jurassic Park", there is panic and chaos when the carnivorous dinosaurs
_______________ of their enclosures.

10. Go slowly in that new car for a few days. You need to _______________
the engine.

Keys:

1. BROKE INTO

2. BREAKS DOWN

3. BROKEN OUT
4. BREAKS EVEN

5. BREAKING IN

6. BROKE UP

7. BROKE DOWN

8. BROKEN UP

9. BROKE OUT

10. BREAK IN

I. Phrasal Verbs With "Go"

For each space in each sentence, use the verb go with one of the prepositions
from the box.

On about Off
For Down with
Over Over
Through Through
Off Off
1. Susan has ______________ the flu and can't accompany us to the theatre this
evening. What a shame!

2. Steve's dishonesty at the meeting has really made me ______________ him.

3. I want to ______________ the solution again. I didn't really understand it.

4. The Hornets need to win their final match by two points to ______________
to the final.

5. A car bomb ______________ in Madrid this morning near the parliament.

Nobody was injured.

6. If you keep ______________ about your damn new car anymore, I will stop
listening to you. Change the subject!

7. If you try to sell this on the open market, it could ______________ around
$5000.

8. If the President makes a speech about raising taxes, it won't ______________

very well.

9. Something has ______________ in this fridge. There's a terrible smell!

10. After the divorce, I ______________ a lot before finding my self-
confidence again.

Keys:

1. Susan has __GONE DOWN WITH__ the flu and can't accompany us to the
theatre this evening. What a shame!
2. Steve's dishonesty at the meeting has really made me __GO OFF__ him.
3. I want to __GO OVER__ the solution again. I didn't really understand it.
4. The Hornets need to win their final match by two points to __GO
THROUGH__ to the final.
5. A car bomb __WENT OFF__ in Madrid this morning near the parliament.
Nobody was injured.
6. If you keep __GOING ON__ about your damn new car anymore, I will stop
listening to you. Change the subject!
7. If you try to sell this on the open market, it could __GO FOR__ around
$5000.
8. If the President makes a speech about raising taxes, it won't __GO OVER__
very well.
9. Something has __GONE OFF__ in this fridge. There's a terrible smell!
10. After the divorce, I __WENT THROUGH__ a lot before finding my self-
confidence again.