Phrasal Verbs.

Exercise 7

1. They set _________ at dawn to miss the traffic jams.

2. Don’t be taken ______ by his promises. He won’t do anything to help

you.

3. He became very depressed as he had taken ______ more than he could

manage.

4. When his father died he took ________ the family business.

5. The cinema was full; many of the people waiting outside were turned
______

6. I had my doubts but everything turned __________ to be all right in the

end.

7. I never worry as something always turns _______.

8. His evidence just doesn’t add ____.

9. Sheila was right, so Paul had to back ______.

10.We hadn’t bargained ______ there being so much traffic, and we missed
the plane.

KEY

1. Off/out. Set off/out: to begin a journey. E.g. we set off for London just after ten.

2. In. Take sb in: to make somebody believe something that is not true. Deceive.
She took me in completely with her story.

3. On. Take on: to decide to do something; to agree to be responsible for

something/somebody. E.g. I can't take on any extra work. We're not taking on
any new clients at present.

4. Over. Take over: to begin to have control of or responsibility for something.

She took over the job after he left.

5. Away. Turn sb away: to refuse to allow somebody to enter a place. E.g.

hundreds of people were turned away from the stadium (= because it was full).
They had nowhere to stay so I couldn't turn them away.

6. Out. Turn out: To develop in a particular way, or to have a particular result. To

be discovered to be; to prove to be. E.g. the job turned out to be harder than we
thought.

7. Up. Turn up: to happen, especially by chance. E.g. He's still hoping something
(= for example, a job or a piece of luck) will turn up.
8. Up. Add up: make sense. E.g. there is something about this case that just
doesn’t add up. His story just doesn't add up.

9. Down. Back down: to take back a demand, an opinion, etc. that other people
are strongly opposed to; to admit defeat. E.g. neither side is willing to back
down.

10.For. Bargain for: (usually in negative sentences) to expect something to

happen and be prepared for it. E.g. we hadn't bargained for this sudden change
in the weather. When he agreed to answer a few questions, he got more than
he bargained for (= he got more questions, or more difficult ones, than he had
expected).