CAE Phrasal Verbs Worksheet #3

Tim Warre

8 years ago

Definition Match

Match the phrasal verbs in bold with their definitions.

The comedian did a routine about being drunk at work and the audience lapped it up.
If we get beaten by the junior team we’ll never live it down so we have to play well.
In the past people used to just live off the land, nowadays we’re so dependent on shops for everything.
We spent 3 weeks in India and then we moved on to Thailand. I think we’ve finished talking about that topic, shall we move on to the next one?
As soon as I turn 18, I’m going to move out of my parents’ house and get my own flat.
I lived in Brazil for two months, I didn’t do any classes but I managed to pick up a bit of Portuguese.
You should come shopping with us, we’ll pick you out a nice shirt for the wedding.
Driver! Driver! Pull over! I’m going to be sick!
I’ve got a tonne of work to do but I keep putting it off. I’ll have to do it soon.
I’ve been travelling around all my life. Now I think I’d like to settle down and start a family.
The new school was a bit scary at first but I’m settling in
We finished our drinks, settled up with the waiter and left.

a. Learn/acquire without effort

b. Be allowed to forget st

c. Really enjoy st

d. Pay what you owe

e. Leave a house to live somewhere else

f. To stop moving and permanently live somewhere

g. To drive to the side of the road and stop

h. Choose st from a selection

i. Rely on st to survive

j. To start to feel safe and comfortable in a place

k. To postpone

l. To leave a place and travel to another

Testing

You and your partner have 1 minute to study the phrasal verbs before another pair tests you on them.

Questions

Complete the questions with the phrasal verbs then ask and answer them with a partner.

Do you trust your friends to ______ ______ nice clothes for you when you’re shopping? What about your parents?
How are you _________ ______ in class? Do you feel comfortable? How long did it take you to _______ ___ when you first joined your school/workplace?
What’s the best place to _________ _______ and start a family, the countryside or a big city? Why?
Do you think you could _______ ______ the land? Could you ______ ______ €50 a week?
When was the last time you ________ _____ a performance? What was it? Why was it so good?
Are you _______ ______ any work at the moment? When are you going to do it?
Have you or your parents ever been _______ ______ by the police? Have you ever had to ______ ______ to be sick?
When do you want to/When did you _______ ______ of your parents’ house?
Has anything really embarrassing happened to you that you will never ______ ______? Has anything really embarrassing ever happened to your friends or family that they will never _____ _____?
When you go abroad do you tend to ______ _____ a bit of the language?

Definition Match

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