Phrasal verbs I
to take care of something or someone
to look after
Please ______ ___ the lights. I'm trying to sleep.
turn off
to start a journey
to set off
Please don't stop. _______ ____ (continue).
Carry on
to try to find something, to search
to look for
Make sure you _______ ______ the bus in the right place.
get off
to appear or arrive at a place
to turn up
Everyday I ______ ____ (start a journey) for work at 8 am.
set off
to find by chance
to come across
I can lend you my pencil, but you have to ______ it _____ to me by the end of the class.
give back
to reduce the amount of something you drink, eat, use, spend etc.
to cut down on
If I want to lose weight I need to ______ _____ on eating sugar.
cut down
to take someone as a passenger
to pick up
Yesterday I ________ _____ this photo of you when I was tidying up my bedroom.
came across
to assimilate information
to take in
Once I was _______ ____ (rejected) by a boy and it broke my heart.
turned down
to become successful or to leave the ground
to take off
I am sure that her career as a singer will soon _______ ____ and she will become very famous.
to postpone something
to put (something) off
I didn't know if I could win the contest but I still _____ ____ (try to get something) it.
went for