Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Phrasal Verbs 9: That's a lot of money you want us to spend!



Part 9: Phrasal Verbs. Fill in the blanks. Use a two-part verb from the list. Sometimes you will need to add a pronoun, such as me, her, him, it, or them. The ˬ sign between two words means that they must stay together. 


look up
pick up
put back
take off
talk over
throw away
turn down
turn down
turn
ˬ into
work out
write down



1.  That's a lot of money you want us to spend!  We should all __________________ before we make such a big purchase (购买, la compra, поку́пка).
2.  Do you have a pencil? I need to __________________ her phone number so I don't forget it.
3.  He and his wife don't get along with each other ( , , llevarse bien con algn, они́ ла́дят ме́жду собо́й). In fact, they have been seeing a marriage counselor in order to __________________ their problems.
4.  He forgot how to spell the word, so he __________________ in the dictionary.
5.  What are you doing? Don't __________________ that paper! We can recycle it.
6.  I can't __________________ today. I have to meet with a client. You'll have to take the bus home instead.
7.  Excuse me, honey. Could you __________________ the TV? I'm trying to talk on the phone, and I can't hear.
8.  She took two tablets of Tylenol out of the bottle, and then she ______ the bottle ______ in the medicine cabinet and closed the door.
9.  They offered him the job, but he _____________________ because he didn't want to have such a long commute.
10.              She looked in the mirror. The dress she was wearing had a stain ( , mancha, пятно́) in front,
     so she __________________, and she put on something else.
11.              The witch waved her wand (魔杖,varita mágica, волше́бная па́лочка), and the handsome prince __________________ a frog!

1. talk it over
2. write down
3. work out
4. looked it up
5. throw away
6. pick you up
7. turn down
8. put (the bottle) back
9. turned it down
10. took it off
11. turned into

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