Phrasal verbs

When the partnership BREAKS UP it

just begins

comes to an end

gets worse

Parents BRING UP their children. They

spoil them

give them money

educate them

She has PUT UP WITH her father´s irrational behaviour.

she has understood it

she has accepted it

she has started to pay attention to it

Please CARRY ON with your story.

continue

stop talking

change the subject

Good friends never LET you DOWN. They never

help you

make you angry

disappoint you

His brother always STANDS UP FOR his younger sister. He

teaches her

defends her

punishes her

When aircraft TAKES OFF it

leaves the ground

decreases speed

does not move

She can´t go out, she must LOOK AFTER her children.

she prepares dinner for them

she takes care of them

she does their homework

They have TURNED DOWN my application for job. They have

accepted it

forgotten about it

rejected it

When you SIT UP until midnight reading book you

sit with straight back

sit on a high chair

do not go to bed until late

The cars SLOW DOWN at the traffic lights. They

decrease speed

increase speed

have a puncture

We have RUN OUT OF milk.

we have accidentally spilled milk over the floor

we have no more of it

milk has just become sour

HOLD ON I´ll call a taxi.

don´t be upset

wait

take it easy

I waited for twenty minutes, but she didn´t TURN UP. She didn´t

appear

say a word

listen to me

When children are GROWING UP, they

are getting fat

are abnormally tall

become adult

Robert MADE this story UP. He

forgot it

learned it by heart

invented it

The police have RULED OUT suicide.

they have excluded it because it was not possible

they have not been allowed to talk about it

they have been sure it was suicide

A company representative will CALL ON us next week. He will

send us a letter

visit us

invite us to dinner