Phrasal verbs






1.  Read the text and choose the correct answers
Journalism has changed a lot in recent years. In the past, journalists were taken  (1) up /on by a newspaper without any training at all.  They had to pick (2) up / on their skills on the job. For example, the editor would tell them to go and hang (3) by /around the police so that they could find out what was going (4) on / through. Nowadays, a lot of journalists sit in front of their computers all day. They hardly get out (5) of /from their offices at all.
I’m going  to study photography at university next year. My father is a sports photographer and he talked me (6) up / into becoming a photographer . It sounds like a really interesting job. A couple of years ago I wanted to go in (7) for /at law but I think being a photojournalist or sports  photographer will be more exciting.
What makes someone want to take (8) on / up a job in the media? I’m sure some people set (9) out /off the change the way people think and behave. But I think that most people who work in the media see it as an exciting job which puts them at the centre of events. I'd love to be a present on TV. To do that well , you need to get (10) on / across well with people- and be able to express yourself clearly, of course.

 2. Put the correct form of the phrasal verbs from the box below. There are more phrasal verbs than you need.
Example: They carried on with the job until it was finished.
1. Are you ___________ your holiday?
2. This yoghurt has __________. The top is rising off the pot.
3. He ___________ an interesting old letter between the pages of a book.
4. He didn’t shoot tigers, you know. He __________ that story __________.
5. They never __________ at meetings on time. 
put off, get on with, look forward to, look into, give up, turn up, let down, get over, look after, put up with, go off, set off, make up, carry on, come across, take after, take off

 3. Match the phrasal verbs on the left to the correct definitions (on the right).
1 run into
2 run after
3 run down
4 run out of
5 run across
6 run away
7 run down
A to chase someone or something
B to meet or find someone or something by chance
C to hit a person or animal with a car and kill or injure them
D to criticize someone or something
E to leave a place without telling anyone because you are unhappy there
F to meet someone by chance
G to have no more of something left because you have used it all

 4. Look up the following phrasal verbs in the dictionary to find out whether they take an object. If they do take an object, show with a tick whether the object comes between the verb and particle, after the particle, or in both places.
1. drop ___ by ___
2. abide ____ by ___
3. ask ___ out ___
4. bear ___ up ___
5. breeze ___ through ___
6. consist ___ of ___
7. fasten ___ up ____
8. pore ___ over ___
9. live ___ through ___
10. take ___ against ___

5. Correct the mistakes in these sentences with help of the dictionary.
1. This wine is coming from the south-west region of the country.
2. He’s nearly 90 and he still fends for him.
3. She holds with a firm attitude to discipline in schools.
4. The next topic for discussion was passed on to very quickly.
5. The house was led to by a long winding path.
6. I was really set against to do this course before I started.
7. They must sit on quite a bit of money.
8. It makes me feel pretty happy when I think back what happened.

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