Name___________________________________

Complete the letter from someone visiting London. Choose the phrasal verb in the box that is closest in
meaning to the words in the parentheses. Use the correct form of the phrasal verb.
call
dress up eat out
find out
get
get
get up sign up
together
back
lie down talk over wake up write down play around pick out go on stay up

Dear Lou,

_______________
_____

London is a wonderful city-especially for anyone who likes to

_________________________ and have a good time. We
1. (have
2. (rise from bed)
fun)
really early our first day here. First, we talked to a woman who works for the hotel,
and we
_________________________
3. (learn information)

about all the interesting things to do. Then,

while we were having breakfast, we

____________________

our plans for the day.

4. (discus
s)

After I ______________________________
all our ideas, we decided to
5. (write on a piece of paper)
____________________
for a tour.
6. (register)
We went on the tour and
____________________

to the hotel at around

7. (return
)

Since we were really tired, we

____________________

five. for a while and

took

8. (reclin
e)
a nap. When we _________________________ , we were hungry. We wanted to
9. (awaken after sleeping)
______________________________
at a fancy restaurant, so we
10. (have a meal in a
restaurant)
_________________________ . Then we
____________________
11. (wore special clothes)

a place that
12. (select)
the restaurant for a reservation.

sounded good and

____________________
13. (phone)
After dinner , our party
____________________

for a few more hours. We heard

14. (continue)

some great jazz in a small club, and then we went dancing. You know me,
1

I usually go to bed early-but we

____________________

almost all night.

15. (remain
awake)

Let's
____________________
16. (meet)

next week when I get back. See you then!

clear up
get together

come along
grow up

come out
keep up put off

find out
get along
show
leave up
out turn take
down
pickoff
out

get back
point out

Love,

Complete the letter from someone visiting the island of Puerto Rico. Choose the phrasal verb in the box that
is closest in meaning to the words in the parentheses. Use the correct form of the phrasal verb.

Dear Ellen,

I'm glad

Here we are in beautiful Puerto Rico. Our plane ____________________ from

13. (depa
rt)
New York Monday morning, and 3 1/2 hours later, we were in a new world!
we didn't
this trip until next year. I wanted to meet Pedro's
____________________
14. (postpone)
family, and this was a wonderful chance to ____________________ . They're a great
15. (meet)
really well, and they talk a lot. Each time I talk to

family.
They all
____________________
16. (relate)
someone

all kinds of interesting things about my husband. It's funny

I ____________________
17.
(learn
information)
to hear some of the details that Pedro ____________________ when he told me about his
18.
(omit)
life! Yesterday we drove to the small town where Pedro ____________________ , and
19. (become an adult)
he
____________________
20. (indicate)

all the places he used to go when he was a child. His

sister ____________________ , too. She has a lot of energy and walks really fast;
21.
(accompany)
sometimes I can't even ____________________ .
22.
(go as fast)
While we were at the outdoor market, Pedro's oldest brother
____________________ . He helped us
____________________

some fresh fruit, but

3

23.

24.

(appear)

he
____________________
13. (reject)

(select)

our lunch invitation because he had to

____________________
to work.
14. (return)
The weather here is a little strange. Every afternoon the sky suddenly gets very

dark, it rains really hard for a minute or two, and then it ____________________
15.(becomes clear)
and the sun
____________________

16.

again.
(appear)

Well, I have to say good-bye now. See you soon.

Love
,
Kay
Complete the article. Choose the phrasal verb from the box that is closest in meaning to
the words in parentheses. Use the correct form of the phrasal verb.
find out
help out

get back
look up

get by
pass over

go on
pick out

grow up
set up

hand over
turn into

1) When you were

_________________________ , did you think

that tomatoes grew
1. (become an adult)

Wendy
Dubit
2. (cha
nge
into)

in supermarkets? Did you realize that cotton was a plant

before it
____________________ your new gym socks? New Yorker
______________ that a lot of city kids don't know anything about farms.
______
3. (learn
)
She used her own money to
____________________

Farm Hands/City Hands.

4. (
e
s
t
a
b
l
i
s
h
)

This organization buses city people to small farms. Children and adults from all
social classes ____________________ on family farms and receive room and food in
5. (assist )
exchange. They also learn things you can't ____________________ . One lawyer
6. (try to find in a book)
noted, "I worked with the tomatoes for weeks. Now I can ____________________ the
7. (select)
perfectly ripe ones and
____________________

8. (decide not to
use)

the ones that need a few more days

on the vine." Many people start small gardens of their own when they
____________________ to the city.
9. (return)
After the success of Farm Hands/City Hands, Dubit ____________________ to

1
0
.
(
continue) invent Project Ongoing to train homeless
people in farm work and food services.
The project is so successful that participants
____________________

on the food that

11. (
s
u
r
v
i
v
e
)

they grow. They sell any extra, and

they _

to the program.

the profits _______________

12.
(give)