PHRASAL VERBS – Exercise (key included)

Bonjour à tous,

Je vous propose aujourd’hui d’entraîner une série de verbes à prépositions ou phrasal verbs qui sont très courants, mais pas toujours évidents s’ils ne sont pas pris dans un contexte. Vous trouverez la correction de l’exercice en cliquant sur l’Espace Pro :

PHRASAL VERBS – Exercise with KEY on Espace Pro

with the PREPOSITIONS:

OFF / FOR / OUT / UP / WITH / OVER / ON / TO / IN / BACK / ABOUT / ALONG / BEHIND

and the VERBS:

BRING / CALL / CARRY / CATCH / COME / CUT / FALL / FIND / GET / GIVE / GO / HANG / KEEP / LOOK / MAKE / PASS / PAY / PUT / SEND / SET / STAND / TAKE / WORK

Fill in the blanks with the above verbs and prepositions – Complétez le texte au moyen des verbes et prépositions ci-dessus

(the meaning of the verb is in brackets at the end of the sentence – le sens du verbe se trouve entre parenthèse à la fin de la phrase)

The company needs some months to ………………. (décoller)

The party was ……………… because of the bad weather (annuler)

The meeting will be ……………….. because the boss is ill (reporter)

I don’t want my decision to ……………….. panic (provoquer, déclancher)

The power was ……………….. because of a power failure (couper)

This sum of money will allow me to ……………….. my debt (continuer à payer)

The robbers ……………….. as soon as they got the money (s’enfuir à toutes jambes)

People ……………….. a change (exiger)

She ……………….. him at first sight (tomber amoureux de qqn)

I will ……………….. this solution (choisir)

I had to ……………….. the doctor because my father was very ill (faire venir)

……………….., the street is icy! (faire attention)

The teacher ……………….. the exam papers (distribuer)

New strategies are being ……………….. every day (élaborer)

The researcher ……………….. a revolutionary method (découvrir)

We should ……………….. this plan! (mettre à exécution)

He ……………….. to launch his own business (entreprendre)

We ……………….. from home at 5 a.m. (partir)

Only few people ……………….. of the mass (se distinguer, sortir de)

I decided to ……………….. an English course (prendre, se mettre à, reprendre)

Prices were ……………….. by 10% (augmenter)

He ……………….. his company a few years ago (monter)

Please wait, I cannot ………………..! (suivre)

The most important thing is to ……………….. your payments (continuer à s’acquitter de)

You should ……………….. the matter ………. at the next meeting (soulever)

It’s obvious that he ……………….. the whole story ………. (inventer)

They had a quarrel, but they ……………….. this very evening (se réconcilier)

I would like you to ……………….. with a new good idea (trouver, proposer)

They have to work hard if they want to ……………….. with their competitors (rattraper)

The company has been ……………….. from the previous owner by a business man (reprendre)

Can I ……………….. the flat ……….? (jeter un coup d’oeil)

Don’t hesitate to ……………….. as soon as you are in London (passer voir)

Peter doesn’t like to ……………….. responsibilities (prendre)

Could you please……………….. the message ………. to the other members? (faire passer, transmettre)

I ……………….. well with my colleagues (bien s’entendre)

I hope you will ……………….. well in life (réussir)

You ……………….. well with your new computer! (bien se débrouiller)

He finally ……………….. learning Chinese (prendre goût à)

John doesn’t ……………….. what I’m saying! (comprendre)

We were ……………….. by the bad weather (retarder)

Why do you ……………….. from coming with us? (être réticent, hésiter à)

The crisis has ……………….. many changes (provoquer, amener)

Clara ……………….. well with Tom (bien s’entendre)

Be careful not to ………………..in your studies (prendre du retard)

Access the key on ESPACE PRO clicking above. See you soon!    Cathy