round-up 16 1 Costruzioni varie Inserisci la preposizione mancante per ogni phrasal verb. 1. Carry ..................... with these exercises while I am talking to the headmaster. a. out b. on c. off 2. When the boys grow ....................., I ll have more free time for my hobbies. a. up b. on c. out 3. Watch .....................! A car is coming! a. off b. to c. out 4. Chill ..................... on a beach: that s where I d like to be at the week-end. a. up b. down c. out 5. Hand ..................... the tests please, Ian. a. out b. in c. with 6. He was very rude to me but sooner or later I ll pay him ..................... . a. back b. down c. in 7. They set ..................... for the seaside last Saturday. a. away b. off c. out 8. The car broke ..................... just a few kilometres before home. a. off b. up c. down 9. A sudden increase in the price of petrol brought ..................... a global economical crisis. a. about b. in c. with 10. The sun is breaking ..................... the clouds, the weather is getting better. a. off b. through c. up 2 Con l aiuto di un dizionario trova un verbo non-phrasal per sostituire il phrasal verb evidenziato in corsivo. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. 3 42 I tried to convince my landlady to cut down the rent when I discovered how small the flat was. The student made up such an original excuse for his delay that the teacher forgave him smiling. We were obliged to put off the date of our wedding because my sister had a serious car accident. They got to the station just in time to catch the last train. His parents divorce brought about a sudden change in his life. We d better break off now and continue tomorrow. We are too tired. They turned down our proposal. Mary will set up a facebook page for her mun. Inserisci i phrasal verbs corrispondenti ai verbi non phrasal ordinari suggeriti tra parentesi al tempo adeguato. carry on find out get on grow up set off settle down turn up I recently read my grandfather's diaries, and I (discovered) (a) .. a lot of interesting things about his life. Apparently, he (spent his childhood) (b) .. in San Francisco. He and his parents didn t (like being together) (c) .. at all, and when he was 18, he decided to see America. He (started on his journey) (d) .. with very little money and travelled east. He (continued) (e) .. until he reached New York, where he got a job washing up in a restaurant. He fell in love with one of the waitresses, and one day he (appeared) (f) .. at her flat with a bunch of roses and asked her to marry him. Surprisingly, she agreed, and he (went to live) (g) .. with her in New York, where they had three children. 368