Phrasal verbs 3

Question 1

Run out of

Answer 1

Finished / Don’t have

• ‘I don’t know what else to do. I’ve run out of ideas’*
• Food, time, petrol, money, patience

Question 2

Show around

Answer 2

Get to know a place

‘She’s new in the company. Why don’t you show her around?’

Question 3

Set in

Answer 3

Started and will continue

‘The rain has set it for the day’

Question 4

Show off

Answer 4

Show how good you are

‘I hate medical undergraduates. They’re always showing off!’

Question 5

Stand for

Answer 5

The meaning of the short form

‘What does BBC stand for?’

• COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• DOA = dead on arrival
• BMJ = British Medical Journal
• PTS = pos traumatic stress

Question 6

Stand up for

Answer 6

Fight for

‘I admire him. He really stands up for his rights’

Question 7

Take after

Answer 7

Look like

‘A lot of people say I take after my father’

Question 8

Take over

Answer 8

Replace

‘If you’re tired, I can take over’

Question 9

Take up

Answer 9

Start doing

‘Why don’t you take up English classes?’

Question 10

Tear up

Answer 10

Make pieces of something

‘I hate this photograph’, she said tearing it up

Question 11

Think over

Answer 11

Reflect / Think again

‘I need to take some time to think things over’

Question 12

Try on

Answer 12

See if it fits

‘I like those trousers. Can I try them on?’

Question 13

Try out

Answer 13

Test / Challenge

‘If you don’t think I can do it just try me out’

Question 14

Turn down

Answer 14

Refuse / Decline

‘Why did you turn that job down?’

Question 15

Take off

Answer 15

Leave the ground

‘What time does the plane take off?’

• Take off (striptease) x Put on - clothes
• Imitates a person in a funny way

Question 16

Turn out

Answer 16

In the end / Consequence

‘Due to the prevalence of celiac disease of only about 1% in a screening population, most of the suspected cases will turn out not to have CD’

Question 17

Turn up

Answer 17

Arrive / Show up

‘The students turned up 1 hour late’

Question 18

Wear out

Answer 18

‘Get dirty and you can’t use’

‘Children’s shoes wear out very quickly’

Question 19

Work out

Answer 19

Things are OK / Exercise

‘I hope things work out for you’

Question 20

Wear off

Answer 20

Stops gradually

‘The effects of the drug wore off after a few hours’

Question 21

Zero in on

Answer 21

Focus on

‘You have to zero in on your studies to pass the exam’