English Vocabulary Exercises - Phrasal Verbs (Trouble!) - Exercise 5-3

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. My girlfriend's parents _______________ when I brought her home from a party completely drunk.
2. The store where I bought my computer really _______________. They charged me over $1000 for a system that was selling for $800 at other stores.
3. We have to _______________ by 11:00 a.m.
4. A car has _______________ at the entrance to the highway and traffic is moving very slowly.
5. Ji-Young was travelling in Venezuela when he got _______________ by a couple of kids with knives who took his passport and about $250 in cash.
6. We were planning on going to a movie, but we _______________ going bowling instead.
7. Every time I talk about getting a job, my husband _______________ that we don't need the money and that a mother should stay at home with her children.
8. We need to _______________ for a minute because Greg isn't ready yet.
9. My neighbour really needs to _______________. He totally flipped out when my dog pooped on his lawn.
10. My boyfriend is going to _______________ when I tell him that I want to stop seeing him.
11. I was holding my son on his bicycle when he was learning how to ride and suddenly I _______________ without him knowing, and he rode all by himself.
12. I gave up trying to learn how to surf after I _______________ and bumped my head on a rock.
13. He spent the night in the hospital after being _______________ by a couple of guys outside a pub last night.
14. Of course I'm going to the dinner party. I never _______________ the chance to get a free meal.
15. My daughter certainly _______________ her grandmother. They're both very artistic.
16. Before entering the military base, you have to _______________ at the gate.