English Vocabulary Exercises - Phrasal Verbs (General 6) - Exercise 9-4

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. The first thing I do every morning when I wake up is to put on the coffee and _______________ my computer.
2. The party will be lots of fun. You can _______________ it!
3. Has it ever _______________ you that maybe you should apologize to your girlfriend for telling her she was overweight?
4. They didn't _______________ spending days painting their apartment, so they hired some students to do it for them.
5. Don't get out of the car yet; I need to _______________ a bit because I'm too close to the car in front.
6. When you go golfing with a large group of beginners, you really need to _______________ because the balls go in all directions.
7. He makes tons of money by buying cheap, old houses, _______________ a bit and then selling them at a huge profit.
8. Too many young people in this country _______________ of school and never get the education required for a good job.
9. _______________ is a good way to find the best spots to visit that aren't in the tourist guides.
10. When they made their cost estimates, they failed to _______________ the increase in labour costs.
11. He _______________ all his holidays so that he could take a long trip to Thailand.
12. The deal to trade food aid for assurances that North Korea would halt its nuclear program has _______________.
13. He failed his English class because he was always _______________ and never took things seriously.
14. The corporation _______________ the factory, putting over 500 people out of work.
15. The doctors have examined your father and they have _______________ cancer, which is good news.