🔄 Phrasal Verbs 2 – Mastering Particles
📘 Introduction
Phrasal verbs are combinations of verbs with particles (prepositions or adverbs). Mastering them is essential for everyday English. In this exercise, you’ll work with patterns and particles to unlock meaning.
✍️ Exercise: Complete the Sentences
Complete each phrasal verb with the appropriate particle(s). In each sentence, the particles needed are the same. The phrasal verbs in number 10 need two particles.
- We are counting _____ you for your support, and we are also relying _____ you to keep us informed of the latest developments, otherwise we are not sure we will be able to go _____ working with you.
- At the meeting, the manager pointed _____ that after he had worked _____ the overall cost of the project, he had figured _____ we would need to pull _____ of the deal.
- While attempting to set _____ its Miami department and build _____ its customer base in the area, the company ran _____ debts of almost $20 million.
- Global Travel Ltd cannot afford to put _____ the issue of redundancy any longer: the international economic recession has set _____ a series of problems, and the travel industry has come _____ particularly badly.
- Before AVC Motors took _____ the running of Varsie’s Autos, it went _____ its list of assets very carefully, but it failed to look _____ the business premises.
- When management-union talks broke _____ and the production lines had to be shut _____ as a result, the people who had worked so hard to make the negotiations a success felt they had been badly let _____.
- During the union dispute, the management said that they would rather hand _____ their notice than give _____ to union demands, but in the end they decided to call _____ an independent arbitrator to deal with the unrest.
- If enough people show _____ at tomorrow’s meeting, I would like to bring _____ the subject of pay increases: business has picked _____ a lot recently, and I think it is only fair that our staff are rewarded.
- The company ran _____ some unexpected financial difficulties, and when the accounts department looked _____ the problem carefully, they discovered that a computer hacker had broken _____ their files and stolen almost $2 million.
- In order to catch _____ _____ our competitors and keep _____ _____ market developments, we will need to put _____ _____ increased production costs.
📚 Tips for Learners
- Use flashcards with phrasal verbs and their meanings.
- Keep a notebook dedicated to new phrasal verbs you learn.
- Practice using new phrasal verbs in different tenses.
- Review regularly and try to use them in writing and speech to make them active vocabulary.
