ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS 1

PHRASAL VERBS
A.
1. Account for: ………………………………
2. add up: ………………………………
3. allow for: ………………………………
4. answer back: ………………………………
5. answer for: ………………………………
6. answer to: ………………………………
7. ask after: ………………………………
8. ask for………………………………
9. ask sb in: ………………………………
10. ask sb out: ………………………………
B.
1. back away………………………………
2. back down………………………………
3. back up………………………………
4. back out of………………………………
5. bargain for: ………………………………
6. to be against………………………………
7. to be away: ………………………………
8. to be back: ………………………………
9. to be for: ………………………………
10 . to be in: ………………………………
11. to be out: ………………………………
12. to be in for: ………………………………
13. to be over: ………………………………
14. to be up ………………………………
15. to be up to………………………………
16. bear out………………………………
17. bear up………………………………
18. blow out………………………………

19. blow over………………………………
20. blow up………………………………
21. break down………………………………
22. break in………………………………
23. break into………………………………
24. break off………………………………
25. break out: ………………………………
26. break up………………………………
27. bring about………………………………
28. bring on………………………………
29. bring out………………………………
30. bring off………………………………
31. bring down………………………………
32. bring sb
round………………………………
33. bring up………………………………
34. burn away………………………………
35. burn down………………………………
36. burn up………………………………
37. burn out………………………………
38. bring sth with
sb………………………………
39. bring sth o
miut………………………………
40. bring back………………………………
EXERCISES
1. Her carelessness accounts ________ all the disorder at the school.
2. They will have to answer ________ the damage they have done.
3. The suspected man doesn’t answer ________ the description in the newspaper.
4. his evidence just doesn’t add__________.

5. I saw Minh yesterday. He asked ___________ you and your children.
6. During the debate he strongly backed me ______ with his opinion.
7. If you’d like to repay your neighbor for his help, why not ask them ________?
8. Ann was right, so Paul had to back ________.
9. We hadn’t bargain ________ there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane.
10. She broke _______ at the bad news of her sun at the moment.
11. The car broke _______ during the journey.
12. The affair has caused a lot of trouble, but it will have blown ________ in a few weeks.
13. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to blow ________at you in that way.
14. He broke ________ to answer the phone.
15. Frank and Liz have broken________ their engagement.
16. The workmen are breaking ________ stones.
17. The party finally broke ________ at 3 pm.
18. Last night, Minh’s house was broken ________. As a result, he had his bike stolen.
19. The invention had brought ________ big changes in the manufacturing technology.
20. The team tried for years to win the competition and they finally brought it ________.
21. During the negotiation, Mr. Nam brought ________ the problem of air pollution again.
22. Sitting in the damp brought ________his rheumatism.
23. After the discussion, I brought the committee ________ to my point of view.
24. I feel I ought to bring ________another small matter.
25. It was an important event, and she's managed to bring it __________ brilliantly.
26. He tried to burn _________ the school by setting fire to papers on a notice board.
27. Stop working so hard - you'll burn yourself _________.
28. I hope you will bear your story _________ when I tell it in court.
29. "How has she been since the funeral?" "Oh, she's bearing ___________."