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After winning the pools, they looked down on us. (nos despreciaban)
E) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the list below.
1. After trying to solve the algebra problem three times without success,
he ................................
2. You boyfriend has got such terrible habits – I don´t know how
you....................................him.
3. She..........................................going on holiday next week.
4. The child cried bitterly when he heard that his dog..............................................
5. If you want to buy furniture, I recommend that you .......................................this
catalogue.
6. The plane crashed shortly after it ........................................
7. If their car......................................., they wouldn´t have been late for the
wedding.
8. My sister and I never......................................each other – we always argue.
9. She spent two hours........................................clothes in the department store, and
didn´t buy anything.
10. The little girl always .........................................her big brother – even when he
treated her badly.
Los phrasal verbs que son transitivos, es decir, que tienen complemento directo de
objeto, pueden ser separables o inseparables.
a) Los phrasal verbs separables pueden llevar la partícula junto al verbo o con el
complemento intercalado.
Recuerda:
Nota: Los phrasal verbs que toman dos partículas, como por ejemplo look
forward to, get along with, etc. son inseparables.
EXERCISES
F. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in brackets. Add a
pronoun
in each case.
1. What about this old coat? Aren´t you going to ...........................................? (throw
away)
Rewrite the ones which are separable, showing the alternative word order.
...................................................................................................................................
...
...................................................................................................................................
...
4. Her house was pulled down to make way for a new motorway.
...................................................................................................................................
....
...................................................................................................................................
....
6. The water company cut off our water because we hadn´t paid the bill.
...................................................................................................................................
.....
...................................................................................................................................
.....
8. She takes after her grandmother, who was a very good-looking woman.
...................................................................................................................................
......
9. Martin looked through the classified ads in the newspaper for a new flat.
...................................................................................................................................
......
...................................................................................................................................
.......
12. Alice will find it hard to live up to her father´s expectations of her.
...................................................................................................................................
.......
for to up
4. The police broke into the empty flat because they saw lights and suspected
something
was going......................
round along on
down up ahead
again.
9. The police are looking ........................the theft of cars from the carpark.
at into for
10. After the accident, we turned .......................our insurance agent for help.
to away on
11. While I was sick, my mother looked ...................to see if I needed anything.
ahead after in
12. My brother lit a fire and we had to call the fire brigade to put it......................
13. Mike takes .........................his mother. They both have blue eyes and fair hair.
off to after
14. His parents put...........................a few pounds each week for their annual holiday.
up aside in