Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. Relations have deteriorated between Egypt’s Sunni Muslim majority and Coptic Christians, who _____ for about 10% of the population.

2. Greece _____ for emergency funding from the IMF and its Eurozone partners.

3. Opposition parties are _____ for a snap general election.

4. The President urged APEC countries, which _____ for half the world’s economic activity, to rely on free markets to resolve the crisis.

5. Sudan is to hold its first national democratic election in 24 years when voters _____ for the polls to elect their next president.

6. President Obama _____ for world leaders ‘not simply to talk, but to act’ to head off the risks of nuclear terrorism and proliferation.

7. The former chairman did his best to _____ for the position in the parliament.

8. The President _____ for help in modernizing the automobile giant company.

9. The Prime Minister _____ forward to working closely with opposition in the months ahead.

10. There are issues where leaders will not _____ forward on any questions without mutual assistance.

move	look	look	jockey	call
head	account	call	call	account

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. Not many students _____ for science courses in Libya.

2. Mr. Zuma said the African National Congress would be sending a delegation to Zimbabwe to _____ for a political solution to the crisis.

3. Influential Labour backbencher put out a statement _____ for the entire party to be consulted about any deal between Labour and Lib Dems.

4. One proposal that was _____ forward was the instruction of an international police force to patrol the ceasefire lines.

5. Authorities _____ forward a recommendation with clear military advice.

6. Ford believes Geely has the potential to _____ the business forward while preserving its core values and independence.

7. He admitted that due to his colleagues’ advice he _____ for election.

8. The leader of Tunisia’s main Islamist movement returns from decades in exile but says he does not intend to _____ for the presidency.

9. The ship _____ for the port.

10. Rebel forces _____ for more NATO air strikes in recent weeks.

opt	call	set	stand	head
push	put	take	stand	call

Section 5. In (to).

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. Opposition parties say the fund will _____ in too little money.

2. Peaceful demonstrations _____ into riots in Lhasa.

3. Police units were asked to _____ in water cannons.

4. As soon as the Russians were gone the Georgians _____ in.

5. Many students _____ themselves into new jobs.

6. Paying bills _____ into population’s savings.

7. The long struggle _____ in their failure.

8. Authorities promised to _____ into possible abuses in the deaths of civilians.

9. The businessmen could be reluctant to _____ in more funds.

10. There were many incidents that _____ in damage to private property.

result	turn	bring	come	stand
bring	pump	look	end	stand

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. We want tax cuts in two steps in the next legislative period which will _____ in relief of 15bn euros.

2. Displaced people will get more permanent shelters before winter _____ in.

3. The Pope _____ into the row.

4. Unfortunately, local councils _____ into debt.

5. Both candidates had themselves _____ in as president.

6. Frustration _____ into violence when demonstrators smashed windows in the National Assembly building.

7. It was not easy to _____ in what the leader of the opposition faction was talking about.

8. The elected president _____ in a period of stagnation.

9. The riot police had to ______in.

10. The ECB will follow the lead of the Bank of England, which has said it will _____ 75bn pounds of extra money into the economy.

pump	take	swear	sink	set
step	usher	turn	step	result

Section 6. Off.

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. Small groups were reported to be _____ off from the main demonstrations.

2. Two Tupolev airlines _____ off from Domodedovo.

3. We just _____ off the Statue of Liberty when the rain came down last night.

4. Landslides have _____ off roads.

5. Interim authorities were employing a strategy of ‘asphyxiating the embassy by surrounding it, _____ off the food supply.

6. The tension between the teams has _____ off a little.

7. This is a tactic by the terrorists to try and _____ off reprisals against them.

8. The man was one of the first to _____ off his flight and clear security.

9. A second device _____ off in the area on the parallel track of the railway in the opposite direction.

10. Two bombs _____ off in the village, killing at least two people.

go	break	take	come	cut
ease	fend	cut	go	get

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. Another bomb _____ off near a hotel and a third is reported to have been aimed at a bus.

2. The foreign passengers were stuck in immigration queue when blast _____ off.

3. The President called for the leaders to act _____ off the risks of nuclear terrorism.

4. The dictator reshuffled his cabinet to try _____ off the protests.

5. They can’t keep on _____ off these changes.

6. Syria was _____ off the invitation list.

7. Two suicide bombers _____ off bombs in two subway trains.

8. A protest march _____ off from central Syria for the capital.

9. The manager of influential company _____ off sex scandal.

10. Part of the giant physics experiment was _____ off for the weekend.

turn	shrug	set	leave	put
head	go	set	go	head

Section 7. On (to).

1. The regional group could _____ on a single candidate.

2. The tourist’s eye _____ on a rare book in one of the libraries in Dakar.

3. The Prime Minister has _____ on the international community to intervene in the latest cycle of violence between the two countries.

4. Negotiations with the opposition _____ on throughout the night.

5. Organizers have _____ on civil society groups to protest against corruption.

6. Eastern leaders _____ on the fact that the West also needs good relations with the East.

7. The candidates _____ on the tasks of improving the party’s image.

8. Pseudo-political reforms were _____ on.

9. The man reportedly _____ on a video to members of the US Council on American-Islamic Relations.

10. The sailors had gas masks but maybe some people didn’t manage to _____ them on in time.

agree	embark	call	pass	call
count	alight	go	carry	put

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. The organizers _____ on everyone to take to the streets.

2. Mrs. Clinton _____ on to campaign for Mr. Obama.

3. Mr. Obama _____ on Republican Senator John McCain in the race for the White House.

4. He was _____ on by his colleagues to step down.

5. The people were simply _____ on when a teenager was attacked.

6. The company begins _____ on new staff.

7. The government _____ ten pence on the price of a loaf of bread.

8. Some telephone call _____ the police onto the criminals’ whereabouts.

9. Some people in Africa _____ on one dollar a day.

10. Parents in Asian countries are always keen for their children to _____ on.

call	take	go	put	take
put	urge	live	look	get

Section 8. Out (of).

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. The singer used to be very shy when it came to _____ girls out.

2. Freddie Mac was _____ out by the government last year.

3. Suddenly the clashes in parliament _____ out.

4. The unrest _____ out when peaceful demonstrations turned into riots.

5. The fire brigade were _____ out.

6. The shootings were _____ out by men wielding automatic weapons.

7. The bombings were believed to have been _____ out by Al Qaeda.

8. The man definitely does not want to leave the country, but it is a case of being _____ out of it at the minute.

9. The journalists _____ out most of the interview with human rights activist.

10. They keep on _____ out a meager existence on the barren soil.

ask	carry	bail	carry	break
drive	break	edit	call	eke

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. The two friends soon _____ out.

2. Protesters in Egypt were anxious for assurances that their uprising would not _____ out with a simple reshuffle of the old guard.

3. The President was _____ out of the country.

4. Muslims and Christians will _____ out to fight against corruption.

5. Secretary of State is _____ out to visit Missouri in the next few days.

6. The spokesman _____ out that judicial authorities handled the cases according to the law.

7. The U.S. Embassy in Serbia has begun _____ out non-essential staff.

8. Central bank head said that Poland was not ready to _____ out on the path to the eurozone.

9. More powerful countries in the world are _____ out asylum seekers.

10. China claims to have _____ out theocracy in Tibet.

fall	go	shut	wipe	fizzle
point	set	force	lead	pull

Section 9. Through, To.

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. The refugees quickly _____ themselves to the new way of life.

2. The actress _____ all the credit to herself.

3. The prosperity of the company’s infrastructure must be _____ to its manager.

4. Police fired tear gas when the protesters tried _____ through a cordon.

5. The government must concentrate all their efforts on helping people to _____ through difficult times.

6. The bill must _____ through a second reading.

7. The authorities _____ guilt only to the officer.

8. The new President administration must _____ to its deadline of withdrawing all U.S .combat troops.

9. A new coalition can _____ through economic reforms.

10. The protests _____ through in Cairo.

accustom	impute	push	go	arrogate
come	roll	attribute	keep	break

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. The hurricanes _____ through Cuba.

2. Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke out hours after Mr. Obama, Mr. Sarkozy and Mr. Brown _____ to the stage in Pittsburgh.

3. U.S. Congress _____ the bill through.

4. The troops were _____ through the city.

5. The officer _____ through the minutes of the last meeting.

6. The team _____ through to the final.

7. The hard work of Prime Minister _____ to his credit.

8. The case was _____ to the Court of Appeal.

9. The law _____ to every citizen of a country.

10. The bill of the tycoon _____ to more than three billion dollars.

redound	go	vote	amount	apply
look	get	refer	take	sweep

Section 10. Up.

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. This person was guilty but something did not _____ up.

2. A bomb _____ up in Shourja Market.

3. The police were trying _____ up demonstrations in the city.

4. Two of the bombers might _____ up the Moscow trains.

5. The world leaders were going to _____ up the nuclear issue.

6. The Orange Revolution failed to _____ up the corruption that runs deep in Ukraine’s business world.

7. The cost of _____ up the spill could run into billions of euros.

8. The project is _____ up a half of the company’s entire research budget.

9. The protesters want the ruling family to _____ up most of its powers.

10. Israel’s main international airport is frequently _____ up.

bring	blow	break	blow	add
hold	give	eat	clear	clean

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the suitable verbs in the correct tense forms.

1. Many people were planning _____ up the vigil.

2. Syria has the backing of the Arab League, which _____ up a significant proportion of the regional group.

3. The basketball team _____ up their tenth win.

4. One man _____ a Libyan flag up on the post.

5. The leader of opposition party _____ up no resistance as he was transferred to the airport.

6. The group was _____ up to tackle world conflicts.

7. The Republican candidate will spend some time focusing on _____ up stronghold states.

8. The number of drug addicts in the country _____ up by nearly 60 percent over the past 10 years.

9. The protesters have been _____ up calls for Prime Minister to resign.

10. The U.S. diplomat _____ up a three-day visit in Cairo.

wrap	step	keep	make	notch
put	set	shore	put	shoot

Unit 3. Miscellaneous phrasal verbs.

Section 1. [VIP Файлобмінник]

Exercise 1. Read the text and complete the sentences by choosing a suitable phrasal verb in the correct tense form.

Lagarde Chosen to Head IMF.

France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde was named the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Before becoming France's finance minister she was minister for foreign trade for two years. Prior to moving into politics Ms Lagarde was an anti-trust and employment lawyer in the US. Ms Lagarde 1._____ Mexico's Agustin Carstens for the job. She received backing from America and Europe, and also from China, India and Brazil. The post became vacant following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn who resigned after being arrested in New York for an alleged sexual assault. Ms Lagarde said that following the turmoil of his arrest, she wanted to unify the IMF's staff and restore their confidence in the organisation. She also said she wanted to meet Mr Strauss-Kahn. Ms Lagarde toured the world 2._____ powerful support in the Middle East, Asia and South America. Her appointment looked effectively sealed when America and Russia 3._____ in her favour. Her task will be to 4._____ the efforts of the IMF and European Union to resolve the Greek debt crisis and prevent contagion to other eurozone economies. Ms Lagarde pressed Greece to move quickly to 5._____ unpopular austerity measures that the IMF and EU have said are a prerequisite for further aid. On a day of riots and protests throughout Greece, she said: "If I have one message tonight about Greece, it is to 6._____ the Greek political opposition to support the party that is currently in power in a spirit of national unity."

http:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/ (abridged and changed).

a) push through	b) drum up	c) fight off
d) deal with	e) call on	f) come out

Exercise 2. Underline the correct prepositions in the sentences below.

1. The political demonstrations would be backed up/in by a documentary they were making about western injustices.

2. During the trip their engine broke through/down and they tried to get the attention of a passing ship.

3. The unrest broke out/down last year when peaceful demonstrations turned into/onto riots in Lhasa.

4. Police broke with/up demonstrations in central Cairo, beating protesters with batons.

5. The treaty calls for/on the south and north to equally share the country’s rising oil revenue and a fairer distribution of power, which led to the creation of a unity government of the former rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and the ruling National Congress Party.

6. Mr. Obama called on/for his supporters to lend the next president their goodwill.

7. Israeli planes have carried out/away 13 air strikes on the Hamas- ruled Gaza Strip.

8. There is mounting U.S. pressure on Pakistan- a key ally in the ‘war on terror’- to crack down on/down with militants, who use the border region to launch raids into Afghanistan.

9. Interim authorities were employing a strategy of ‘asphyxiating the embassy by surrounding it, cutting off/through the food supply, asphyxiating the people inside in order to demonstrate their force and power’, Mr. Zelaya told Venezuela’s TV.

10. Anti-aircraft guns opened up/in in several minutes.

Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer: A, B, C, or D in the correct tense form.

1. Prime Minister _____ the prospect of further disruptions to Europe’s gas supply.

2. Helicopters deployed to dump water on the facility were _____ amid concerns over radiation levels in the air above the site.

3. The current economic crisis had emboldened the Chinese to _____ change in the world economic structure.

4. The rise in output was _____ to companies deciding to re- stock after letting their stock levels run down during the recession.

5. The Chancellor will find it much harder to _____ the national legislation he wants.

6. It is unclear whether Mrs. Merkel will be able to _____ the small FDP to create a coalition that could push through economic reforms.

7. We all had gas masks but maybe some people didn’t manage to _____ them _____ in time.

8. One man and his boy _____ a Georgian flag _____ on the post.

9. Mr. Obama’s advisors are said to be _____ a plan to release a group of detainees from the Guanatanamo Bay detention centre and to transfer most of the rest to the American prison and courts system.

10. Freon gas displaces oxygen from air to _____ a fire.

1.

A play down	C cut down
B break down	D put down

2.

A pull down	C let down
B pull out	D let out

3.

A ask for	C call for
B look for	D push for

4.

A look down	C put down
B sit down	D break down

5.

A push on	C push off
B push through	D push for

6.

A stand up to	C get up to
B team up with	D deal up with

7.

A put … on	C put … out
B put … off	D put … through

8.

A put … on	C put … up
B put … in	D put … through

9.

A team with	C put down
B look down	D put together

10.

A put through	C put out
B get out	D get through

Exercise 4. Replace each of the underlined phrasal verbs below with a suitable phrasal verb synonym in the correct tense form.

1. It was not easy to make out what the militants wanted.

2. Four refugees fainted in the heat but were soon brought round with water.

3. The immigrants’ Spanish came along a lot since they joined the language class.

4. People always try to put aside a tidy sum for the retirement.

5. The MP’s meaning did not get across.

6. The insurgents set out early in the morning.

7. The riot police were not able to hold back the protesters.

8. The secretary had to write down the details of where the clients live and work.

9. The man got behind with his payments for the van.

10. There are issues that the ministers have to bring up in committee.

take in	get on	put across	fall behind	set off
bring to	put by	put down	keep back	throw up

Exercise 5. Paraphrase each of the sentences providing a suitable phrasal verb antonym for the phrasal verb underlined.

1. Many families often run out of good food (stock …).

2. When on vacation, students do not like to get up early (turn …).

3. It did not take long for the two companies to make up (fall …).

4. They were always letting out their clothes in summer (take …).

5. We cannot put off the negotiations any longer (bring …).

6. Unfortunately, the cashier had to give away the combination of the safe (hold …).

7. The gang set off at dawn (get …).

8. The company had to bring down its prices because of economic crisis (put …).

9. The test papers were given in to the teacher (give …).

10. The robber knocked the lady out (bring …).

Section 2.

Exercise 1. Read the text and complete the sentences by choosing a suitable phrasal verb in the correct tense form.

Google + Challenges Facebook.

Online search giant Google launched a new social networking website in its attempt to 1._____ Facebook. Google + allows individuals to share photos, messages and comments. It also aims to help users easily organise contacts within groups. But some analysts say Google has simply reproduced features of Facebook while adding a video chat function. Google has taken several stabs at Facebook in recent years. Its previous efforts 2._____ failure, with both Google Wave and Google Buzz proving unpopular with users. The company is now boasting that four features in Google+ could help make the company a permanent player in social networking:circles - a functionality that allows individuals to place friends into groups; hangouts - live multi-user video conferencing that permits friends to 3._____ and 4._____ of live group conversations; huddle - group instant messaging; and sparks - a feature that connects individuals on the network to others with common interests. But some analysts have said Google could have a difficult time converting Facebook devotees to their new social network. "People have their social circles on Facebook - asking them to create another social circle is challenging," Debra Aho Williamson, principal analyst with research firm eMarketer, told the Associated Press news agency.

http:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/ (abridged and changed).

a) take on	b) drop out
c) drop in	d) end in

Exercise 2. Underline the correct prepositions in the sentences below.

1. There were other incidents that resulted in/at damage to private property and targeted police stations or other symbols of the government’s presence in Tibet.

2. It appears that thousands of Chinese flags were ripped through/down from poles and destroyed.

3. New sanctions would have to be given time to work, but a military strike at some stage cannot be ruled into/out.

4. “If you wanted to run against/into President Bush, you should have run four years ago”, Mr. McCain said.

5. A sailor has been charged for setting off/down a firefighting system on a Russian nuclear submarine that released gas.

6. In a joint statement, the Elders- a group set up/forward to tackle world conflicts- said the scale of the crisis ‘must be acknowledged and addressed by Zimbabwe’s leaders’.

7. China spoke up against/out against interference following criticism of the executions from a UK minister.

8. I stand by/up my government on this issue.

9. Tunisian protesters have been stepping up/down calls for Prime Minister and his Cabinet to resign.

10. Tunisia’s PM pledges to step aside/forward after vote.

Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer: A, B, C, or D in the correct tense form.

1. The virus is spreading and the specialists don’t see evidence of it _____.

2. Mr. Berlusconi _____ sex scandal.

3. After the tumultuous week Mr. Cowen took, on his own counsel, the decision _____.

4. Ethnic Rwandan Hutu rebels from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda have _____ their raids since Congolese and Rwandan troops ended a joint offensive against the group.

5. The Prime Minister said he would _____ as Labour leader with immediate effect.

6. He had previously said he would resign as Labour leader, but _____ as prime minister until September, if Labour could agree a deal with the Lib Dems.

7. Meeting in Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UK Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to _____ military pressure on Colonel Gaddafi.

8. The bold protest by the nomads and monks of Amchok Bora in eastern Tibet is one of the defining images of the protests that _____ the Tibetan plateau since March when hundreds of monks took to the streets of Lhasa.

9. The US, the UN and the EU recognized Mr. Ouattara as the winner, but both candidates had themselves _____ as president and a stand-off ensued.

10. The PM _____ his influential speech.

1.

A slow down	C put down
B write down	D pare down

2.

A show off	C put off
B shrug off	D get off

3.

A step in	C step up
B step forward	D step down

4.

A put up	C step up
B get up	D ring up

5.

A stand up	C stand by
B stand in	D stand down

6.

A stay out	C stay in
B stay on	D stay down

7.

A call in	C step in
B get up	D step up

8.

A sweep across	C come across
B sweep back	D come back

9.

A swear by	C swear in
B swear to	D stand by

10.

A stock up	C wake up
B use up	D put up

Exercise 4. Replace each of the underlined phrasal verbs below with a suitable phrasal verb synonym in the correct tense form.

1. Remember to turn out the lights.

2. Many people when depressed, are going to do away with themselves.

3. The tank was filled in.

4. Thousands dies when Titanic went down.

5. The witness soon came round.

6. The electricity was off.

7. The foreigners gave the passports in to the authorities.

8. Drop in some day.

9. The families in Third World countries are often out of food.

10. The opposition leaders knew how to get round the authorities.

bring around	run out of	put out	do … in	fill up
go under	come to	go off	give up	drop by

Exercise 5. Paraphrase each of the sentences providing a suitable phrasal verb antonym for the phrasal verb underlined.

1. The local Council decided to pull down the old theatre (put …).

2. The official gave up his post (take …).

3. The fire broke out on the first floor (put …).

4. The tourists could not adjust to a new time zone and dropped off immediately after lunch (wake …).

5. Five thousand fans were let in to the football match (turn …).

6. The manager looked up to his secretary (look … …).

7. Some people had to drop out of the club (go … …).

8. It was not easy to be taken on as graduate trainee (turn down).

9. Every member of the club has to keep up with his/her colleagues (get … …).

10. The epidemic spread, many people came down with the flu (get …).

Section 3.

Exercise 1. Read the text and complete the sentences by choosing a suitable phrasal verb in the correct tense form.