Friday Exercise

Practice Exercise 1

Phrasal Verb	Meaning
look after	take care of
hold on	wait
do without	manage
take up	occupying
run out of	have no more
break down	stopped working
meet up with	arrive unexpectedly
check in	registered
turn up	visit
look into	investigate

EMAIL 1

TO: Robert Booth

FROM: Amy Cookson

RE: 1 Service Lift

The service lift in the warehouse has (1)  break down____ (stopped working) again.

Could you please get the Shindler engineer to (2)_look into_____ (investigate) what has gone wrong and fix it as soon as possible?

This is urgent, because we really cannot (3)do without__________ (manage) it. We are having to move everything upstairs by hand. This is (4)__take up__ (occupying) a lot of time and soon everyone is going to (5)run out of _ (have no more) patience.

EMAIL 2

TO: Robert Booth

FROM: Amy Cookson

RE: Mr Senai

We are expecting Mr Senai from Japan sometime this afternoon.

I have rung the hotel, but he has not (6) check in__ (registered) there yet, so he may just (7)meet up with__ (arrive unexpectedly) at the office. If he does, could you (8)look after__ (take care of) him and ask him to (9)hold on__ (wait) until I get back?

I have to (10)turn up__ (visit) a client at about 3.30, but I should be back by

4.15.

Practice Exercise 2

Phrasal Verb	Meaning
back up	copy file to another space
build up	improve
close down	close
fill in	fill
give up	desert
take up	accept
try out	put to test
break down	stopped working
pick up	meet
put off	delay
meet up with	arrive unexpectedly
buy out	buy
turn off	shut off
go through	undergo
look up	find
turn up	start
look after	take care
help out	help somebody out of recession
run out of	have no more

1) Did you ____back up______ your files last week?

2) Keith Sole quickly __build up___ his shareholding to 10% of the company.

3) If we don't stop the losses, the company will have to be _close down____.

4) After you've __fill in________ the form, can you leave it with Fiona, my secretary?

5) We've __help out_______ trying to get business from small companies.

6) Marvin Steel is in the process of _buy out_____ many of the smaller shareholders.

7) Could you ask Paul to __give up__________ with arranging the company BBQ at the weekend?

8) If you don't know the meaning of a word, you should __look up_____ in a dictionary.

9) My plane gets in at 10.30. Could you _pick me up________ at around 11?

10) The meeting has been _turn up_______ until 17 April.

11) Have you had an opportunity to ___try out_________ our evaluation software yet?

12) Don't forget to __turn off________ the air-conditioners when you leave the office this evening.

13) I'm afraid to say that the photocopier's __break down_______ yet again!

14) I think I'll _pick up________ Roger before I go home this evening.

15) During the recession, the company __go though_____ some difficult times.

16) Mary has decided to ___take up________ an offer from another company.

17) Whatever you do, don't ____put off________ to the meeting late.

18) Who will __look after_________ my children if I have to work full-time?

19) I _met up with________ John last night.

20) Please call Jane if you __run out of_______ any stationery items