1. 
   Match the following phrasal verbs with their definitions:

KEY:

C

1. asked her out

2. borne out

3. broke out

4. carried out

5. checked out

6. count me out

7. come out

8. died out

9. drew…. out

10. dropped out

11. eat out

12. figure it out

13. find out

14. handed out

15. ironed out

16. left out

17. made out

18. missed out

19. passed out

20. picket it out

21. pointed out

22. put out

23. ran out

C ) Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from A:

1. Mary has a new boyfriend: Joe _____________ her _____________ last night.

2. Helen´s alibi was _____________ by her sister.

3. The second World War _____________ 3 September, 1939.

4. The attack was successfully _____________.

5. She _____________ and took a cab to the airport.

6. I don´t want to go you can _____________me _____________.

7. When the news _____________ , everyone was shocked.

8. The great dinosaurs _____________ millions of years ago.

9. I thought that speech would never end. The speaker couldn´t have said everything important in 5 minutes, but he _____________the speech _____________ for over an hour.

10. Mark _____________the race because he felt tired and ill.

11. I´m too tired to cook tonight. Why don´t we _____________?

12. For a long time I couldn´t understand the problem but finally _____________ out.

13. I went to the library to _____________ all I could about life and work of Luis de Camões.

14. The teacher ­ the worksheets to the class.

15. the management team _____________ the tax problems before they gave the project the OK.

16. He was _____________ of the side because he hasn't been playing well.

17. He _____________ that he was ill so that he didn´t have to go to school.

18. You have _____________ a word here!

19. When the air-conditioning stopped working James found it difficult to breathe and _____________.

20. mark´s grandmother especially liked her birthday card because he had ­ _____________it _____________ himself.

21. I ­ _____________that I would be on holiday anyway.

22. He _____________ his cigarette before entering in the building.

23. On the way home from work, Miles _____________ of gas.

B

1. put out

2. come out

3. found out

4. fall out

B ) Replace the underlined words using the phrasal verbs above.

find out - fall out - come out - put out

1. The fireman manage to extinguish the fire.

2. His new book will be published next week.

3. He never discovered why the accident happened.

4. It´s very disgusting to see friends disagree and quarrel for some time.

A

1. a

2. b

3. c

4. d

5. e

6. f

7. g

8. h

9. i

10. j

11. k

12. l

13. m

14. n

15. o

16. p

17. q

18. r

19. s

20. t

21. u

22. v

23. x

1. to ask for a date

2. to confirm the truth

3. to start usually suddenly

4. to complete a plan

5. to follow procedures for leaving ( a hotel)

6. to exclude

7. to appear

8. to disappear completely / to become extinct

9. to prolong something ( usually for beyond the normal limits)

10. to withdraw from / to stop taking part in a competition, a social group…

11. to have a meal in a restaurant

12. logically find the answer to a problem

13. to discover

14. to distribute

15. to remove small problems or irregularities

16. not include

17. to pretend

18. not include or fail to include

19. to faint / lose consciousness

20. to choose / to select

21. to draw attention to something or someone

22. Extinguish a cigarette, a fire, etc.

23. to use all of (something) and have no more left

1. to ask out

2. to bear out

3. to break out ( of unpleasant things)

4. to carry out´

5. to check out

6. to count out

7. to come out

8. to die out

9. to draw out

10. to drop out

11. to eat out

12. to figure out

13. to find out

14. to hand out

15. to iron out

16. to leave out

17. to make out

18. to miss out

19. to pass out

20. to pick out

21. to point out

22. to put out

23. to run out

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