PHRASAL P VERBS U - T – MATCH THE VERBS IN COLUMN A WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS IN COLUMN B A B PUT ABOUT discourage PUT ACROSS provide accommodation PUT DOWN TO postpone PUT FORWARD tolerate _ PUT OFF pretend _ PUT OFF suggest, propose _ PUT ON cause to be understood PUT OUT extinguish _ PUT OUT start, cause to circulate _ PUT UP inconvenience PUT UP WITH attribute to – FILL THE GAPS WITH ONE OF THE PHRASAL VERBS ABOVE IN THE CORRECT TENSE 1.- Don let me .(you) going to see it I mean, the film does have its good points 2.- At the meeting someone the idea that there should be a student representative on the committee 3.- He did seem a bit short-tempered, I agree I (it) overwork 4.- I’m just not prepared to your inefficiency any longer You’re fired! 5.- Thank you, I’d love to stay for dinner, as long as I won’t (you) at all 6.- We’ll just have to .(the meeting) until everyone is back from holiday 7.- The part of the course I enjoyed least was philosophy It wasn’t very well by the lecturer 8.- If my sister can (me) it’ll save the cost of a hotel room for the night 9.- She (it) that she was thinking of leaving the company and, as a result, she received several offers from a rival firm 10.- He didn’t really hurt his leg He limped a bit but he was only (it) to get our sympathy 11.- She couldn’t the humiliation of being rejected by the casting director for the second time 12.- Due to the strong wind, it took over 15 hours to - the fire in that wood 13.- You shouldn’t going to the dentist any longer It’s urgent 14.- Don’t (your failure) bad luck You didn’t work hard enough 15.- Most people (him) as Chairman of the committee EXERCISE ONE 1- Put about 2- Put across 3- Put down to 4- Put forward 5- Put off 6- Put off 7- Put on 8- Put out 9- put out 10- put up 11- put up with start, make circulate cause to be understood attribute to suggest, propose discourage postpone pretend extinguish inconvenience provide accommodation tolerate EXERTCISE 1- put you off 2- put forward 3- put it down to 4- put up with 5- put you out 6- put off 7- put across 8- put me up 9- put it out 10- putting it on 11- put up with 12- put out 13- put off 14- put your failure down to 15- put him forward