100 PHRASAL VERBS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW VERB To pick on To pick out To pick up To pitch in To point out To pull out MEANING Meterse con/criticar Elegir EXAMPLE SENTENCE Stop picking on me! I didn’t anything wrong Buscar/recoger Ayudar/contribuir Can you pick up Jane at the airport?/Pick up your clothes before you leave They’re all over the floor If we all pitch in, the job will get done faster Indicar He pointed out that it was his idea to begin with Sacar/retirar To pull over To put away To put off To put out To put up with To rip off To run down Hacer parar They had to pull out all of his wisdom teeth last week./The company pulled out of the merger deal at the last minute The police pulled us over for speeding To run into Toparse con/chocar To run out of To screw up To see off To set aside To set off To set up Agotarse Guardar Aplazar Apagar Aguantar Desfalcar/robar Criticar/atropellar Equivocarse Despedir Apartar Salir Montar/instalar Let’s pick out some wine for dinner tonight The children never put away their toys They’re all over the house! Don’t put off to tomorrow what you can today The firefighters have been putting out fires all along the coast He left his job because he couldn’t put up with the long hours The embezzler ripped off his clients for millions She was always running down her co-workers No one liked her./He was run down by a bus as he tried to cross the street I ran into an old friend at the supermarket and we caught up about old times./I ran into a parked car today but no one was hurt We’ve run out of sugar I have to buy some today The printer screwed up the order so it has to be done over We all went to the train station to see her off when she left If you set aside some money every month, you’ll be able to take a nice vacation We have to set off early tomorrow if we want to arrive by evening She set up a new business to provide a home delivery service But she couldn’t set up her own computer system COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PHRASAL VERB CONJUGATE THE VERB AS NEEDED! I need to _ some money to buy a new car next year They’ve _ time to make a decision; they have to decide now We were in a pyramid scheme We lost a lot of money I’ve purchasing a new car because I’m waiting for the new models to come out He had to _ of the tournament because of his injury How about if we a pizza on our way home? Then we won’t have to cook The other children him because he was a little different If everyone , we’ll meet our objectives faster You need to _ if you’re going to talk or send texts on your phone 10 When he his cigarette, he burned his finger 11 The boss heard her his management style Now she has been transferred to another department 12 I really that estimate! The costs are double what I expected 13 Prepare a check list of what you need to before you on your trip 14 Do you want me to help you _ a Christmas gift for your parents? 15 Just let me what I think the problem is 16 I’m going to _ the groceries before the frozen food thaws 17 His parents couldn’t _ him any more They kicked him out because he refused to get a job 18 When I Mary the other day, we made plans to get together next week 19 All of her friends went to the airport to _ her _ on her trip 20 When they _ the accounting system, they didn’t consider how to record late payments