Activity 1 - Read: Phrasal Verbs with Take

1. “Take off” usually refers to planes or clothes!

2. “Take after” means “similar to”.

3. “Take up” means begin a sport or hobby.

4. “Take over” usually means take control of.

5. “Take in” means to try to understand something – often used in the negative.

6. “Take in” means to be fooled by someone (e.g. “I was taken in by his lies”).

Then for each of the six questions choose the one correct answer:

1. When his father retires, he’s planning to take _____ his factory in Beijing.
a) off b) after c) up d) over

2. Our plane took _____2 hours late!

a) over b) up c) off d) after

3. Why do so many men take _____ golf when they retire?

a) over b) off c) up d) after

4. Roberto gets angry a lot, he takes _____ his father.

a) over b) off c) in d) after

5. When I heard she was pregnant, I couldn’t take it _____ at first.

a) after b) over c) in d) off

6. I was completely taken _____ when he told me he was working late at the office.
a) after b) in c) over d) after

Activity 2 - Read:

1. “To lift off” is used for space rockets.

2. A common use of “put off” is to postpone or do something later.

3. We talk about an alarm clock going off.

4. We may say “My button has come off my shirt”.

5. Come over can mean to visit someone at their house.

6. You can come into money if you inherit or earn or win it.

7. You can come round after you pass out or lose consciousness.

8. We say “He gave away his old clothes to charity”.

9. “You must give in your homework by Tuesday”.

10. We say “The teacher gave out the new books to the class”, meaning distributed
among students.

11. You get up when you get out of bed in the morning.

12. Get across can mean “to communicate an idea”.

13. Set off can mean “to start a journey”.

14. “Come across” means “to find something by chance”.

15. “Give back” means to “return”.

Then for each of the six questions choose the one correct answer:

1. The crowd was so tightly packed that it took _____.

a) us hours to get through them.
b) us hours to get through it.
c) us hours to get through all them.
d) us hours to get through with it.

2. When an airplane leaves the ground, it _____.

a) takes off b) lifts off c) jumps off d) pushes off

3. What time do you _____ off for work in the morning?

a) put b) set c) go d) come

4. Look at this old photo, I _____ it, when I was cleaning the attic.
a) Came over b) Came across c) Came into d) Came round

5. If you borrow money, you must give it _____.

a) back b) away c) in d) out

6. We were very poor when I was a boy, my parents found it hard to _____. (survive on
a small amount of money)
a) get by b) get away c) get up d) get across
Activity 3 - Read:

1. “Look for” means to search (e.g. I’m looking for a new job).

2. “Look up” means to search for information (e.g. Look up a phone number).

3. “Look into” means to investigate.

4. “Look after” means to care for (e.g. John looks after the children and his wife
works).

5. I “look after” my younger brother when my parents are out.

6. He really “looked up to” his elder brother (respected).

7. “Look back on” means to remember fondly.

8. When something is too old to use anymore we say it is “worn out”.

9. “To take off’ clothes is correct.

10. We say “8 take away 3 equals 5”.

11. “She took a day off work” is correct.

12. I couldn’t put the book down is correct.

13. “To put someone down” means to criticize him or her.

14. To have a pet put down means to have it killed.

15. If you stay with someone, they put you up, not put you
down.

16. “Take down” means to write what someone else is saying (e.g. A secretary takes
down a letter from the boss).

Then for each of the six questions choose the one correct answer:

1. The police are looking _____ several burglaries in the area.

a) for b) up c) into d) after

2. I look _____ my school-days with great happiness.

a) after b) for c) up to d) back on

3. “Look at my old coat, it is completely _____.”

a) worn up b) worn through c) worn down d) worn out
4. The verb “took off” (past tense of take off) has many meanings, which of the
following sentences is NOT correct?
a) He took off his coat. b) 8 take off 3 = 5.
c) The plane took off on time. d) She took a day off work.

5. “Put down” has different meanings, which of the following sentences is NOT
correct?
a) The book was so good I couldn’t put it down.
b) Why do you always put me down?
c) The dog was so ill, we had to have him put down.
d) If I visit can you put me down?