Education and learning - Phrasal verbs
материал для подготовки к егэ (гиа) по английскому языку (10 класс)

Education and Learning

Phrasal verbs

Catch on – understand – понимать, усваивать

Come (a)round (to) – be persuaded to change your mind (about) – менять мнение

Cross out – draw a line through something written – вычеркивать

Dawn on – if something dawns on you, you realize it for the first time – приходить в голову, осенить

Deal with – cope with, handle – иметь дело, улаживать

Drop out (of) – leave school, etc before you have finished a course – выбывать

Get at – try to express – иметь в виду, подразумевать

Get on with – continue doing – продолжать

Give in – stop making an effort to achieve something difficult – поддаваться, сдаваться

Keep up with – stay at the same level as – быть на одном уровне

Sail through – do something or deal with something very easily – успешно справиться

Set out – explain, describe or arrange something in a clear and detailed way – излагать

Think over – consider – обдумывать

1. Write one word in each gap.

1. Just get _____ with Exercise 1 and I’ll be back in a minute.
2. My teacher says that I should sail ____ the exam, but I’m not sure.
3. Dave didn’t understand what Miss Smith was getting ___, so he asked her to explain it again.
4. We all tried to convince our teacher to change  his mind about the school trip and he finally came ____.
5. If you make a mistake, just cross it ____ with a single line.
6. Belinda missed a few months of school because of illness and found it difficult to keep ____ with her classmates.
7. The other kids were making fun of me, but I didn’t  catch ____ until I heard them laughing.

2. Complete each second sentence using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.

SET

1. The ideas in your essay need to be organized better.

You need to ________________________ in your essay better.

OVER

2. Why don’t you consider the college’s offer for a few days and then call them?

Why don’t you __________________ for a few days and then call them?

IN

3. You’ll never pass the exam if you just stop trying like that.

You’ll never pass the exam if you just ____________________ like that.

DEAL

4. When he was at university, Nick just couldn’t handle all the work.

Nick just couldn’t ___________________________at university.

DAWNED

5. I suddenly realized that I had left my homework at home.

It _____________________ that I had left my homework at home.

OUT

6. Ed was very lonely an university and he left after only one month.

Ed __________________ after only one month because he was very lonely.

3. Complete the sentences.

1. It took her a while to _________ to the idea.
2. I think it’s difficult to ____________ the best students in my group.
3. He __________ the reasons for his decision in his report.
4. I’ll _________ that problem tomorrow.
5. Be quiet and __________ your work!

Keys – Ответы:

Ex. I.

1. on
2. through
3. at
4. around
5. out
6. up
7. on  

Ex. II.

1. set out the ideas
2. think the college’s offer over
3. give in
4. deal with all the work
5. suddenly dawned on me
6. dropped out of university

Ex. III.

1. Come around
2. Keep up with
3. Set out
4. Deal with
5. Get on with