Syllabus topic 15: Phrasal verbs 3
Phrasal verbs 3. This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out.
This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
Notice how each form fits its sentence. Read the context before choosing a form.
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Practice my mistakesBack to my daily planWe carried on ___ despite the rain.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: walking
Completed sentence: We carried on walking despite the rain. This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
Don't put ___ the meeting again. (postpone)
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: off
Completed sentence: Don't put off the meeting again. (postpone) This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
He gave ___ smoking last year.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: up
Completed sentence: He gave up smoking last year. This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
Can you work ___ the answer?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: out
Completed sentence: Can you work out the answer? This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
I want to find ___ what happened.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: out
Completed sentence: I want to find out what happened. This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
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Correct answer: walking
Completed sentence: We carried on walking despite the rain. This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: off
Completed sentence: Don't put off the meeting again. (postpone) This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: up
Completed sentence: He gave up smoking last year. This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: out
Completed sentence: Can you work out the answer? This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: out
Completed sentence: I want to find out what happened. This set covers carry on, put off, give up, work out and find out. Some take -ing complements: carry on working, put off leaving, give up smoking. Work out can mean solve; find out means discover information.
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