PHRASAL VERBS ~ CUT (Exercises & Keys)

PHRASAL VERBS WITH “CUT”
I. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions or adverbs.
1. The company has had its electricity supply cut....because they haven`t paid their monthly bill.
2. He`s completely cut....there, he lives miles from anywhere.
3. They are going to cut....all those trees in order to build a motorway.
4. He doesn`t want to get into debt; therefore, he`s going to cut his expenses....
5. He cut the box....for firewood.
6. Your composition is too long; cut it....to 1,500 words.
7. He doesn`t want to drive on these motorways, where lorries cut....dangerously.
8. The switchboard operator cut us....in the middle of our conversation.
9. They have cut....the water supply temporarily because of the drought.
10. They were cut....by the tide and had to be rescued by helicopter.
11. He is not cut working as a blacksmith.
12. The children cut....photographs of their favourite fooballers.
13. It was a long way to the farm so we cut....the field.
14. My children always cut....wood for the fire.
15. He`s always cutting....with jokes in class to make the other students laugh.
16. They are going to cut....production due to the crisis.
17. The doctor has advised him to cut smoking.
18. When I married Carol, my father cut me....without a penny.
19. When we moved to Madrid, the children felt cut....from their friends.
20. He should cut....drinking whisky.
21. Grandad cannot chew and the nurse had to cut his food....
22. When we got lost in the woods, we felt completely cut....
23. He`s always criticizing me; he cuts me....
24. One of the engines of the plane cut....in the middle of the flight.
25. The bushes don`t allow you to see the street; you should cut them....
II. Replace the following phrasal verbs with another word or phrase of the same meaning.
1. Drinking alcohol cuts across all his principles.
2. He cuts across the fields in order to arrive earlier.
3. Whenever you are not at home, your brother cuts you up.
4. It cuts me up to see my mother suffer like that.
5. When he saw the police coming, he cut away.
6. We will have to cut back on our expenses if we want to save money.
7. The gardener will cut all the shrubs back.
8. Before they could harvest the crop, they had to cut the corn down.
9. My fiancee is always nagging at me because I don`t cut out smoking.
10. Noah was cut off by the flood for forty days.
11. The doctor advised cutting the infected limb off.
12. He thought he was going to come into some money, but his father cut him off.
13. Unexpectedly, the car cut off into a side road.
14. His speech was too long and he had to cut it down.
15. I don`t like people whocut in on my conversation.
16. Cut out the nonsense and tell me the truth.
17. Negotiations were cut off because neither side would compromise.
18. The Congress opposed plans to cut back on the social security budget.
19. He nearly caused a crash by cutting in.
20. Europe has decided not to cut off foreign aid to Third World countries.
21. He cut the photograph out of the magazine.
22. When the petrol level is low, the engine cuts out.
23. The platoon was cut off by the enemy.
24. I finally managed to get through,but unfortunately we were cut off in the middle of the conversation.
25. Unless you cut these habits out, you will be ill.
III. Replace the words in italics with an appropriate phrasal verb.
1. Unless he reduces his expenses, he`ll be getting into debt.
2. Accidents are often caused by drivers crossing the path of other drivers.
3. We were disconnected in the middle of our telephone conversation.
4. You will be isolated if you go to live in that cottage.
5. Could you reduce this article to 1,500 words.
6. He`s not suited to that kind of work.
7. They cut the box into small pieces for firewood.
8. I wish those children would stop misbehaving.
9. If you marry that girl, I will disinherit you.
10. The gardener stated that the tree had been felled with an axe.
11. The fast-flowing stream has made a deep valley.
12. You must stop smoking.
13. The gardener is supposed to prune the shrubs and bushes in winter