PHRASAL VERBS ~ PUT [Part 2] (Exercises & Keys)

PHRASAL VERBS - PUT [Part 2]
I. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions or adverbs.
1. Putting....the fact that she doesn`t speak English, she`s a most efficient secretary.
2. Why do you put....going to the dentist?
3. Our boss managed to put....an important business deal.
4. The police put the suspect....a severe examination.
5. I hadto put all the pieces....to build the machine.
6. The fire brigade put the fire....in half an hour.
7. He can`t speak four languages; he`s putting you....
8. American scientists have put....a new theory.
9. The firm puts....one hundred machines every day.
10. I will not be put....by such threats.
11. In spring the elms were putting....new leaves.
12. They put me....as an idiot.
13. Put your ideas....before you make a speech.
14. They finally surrendered by putting their hands....
15. When he lost his job, he put his house....for sale.
16. I won`t put her behaviour any longer.
17. If you visit me, I`ll put you....for the night.
18. He fell off his bicycle and put his shoulder....
19. The horrible smell put me....my meal.
20. Which party will be put....at the next election?
21. "What`s the matter with you?" he put....
22. He`s been putting....a lot of ice-cream and now he`s got indigestion.
23. He puts a lot of work....improving his Vietnamese.
24. I wasput....for the school football team.
25. The boat put....to harbour as the tide came in.
II. Replace the following phrasal verbs with another word or phrase of the same meaning.
1. He put off the pitbull with a knife.
2. The gangster was put away for ten years.
3. I`ve just put my book down to listen to the news.
4. The deal must be put down in writing to be legal.
5. They put at 300 the number of orders they receive daily.
6. The revolts were brutally put down in the Turkey.
7. Shakespeare’s Hamet has been put into many different languages.
8. The government has put forward plans for building a dam.
9. They put his attitude down to his financial problems.
10. The madwoman was put away in a hospital.
11. That teacher isn`t very good at putting his ideas across.
12. The boat put back to harbour.
13. Put my address down or else you`ll forget it.
14. The cab put me off at the airport.
15. The colour of the food put me off eating it.
16. My son puts on that he is sick when he doesn`t want to go to school.
17. I`m really put out; I can`t understand his behaviour.
18. I asked the secretary to put me through to the director.
19. We put up in a boarding house for the night.
20. The flag was put up as the anthem was played.
21. He put up his umbrella as it started to rain.
22. He put me up to what was happening.
23. I can`t put up with my mother-in-law.
24. My aunt always puts me up when I visit HCM City.
25. Sometimes her replies put me off.
III. Replace the words in italics with an appropriate phrasal verb.
1. He saves $35 every month to pay for his summer holiday.
2. Troops were used to crush the rebellion.
3. Write down his address before you forget it.
4. I attribute his joy to the fact that he is no longer on the dole.
5. If you want to live here, you`ll have to bear patiently with the noise.
6. The City Hall will erect a statute in the park.
7. If only a few people want to buy a product, its price is automatically raised.
8. He assumed an air of indifference.
9. He made a claim for compensation.
10. He is the sort of man who always postpones going to the doctor till it is too late.
11. Why don`t you apply for the job?
12. I wanted to cheer the 22nd SEA Games winners but the mobs repelled me.
13. The students usually perform a play at the end of the year.
14. Those journalists have been accused of spreading false information.
15. I want to save some money for a rainy day.
16. The war has delayed production in our factory.
17. I consider him a liar.
18. I`m going to bet some money on that horse.
19. I`d