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Let’s Exercise: 
 
I. Use the following verbs (fill, get, put, switch, take, throw, turn, try) and the 
particles (away, down, off, on, out) and form meaningful sentences. 
 
1. Quick! _____________ the bus. It's ready to leave. 
2. The firemen were able to _____________the fire in Church Street. 
3. It's dark inside. Can you _____________the light, please? 
4. _____________the form, please. 
5. I need some new clothes. Why don't you _____________these jeans? 
6. It's warm inside. _____________ your coat. 
7. This pencil is really old. You can _____________ it _____________. 
8) It's so loud here. Can you _____________the radio a little. 
 
 
 
II. Are the following sentences correct or incorrect? 
 
1. Why do we always talk the weather about? 
2. My mother switched the radio off this morning. 
3. I will look your letter forward to. 
4. He was nice, but we turned down him. 
5. I believe in ghosts, don't you? 
(exercises extracted from Staudohar, 2008) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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III. Fill in the blanks with the right proper noun. 
 
BREAKDOWN - A typically sudden collapse in physical or mental health. 
BREAKTHROUGH - A major achievement or success that permits further progress, as 
in technology. BREAKUP - The discontinuance of a relationship, as a marriage or a 
friendship. 
COME-DOWN (or comedown) - A cause of disappointment or depression. 
CUTBACKS - A decrease; a curtailment. 
DROP-OUTS (or dropout) - One who quits school. 
GO-AHEAD - Permission to proceed. 
GROWN-UP - Adult. 
HANDOUT 1. Food, clothing, or money given to the needy. 2. A folder or leaflet 
circulated free of charge. 
LAY-OFFS (or layoff) - The act of suspending or dismissing an employee, as for lack 
of work or because of corporate reorganization. 
LET-UP - Abatement; also, cessation. 
ONLOOKERS - One that looks on; a spectator. 
OUTBURST - A sudden, violent display, as of activity or emotion. 
OUTLOOK - A point of view; an attitude. 
STOPOVER - An interruption in the course of a journey for stopping or visiting at a 
certain place. 
TURNOUT - The number of people gathered for a particular event or purpose; 
attendance. 
UPBRINGING - The rearing and training received during childhood. 
 
1. Tony’s been demoted to Assistant Manager. What a ____________ for him! 
2. The tourist office has a free ____________ on cheap accommodation in London. 
3. Patricia suffered a nervous ____________ when she lost her job. 
4. Miguel’s devotion to the company contributed to the ____________ of his marriage. 
5. Scientists have made an important ____________ in the field of genetic 
engineering. 
 
 
 
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6. The planning authorities gave the school the ____________ for an extension. 
7. At South London University, there were several _________ from the Computer 
Science course this year. 
8. Tommy, ask a ____________ to help you next time you want to do some painting. 
9. Keith has always had a rather narrow ____________ on life. I put it down to his 
strict ____________. 
10. It poured down all day without any ____________. 
11. The whole room was stunned into silence by Gordon’s angry ____________. 
12. The ____________in the building trade are a direct result of the CUTBACKS in 
government spending. 
13. The advantage of flying Air Canada is that the fare includes a free ____________ 
in Vancouver. 
14. Whenever Madeleine chairs a meeting, we get a much better TURNOUT. 
15. To the delight of the ONLOOKERS, the Princess posed on the steps for 
photographs 
 
 
 
 
KEY 
 
 
I - KEY: 1. Get on 2. put out 3. switch on? 4. Fill in 5. try on 6. Take off 7. throw it 
away 8. turn down 
 
II - KEY: 1. Incorrect - 2. Correct - 3. Incorrect - 4. Incorrect - 5. Correct - 6. Correct 
 
III - KEY: 
1. come-down - 2. handout - 3. breakdown - 4. breakup - 5. breakthrough - 6. go-
ahead - 7. drop-outs - 8. grown-up - 9. outlook – upbringing - 10. let-up - 11. outburst 
- 12. lay-offs cutbacks - 13. stopover - 14. turnout - 15. onlookers