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PHRASAL VERB THEMES

PHRASAL VERB THEMES

Here are some phrasal verbs for you to use.

Complete the sentences (1 to 8) with the

words from below.

Rule out

IF SOMEBODY

“RULES

SOMETHING

OUT”, THEY

SAY THAT IT

CANNOT OR

SHOULD NOT

HAPPEN.

Put off

IF SOMEONE

“PUTS

SOMETHING

OFF”, THEY

DELAY IT AND

IT HAPPENS

LATER THAN

PLANNED.

“The government put of bringing in the new

because of all the opposition to it.”

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Call for

IF SOMEONE

“CALLS FOR”

SOMETHING,

THEY

DEMAND IT.

Hand in

IF SOMEONE

“HANDS

SOMETHING IN”,

THEY GIVE IT

TO SOMEONE

(OFTEN

SOMEONE IN

AUTHORITY).

4

“The protesters handed in the with more

than 50,000 names on it.”

3

“The opposition leader was calling for a referendum on

the .”

Swear in

WHEN A NEW MINISTER

IS “SWORN IN”, THERE IS

AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY

DURING WHICH THEY

PROMISE TO BE HONEST

AND LAWFUL IN THEIR NEW

POST (AS A MINISTER/PRIME

MINISTER, ETC.).

Vote for

IF YOU “VOTE FOR”

SOMEONE, YOU

GIVE YOUR VOTE TO

THAT PERSON IN AN

ELECTION.

1

“She voted for the Green Party .”

2

“The minister will be sworn in Wednesday.”

Break down

IF TALKS

BETWEEN TWO

GROUPS “BREAK

DOWN”, BOTH

GROUPS STOP

TALKING TO

ONE ANOTHER.

“The government set up a to look into

the efects that the new law was having on poor people.”

7

Set up

IF SOMEONE “SETS SOMETHING

UP”, THEY PROVIDE THE MONEY OR

RESOURCES NECESSARY TO START IT.

“Talks between the government and union oicials broke

down and the went ahead.”

8

(part I I)

“The government have ruled out introducing the higher

of tax.”

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