Phrasal Verb Practice
Phrasal Verb Practice
Phrasal Verb Practice
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Activity Sheet (page 1/2)
Intermediate
A. Match the beginnings of the sentences below with the correct endings.
2. Get him a bucket! He’s …… b. she’d come down with the flu.
4. Ever since she started school, she seems to …… d. break out in an awful rash.
6. The bus was so terribly hot …… f. waited anxiously for him to come round.
7. If you don’t put some ice on that ankle, …… g. going to throw up!
8. After Joe collapsed on the pavement, we …… h. going around. Half the class is off sick.
B. Match the Health Phrasal Verbs from Exercise A with their correct definitions below.
1. I came ……………………… with a nasty cold last week. Luckily, I got ……………………… it very quickly.
2. After one bite of the kiwi, my tongue swelled ……………………… and I broke ……………………… in a rash.
3. At this time of year, I seem to pick ……………………… every illness that’s going ………………………
4. Poor Gary passed ……………………… last week. He fell into a coma and never came ………………………
5. After drinking too much vodka, Jim threw ……………………… everywhere, then passed ………………………
D. Complete the sentences using the Health Phrasal Verbs from the previous page in the
correct form, plus one of the words below.
1. I must be …………………………… with a cold. I can’t stop sneezing and my throat is really …………………
3. I ………………………… the flu from my wife last week. I had a high ………………………… and felt very ill.
4. After drinking a litre of gin, I ……………………… on the sofa, then woke with an awful ………………………
5. Mary was diagnosed with an ………………………… illness, and ……………………………… a few weeks later.
6. Sam’s off sick with that nasty stomach ………………………… that seems to be …………………………………
7. After being stung by a bee, my hand …………………………… like a ball and I was in a lot of …………………
8. I hope I …………………………… this horrid flu soon. My body ……………………… and I feel terrible.
9. After eating some bad meat, Sid had an upset …………………… and was …………………………… for days.
10. When I ……………………………… after my recent ……………………………, I felt confused and disoriented.
E. Complete the questions below and discuss them with your partner.
2. What should you do to avoid ………………………… up a nasty virus that’s ………………………… around?
3. What are some reasons why a person might ………………………… out in a rash?
4. What should you say if you hear that someone’s grandmother recently ………………………… away?
5. If someone loses consciousness, what’s the best way to make them ………………………… round?
6. You ………………………… out in a rash after eating something you weren’t used to?
7. You were standing in a queue and the person ahead of you …………………………… out?
8. Your friend had too much to drink and started …………………………… up?
10. You …………………………… down with the flu the day before an important job interview?