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.

1. It took me a long-time …… a. pick up a different illness each week.

2. Get him a bucket! He’s …… b. she’d come down with the flu.

3. Whenever I eat berries, I …… c. that I thought I was going to pass out.

4. Ever since she started school, she seems to …… d. break out in an awful rash.

5. Anne wasn’t at the party because …… e. it will swell up like a balloon.

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.

9. There’s a nasty virus …… i. soon after they pass away.

10. Most people are buried …… j. to get over my illness.

B. Match the Health Phrasal Verbs from Exercise A with their correct definitions below.

1. Circulating 6. Recover from an illness

2. Become conscious again 7. Catch an illness

3. Die 8. Get bigger, due to pressure or trauma

4. Develop an illness 9. Vomit

5. Erupt or become inflamed (skin) 10. Lose consciousness

1. ……………………… 2. ……………………… 3. ……………………… 4. ……………………… 5. ……………………

6. ……………………… 7. ……………………… 8. ……………………… 9. ……………………… 10. ……………………

C. Complete the sentences using the particles below.

out (2) down round over up (3) away around

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 ………………………

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D. Complete the sentences using the Health Phrasal Verbs from the previous page in the
correct form, plus one of the words below.

aches hangover stomach surgery painsore fever bug incurable blisters

1. I must be …………………………… with a cold. I can’t stop sneezing and my throat is really …………………

2. After spilling boiling water on my hand, my skin …………………………… in angry ……………………………

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.

break get passed going come picking

1. What is the best way to ……………………… over a cold quickly?

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?

What would you do if …


came throwing broke swell passed

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?

9. You fell on your ankle, and it started to …………………………… up like a football?

10. You …………………………… down with the flu the day before an important job interview?

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