EXERCISE 1  Complete each of the following sentences with a preposition or adverb.

1.    Fighting broke ………….. between demonstrators and the police.

2.    Her car broke …………., so she had to call for a mechanic.    

3.    A burglar broke ………….our apartment and stole our money and jewellery.

4.    Sally and Jim broke ……….after they had a big argument.     

5.    We have begun the job of raising educational standards and breaking ……. the barriers between the vocational and the academic routes.

6.    She blew ………….. the candles on her birthday cake.  

7.    The terrorists planted a huge bomb and it blew …………..the building.

8.    She broke …………….. in tears when she heard the news.

9.    After the conflict, a few politicians broke …………… to form their own party.

10. With the discovery of the new drug, the scientists broke ……………… in their fight against cancer.

EXERCISE 2:  Complete each of the following sentences with a phrasal verb from the box

1.         You have to ……………….. what you say with evidence to show that it's true.       

2.    The conclusions we reached in our report are…………..…… the evidence we collected.

3.    Do you ………………...UFOs and alien beings from other planets?

4.    Joe says he'll have the job done on time, but don't ………………… it. He often misses deadlines.

5.    Ten houses …………………. in the fire.

6.    I …………………….an old friend of mine at the mall today.

7.    A lorry had ………………………… on the motorway and we had to wait for over an hour.

8.    This cold is ……………………. my nose and I can hardly breathe.

9.    It seems that the fire ……………………. in the kitchen.

10. The government are planning to ……………………. a law banning hunting

11. Both Sarah's parents died when she was young and she was …………………….by her grandmother.

12. Did you hear that REM have just …………………….a new album

13. I can't wait to see the flowers I planted blossom into beautiful colors and ……………………. our yard.

14. A huge amount of environmental damage has been ………………… by the destruction of the rainforests.

15. That song ……………………. such good memories of my childhood.

16. My lungs are unhealthy because I've been …………………….  smoke from the factory for so many years.

17. Your busy schedule will ……………………. if you don't take a break soon.

18. Lions and tigers ……………………. big cats.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. 

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back. 

A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone. 

B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back. 

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately. 

D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.

Complete each of the following sentences using the correct form of a phrasal verbs in the box :

1. My sister is an early bird. She ................. at 7 o'clock every day of the week.
2. We'll ....................... for Tay Ho village at 9 o'clock and arrive at 10 o'clock.
3. When I was a student, I ...................... small allowances from my parents.
4. The government must now ................... The preservation of traditional craft village.
5. The banks have ..................... a lot of branches in villages over the last few years.
6. Many foreign tourist decied to ..................... to Viet Nam for another holiday.
7. The offered her a trip to Europe but she .................... it ....................
8. He has .................... the report and found nothing interesting.
9. Phong walk too fast and it's really hard to ........................ him.
10. These traditional stories have been ....................... from parents to children over many gernernation.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.

1. She (not drink) _________ coffee last night. She (drink) _______ Coca Cola.

2. He (send )________ you a check last Sunday. _________ you ( receive) __________ it yet ?

3. She (make) _________ herself a cup of coffee before (sit down) _________ on her chair and _______ ( finish) her work.

4. It looked like someone( break) __________ the window with a hammer some time before.

5. After Dr. Johnson ( examine) ________ her, he (give)_________ her a prescription.

6. My family (built) __________ a basement to shelter when I ( be) ______ young because at the time, hurricanes (happen) _________ commonly.

7. We (go) _______ to the doctor because we (be) _____ sick.

8. It was the first time I (see) a tornado in my country.

9. Her grandfather (die) _______ 20 years ago. She (never meet) ___________ him before.

10. The storm ( become) _________ stronger after the place ( take off) __________ for several minutes.

Fill one suitable word in each blank to complete the passage.

When the dwarves came home that evening, they found Snow White lying on the ground. She (1) _______ not breathing at all. She was dead. The lifted her (2) ________ and looked at her longingly. They talked to her, shook her and wept over her. But nothing helped. The dear child was dead, and she remained dead. They (3) __________ her on a bed of straw, and all seven sat next to her and mourned for her and cried for three days. They were going to bury her, but she still looked as fresh as a living person, and still had her beatiful red cheeks.

They said, "We cannot (4) __________ her in black earth", and they had a transparent glass coffin made, so she could be seen all sides. They laid her inside, and with golden letters wrote on it her name, and that she was a princess. Then they put the (5)__________ outside on a mountain, and one of them always stayed with it and watched over her. The animals too came and mourned for Snow White, first an owl, then a reven and finally a dore......

Vivian plays ice hockey and gets to her training sessions by bike. For warm up, she skates the rink from one end to the other and back 5 times, while for cool down, she calmly skates the rink from one end to the other only 3 times. The hockey rink is 56.45 meters long. After her training session she jumps on her bike and heads off home, which is 6.8 kilometers away. Halfway down the road she notices that she left her keys at the arena and rides back to retrieve them.

a) How many meters does Vivian skate for warm up?

b) How many meters does Vivian skate for cool down?

c) How many meters does she skate for warm up and cool down in total?

d) How many kilometers extra does Vivian have to ride due to leaving her keys behind?

e) Once back at home, how many kilometers did Vivian ride in total?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

She had just finished eating her breakfast. Then she fell down.

A. Hardly did she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

B. Hardly she had finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

C. Hardly have she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

D. Hardly had she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

I. Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.

1. Brian asked Judy________ to dinner and a movie.

A. out B. on C. for D. of

2. My wife backed me _______ over my decision to quit my job.

A. down B. up C. of D. for

3. The racing car _______ after it crashed into the fence.

A. blew out B. blew over C. blew up D. blew down

4. Our car ________ at the side of the highway in the snowstorm.

A. broke into B. broke away C. broke in D. broke down

5. Mike _________ Alaska, so he's used to cold weather.

A. comes over B. comes in C. comes across D. comes from

6. Jane had a difficult childhood. She _______ a broken home.

A. came from B. came over C. came in D. came up with

7. The woman _______ when the police told her that her son had died.

A. broke down B. broke away C. broke in D. broke into

8. Our teacher broke the final project _______ into three separate parts.

A. in B. into C. away D. down

9. Somebody _______ last night and stole our stereo.

A. broke off B. broke in C. broke out D. broke up

10. The firemen had to break _______ the room to rescue the children.

A. off B. up C. out D. into

11. The bomb_______ when he rang the bell.

A. went over B. went on C. went out D. went off

12. No one really believed it when the news came through that the "Titanic" had _______ on her maiden voyage.

A. gone over B. gone on C. gone down D. gone off

13. Does this jacket_______ my trousers?

A. go with B. go through with C. go ahead D. go off

14. He _______ about his new car all the time.

A. goes over B. goes on C. goes out D. goes off

15. Do you think you could _______ this work with me some time, Peter?

A. go over B. go on C. go out D. go off