EXERCISE 15a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.
1. The first time I held my newborn son in my arms it just ________ me ________. 2. I asked Linda if she would ________ me ________ with her friend Nancy. 3. Bob said he could get us backstage after the concert, and he ________ ________ just like he promised. 4. This house is dump now, but after I ________ it ________, it'll look nice. 5. I saw you eating cookies before dinner when Mommy told you not to. I'm going to ________ ________ you. 6. The composer's love for his native land really ________ ________ through in his music. 7. Can you help me? I'm ________ ________Toronto, but I'm lost. 8. I've never been to the opera before. I think I'd better ________ myself________. 9. The train ________ ________ town three times a week. 10. If you keep charging stuff like crazy on your credit cards, you're ________ ________ bankruptcy. 11. Do you think these brown pants ________ ________ this blue shirt? 12. All the books damaged in the flood have to be ________ ________. 13. Coke's new sales promotion is going to ________ Pepsi ________. 14. We sat by the phone nervously waiting for the judge's decision to ________ ________. 15. My brother works in a car rental place, and he said he can ________ me ________ with a Mercedes at no extra cost. 16. After looking at pictures of several models, the photographer decided to ________ ________ Nicole. 17. Dr. Wood ________ ________ the door and said hello. 18. All the clothes I left outside to dry were ________ ________ by the storm. 19. My father hated being a salesman because of all the travel that ________ ________ the job. 20. Two of my brothers went to Vietnam, but only one ________ ________ it alive. 21. I asked the clerk in the computer store if the monitor _____ _____ the computer. 22. It's getting late and I'm tired. I think I'm going to ______ ______ to my house. 23. His proposal made a lot of sense, so we decided to ________ ________ it.
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