EXERCISE 26a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.

1. Your important papers are all over the house. You should ________ them _____ and keep them in a safe place.

2. It was so cold this morning that it took half an hour to ________ my car ______.

3. This is awfully complicated. Could you ________________ it one more time?

4. The police ordered the people in the house to ________ the door________.

5. The sergeant ________ ________ the hill to look for the enemy soldiers.

6. The account executive was asked to ________ some ideas ________ for a new advertising campaign.

7. I'm trying to sleep. Would you please ________ ________ the lights?

8. Linda saw her favorite movie star, but she was too shy to ________ ________ to him and ask for his autograph.

9. I'll ________ you ________ ________ a little secret.

10. I'm going to___________to Todd's house to help him with his math homework.

11. This calendar is useless—it________________only to August.

12. Thank you for your application. I will________________it carefully and call

you in a few days.

13. This jigsaw puzzle has 1,000 pieces. It'll take forever to ________ it ________.

14. If that big discount store ________ ________ outside of town, all these little shops will go out of business.

15. The level of water in the river always falls during the summer but ________ back ________ the next spring.

16. Sam's idea of giving all the workers a 10 percent pay raise didn't ________ ________well with management.

17. I know you're upset, but you have to ________ yourself________.

18. On Saturday nights Mike usually ____ _____ with some friends and plays poker.

19. As soon as we arrived at the party, David ________ ________ to the buffet table and grabbed a plate.

20. Without the combination, there's no way to ________ this safe ________.

21. _______ all your Spanish books ________ on the same shelf.

22. This road ________ ________ to the next town, but that's where it ends.

23. I'll need around $25,000 to ________ ________ my new business.