Phrasal Replacement (1)

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

REPLACE THE WORDS OR PHRASES IN BOLD TYPE BY SIMILAR OR COMPATIBLE PHRASAL VERBS.
WRITE THEM INSIDE THE BLANK SPACES. SOME SENTENCES MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE ALTERNATIVE.

1.

If you don't allow me to enter I'll break down the door.

 

If you don't me I'll break down
the door.

2.

He regarded her for a moment and then said, 'She is too tall.'

 

He her for a moment and then said, 'She is too tall.'

3.

The line was so bad when I telephoned him that I couldn't understand what he said.

 

The line was so bad when I him
that I couldn't understand what he said.

4.

Will you take care of the garden while I am in hospital?

 

Will you the garden while I am in hospital?

5.

I don't believe a word of his excuse; I'm sure he invented it

 

I don't believe a word of his excuse; I'm sure he it.

6.

He's had the best doctors available but he won't recover unless he has the will to live.

 

He's had the best doctors available but he won't unless he has
the will to live.

7.

Be careful!! The dog is standing behind you.

 

!! The dog is standing behind you.

8.

Never postpone till tomorrow what you can do today.

 

Never till tomorrow what you can do today.

9.

I regard him as the greatest living novelist.

 

I him as the greatest living novelist.

 

I him as the greatest living novelist.
 

10.

He dressed himself in uniform for the occasion.

 

He uniform for the occasion.

11.

He keeps hearing strange footsteps in the house, so he has hired a private detective to investigate the matter.

 

He keeps hearing strange footsteps in the house, so he has hired a private detective to the matter.

12.

She was sitting opposite me in the bus but she pretended not to see me.

 

She was sitting opposite me in the bus but she me.

13.

Whenever you are in Paris, do go and visit my sister.

 

Whenever you are in Paris, do my sister.

 

Whenever you are in Paris, do my sister .

14.

Why was she looking so annoyed?

 

Why was she looking so ?

15.

The Albert Hall was erected in memory of Queen Victoria's husband.

 

The Albert Hall was in memory of Queen Victoria's husband.

16.

I can't offer hospitality to you all because my flat is too small.

 

I can't you all   because my flat
is too small.

17.

Suppose you telephone the station and ask them.

 

Suppose you the station and ask them.

18.

He disparages his own garden but he likes other people to praise it.

 

He his own garden but he likes other people to praise it.

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