TIếng Anh 12 - Exercises in english phrasal verbs with “down”

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1. EXERCISES IN ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS WITH “DOWN” 3 Subside is a more formal word for die down. Below are thefour most important meanings of DOWN and one group of other meanings. In all 34 phrasal verbs have been selected. Under each of the headings you will see a list of the phrasal verbs which you are going to practise. Some verbs appear more than once, as many phrasal verbs have more than one meaning. You can write other phrasal verbs with the same meaning in the space provided. Use a dictionary if necessary A B C Decreasing and Defeating and Completing or Failing Reducing Suppressing bring down back down break down calm down bring down close down come down clamp down let down come down to knock down settle down cut down pull down stand down die down put down turn down keep down wear down narrow down play down run down I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions. scale down I If a problem or question a particular thing, that is the slow down most D E important or relevant factor to be considered. 2 If something , it becomes much quieter or less intense. Writing and Recording Other meanings 3 If you something , you reduce it or do it less often. go down as get down to 4 If the cost, level or amount of something , it becomes lay down live down cheaper or less than it was before. put down pin down put down to talk down to II. Match the phrases on the left with those on the right. 1. The protests will soon die down, take down 2. Modern technology contributes to bringing down A. Decreasing and Reducing - Part 1 3. There are dozens of contentious points, bring down calm down come down come down to 4. Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cut down die down 5 An officer tried to calm them down The promised measures included steps to bring down prices. 6. Local government expenditure ‘Please, Mrs Kinter,’ said Brody. ‘Calm down1. Let me explain.’ A. cannot cut down easily. Get on the phone at once, please, and offer to come down 2 a couple of hundred B. but had no success. dollars. C. but in the end it comes down to planning. Basically, it comes down to asking ‘Is the workplace as safe for all employees?’. D. you just have to wait. Save time for yourself by cutting your shopping down to twice a week. E. has come down by 20% since 1975. She waited until the laughter had died down 3 before going on. F. the cost of fish in making available canned products Notes. 1 Settle down means almost the same as calm down. 1. .2. .3. .4. .5. . 2 Decrease is a more formal word for come down; go up means the opposite. Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “DOWN” .
2. III. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space 4. If you the number, size, or amount of something , you stop it provided. increasing and try to keep it at a low level. 1. Ultimately, the problem the way in which housing has been defined. II. Match the phrases on the left (1-6) with those on the right (A-F). comes down to cuts down brings down 1. It’s argued that our forces are so run down they 2. Although many businessmen realise they should on heavy eating at lunch- 2. We did not stop his southward advance time they often fool themselves. 3. Keeping inflation down to an acceptable level calm down cut down bring down 4. He will play down 3. He told me that things appeared to be a bit. 5. How many suspects have we got? calming down bringing down cutting down 6. Overall goals must be 4. His anger takes a long time to A. the financial difficulties of the company. come down come down to die dozen B. don’t deter anybody any more. 5. Swedish taxes have got to be C. is not as easy as it seems. died down brought down calmed down D. scaled down in importance. 6. Birth rates in the Third World have started to more rapidly. E. We’ve narrowed it down to four, sir. come down die down cut down F. but did much to slow it down. IV. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. 1. Inflation is starting to 1. .2. .3. .4. .5. . 2. He has made a series of proposals which he believes would help land III. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space prices. provided. 3. When she had herself , she started the engine. 1. Malcolm needs to a little or he’ll get an ulcer. 4. I’he wind has quite a lot. run down slow down narrow down 5. The text was too long so we it 2. Public transport could be to the point where the car has achieved 6. What it , I said, was that she had taken it as far as anyonecould be total dominance. expected to do. played down narrowed down run down A. Decreasing and Reducing ~ Part 2 3. Let’s the discussion , shall we? keep down narrow down play down run down scale down slow down narrow down scale down play down The Trench too are very concerned to try and keep costs down. 4. Some aspects of reality are omitted or , while others are Wefinally narrowed down the list of candidates to three. given more importance. They have urged that the authorities should play down 1 the horrors of nuclear war. narrowed down slowed down played down Hospitals were being run down because of the spending cuts. 5. The project has been by about half the original estimate. The project has been scaled down by about half of the original estimate. kept down narrowed down scaled down Economic growth has slowed down 2 dramatically 6. Auction rooms are used to a plentiful flow of old documents, and Notes. this prices 1 Exaggerate and play up mean the opposite of play down. runs down slows down keeps down 2 Slow up means almost the same as slow down; speed up means the opposite. IV. Write the correct form of the phrasal verb in the space provided. 1. They the choice to about a dozen sites. I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions. 2. Their air forces had been ruinously 1. If you something such as a choice or subject, you consider only the most 3. They’ve decided to the project because of a lack of government suitable or important parts, and eliminate the rest. funding. 2. If you something , you try to make people think that something is 4. Harold the car unimportant, or less important than it really is. 5. Can you the noise ? 3. If an industry or organization is , its size, importance, or activity is 6. We would like to stress that in no sense do we wish to the importance of the deliberately reduced. issues raised. Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “DOWN” .
3. B. Defeating and Suppressing III. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space back down bring down clamp down knock down provided. pull down put down wear down 1. He fought with a kind of hideous, heedless, mechanical energy', slowly his Eventually he backed down on the question of seating. man A national strike would bring the government down. backing down wearing down clamping down The authorities have got to clamp down' on these trouble makers. 2 In the end I , it just wasn’t worth losing a job over. I bumped into and nearly knocked down a person at the bus stop. backed down knocked down put down The council said it would close the flats and pull them down1 3. Some of these street children are by cars as they dash among the We’ve been encouraged all our life to put down women’s talk. traffic. It was one of the recognised nuisance-tactics designed to wear down the patience of the put down knocked down backed down court. 4. Certain countries have on refugees seeking asylum. Notes. brought down pulled down clamped down 1 Crack down means almost the same as clamp down. 5. In the 1580s, Sir Francis Willoughby his family home at Both exist as nouns: Wollaton and rebuilt it. a clampdown on wasteful spending brought down pulled down wore down a crackdown on criminals. 6. I don’t intend to be so easily on questions of fact. 2 Demolish is a more formal word for pull down, and knock down means almost the backed down clamped down put down same; put up means the opposite of pull down 7. In Poland unofficial strikes the unpopular Gomulka regime. brought down knocked down backed down I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions. IV. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. I. To on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or 1. If someone you and is really mean and rotten to you, you control them. should retaliate in some way. 2. If you people , you weaken them or their position by being more 2. Why did they all those houses ? persistent than they are. 3. He threatened to prosecute us but he eventually 3. If you on something, you accept someone else’s point of view or 4. I was nearly by a hefty slap on the back. agree to do what they want you to do, even though you do not really want to. 5. These night calls are me II. Match the phrases on the left (1-7) with those on the right (A-G). 6. Lawrence Daly aggressively promised to the Government. 1. Most commentators agree that this was the issue which 7. The Federal Reserve has on bank lending. 2. The government issued orders C. Completing or Failing 3. They tried to wear down the management’s resistance 4. She knew he wouldn’t back down, 5. Don’t drive so fast, 6. A lot of people will be delighted 7. The house was sold to James I in 1605. A. you almost knocked that woman down. B. and was pulled down in the midseventeenth century. C. by holding a series of strikes. D. brought down the SPD government in May. E. to clamp down on the opposition. F. to see him put down. G. he had too much to lose 1. .2. .3. .4. .5. . Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “DOWN” .
4. 6. You’re over forty now, you should and start thinking about break down close down let down settle down stand down turn down bringing up a family. - An unhappy marriage which eventually breaks down 1 often results in disturbed break down settle down let down children. III. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. - If thefirms failed to make enough money, they would close down. 1. You’re so silly. You regularly yourself , don’t you? - It would be best to run away now but she could not let Jimmie down: he needed help. 2. I have an invitation for Saturday. - Alan told her that after this, he would settle down and marry her. 3. Garages are a handy institution whenever the car - She was asked if she was prepared to stand down 2 in favour of a younger candidate. 4. Paul will never , he enjoys travelling too much. - She applied for a job in a restaurant, but was turned down 3. 5. The factory has had to be due to the recession. 6. She said, ‘I’ll if the meeting wants me to. Notes. 1 D. Writing and Recording Break down also exists as a noun: go down as lay down put down - There was a serious breakdown of communication. put down to take down 2 Step down means almost the same as stand down. 3 - You, Freneau, would go down in history as his assassin. Reject means almost the same as turn down. - There are laws which lay down 1 what employers and employees must and must not do. I. Match the phrases on the left (1-6) with those on the right (A-F). - You haven’t put Professor Mangel’s name down on the list. 1. I explained about his offer and said - All this can be put down to advances in engineering. 2. At the end of July, the sewage system had broken down - The postmistress began to take down 2 the message. 3. If the President doesn’t stand down before the election, 4. They felt strongly that Notes. 1 Stipulate is a more formal word for lay down. 5. The mines had been closed down 2 6. You have to get a job Copy down, jot down, note down and write down all have similar meanings. A. the school system had let them down. B. following a geological survey, I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions. C. and the lavatories ceased to flush. 1. When you words or numbers, you write or type them somewhere. D. and settle down. 2. If you what someone is saying, you listen to them and write it down or E. the next president will almost certainly record it. be from the right. 3. If you one thing another thing, you believe that it is caused by F. it was too good to turn down. another thing. II. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space 4. If someone or something a particular thing, they are regarded, provided. remembered, or recorded as that thing. 1. No doubt about it, Jordache, you did well to the job in the 5. If laws, rules, or people in authority what people should do, they state department. that this is what must be done. settle down close down turn down II. Match the phrases on the left (1-5) with those on the right (A-E). 2. They’re my old school. 1. There were morning sessions for women and closing down standing down breaking down 2. He set up a tape recorder at Peter’s bed 3. The talks over differences on doctrine. 3. Sadly, they too grow up to be battering husbands. The phenomenon is put down broke down turned down let down 4. A government should lay down 4. There were rumours that the Prime Minister would 5. Although this will go down as my' day, break down stand down turn down A. he and Neil Foster were the real heroes. 5. Charlie’s never me yet. B. to take down anything he might say. broken down let down stood down C my wife put down for Tuesdays and Thursdays. D. to the climate of violence in which the boy has grown up. Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “DOWN” .
5. E. national policy for various sectors of education. I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions. 1. .2. .3. .4. .5. . 1. If someone you, they talk to you in a way that shows that they think III. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space they are more important or more clever than you. provided. 2. If you are unable to a mistake, failure, or foolish action, 1. I’ve never kept accounts. It’s a mistake to what one spends, or you are unable to make people forget that you did it. to add up what comes in. 3. If you try to something which is hard to define or describe, you try go down as put down put down to to say exactly what it is or what it is like. 2. it seemed unsafe to anything coincidence. 4. When you something, you start doing it seriously and with a lot put down to go down as take down of attention. 3 He told her he would just like to her name and address. II. Match the phrases on the left (1-4) with those on the right (A-D). take down put down to go down as 1. The more he tried to pin them down 4. These were the conditions by the Department of Health. 2. Children always sense immediately taken down laid down put down to 3. When some of the terrible tension subsided, 5. This performance will one of the best ever seen. 4. Even if you live to be a hundred, put down to take down go down as A. you won’t live this down. IV. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. B. we were able to get down to the business of the session. 1. Jill was a story from Frank’s dictation. C. when you are talking down to them. 2. Planning is the key! Let the twenty-first century in history the D. on what they were talking about the vaguer they got. century of planning! III. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb. 3. The small thought in that 1968 report grew into a big idea. 1. I think it would be best if we business. 4. The policy has been and agreed for years. 2. It is the story of a girl who finds it impossible to her past. 5. The whole thing will be the unfortunate fact that the crisis 3. He everybody — he likes to think he’s better than we are. occurred while the boss was away. 4. He was anxious to the Minister to a decision E. Other meanings REVISION get down to live down pin down talk down to I. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space - Sixth-form pupils look after the children while the mother gets down to some serious provided. teaching. 1. In Britain, by contrast, self-made men often try to their social origins. - If you were beaten by Jack, you’d never live it down. bring down play down narrow down stand down - Police forces are continuing inquiries to try and pin the whereabouts of the suspect 2. The real choice is whether I can afford to the money Bob is down. offering. - Parents can’t dictate to their adolescent children or talk down to them. turn down wear down take down put down 3. Saunders then the business in hand. went down as put down to got down to let down 4. A bus came screeching to a stop, practically him slowing down standing down putting down knocking down 5. If he us again, we’ll have to find someone else to do the work. lives down lets down breaks down dies down 6. The fight to inflation and reduce unemployment must be our first priority. come down turn down lay down bring down 7. The police have to on drug smuggling. clamp down scale down pin down close down Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “DOWN” .
6. 8. If you can also spell and a telephone message correctly you will be a real asset to the firm. ANSWER KEY put down pull down take down run down 9. The fighting overnight. A. Decreasing and Reducing ~ Part 1 2. bring down turned down died down closed down pinned down I. 3. calmed down 10. Whatever happens tomorrow, she’ll in history a great 1. comes down to 4. died down stateswoman. 2. dies down 5. cut down go down as put down to come down to talk down to 3. cut down 6. comes down to 11. He said he would at the end of the year. 4. comes down A. Decreasing and Reducing ~ Part keep down live down bring down stand down II. ID 2F 3C 4A 5B 6E 2 12. Try to him to a date. III. I. put down take down pin down cut down 1. comes down to 1. narrow down 13. Making this project confidential is partly so that it can be more effective and partly 2. cut down 2. play down to the number of people who know what is going on. 3. calming down 3. run down keep down clamp down let down talk down to 4. die down 4. keep down 14. The most obvious piece of advice, therefore, is to in any way 5. brought down II. IB 2F 3C 4A 5E 6D possible. (Preferably to zero!) 6. come down calm down bring down wear down cut down IV. 15. It’s only gradually that the barriers between the sexes are 1. come down settled down broken down calmed down lived down 16 She has an infuriating habit of people in small ways. narrowing down putting down closing down standing down III. II. 1. slow down 1. turn down 2. run down 2. closing down 3. narrow down 3. broke down 4. played down 4. stand down 5. scaled down 5. let down 6. keeps down 6. settle down IV. III. 1. narrowed down, had narrowed down 1. let down 2. run down 2. turned down 3. scale down 3. breaks down 4. slowed down, had slowed down 4. settle down 5. keep down 5. closed down 6. play dow 6. stand down B. Defeating and Suppressing D. Writing and Recording I. I. 1. clamp down 1 put down 2. wear down 2 take down 3. back down 3 put down to II. ID 2E 3C 4G 5A 6F 7B 4 goes down as III. 5 lay down Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “DOWN” .
7. 1. wearing down II. IC 2B 3D 4E 5A 2. backed down III. 3. knocked down 1. put down 4. clamped down 2. put down to 5. pulled down 3. take down 6. put down 4. laid down 7. brought down 5. go down as IV. IV. 1. I puts down 1. taking down 2. pull down, knock down 2. go down as 3. backed down 3. put down 4. knocked down 4. laid down 5. wearing down 5. put down to 6. bring down E. other meanings 7. clamped down I C. Completing or Failing 1 talks down to I. 2. live down 1F 2C 3E 4A 5B 6D 3. pin down 4. get down to II. ID 2C 3B 4A III. 6. bring down 1. got down to 7. clamp down 2. live down 8. take down 3. talks down to 9. died down 4. pin down 10. go down as REVISION 11. stand down 1. 1 play down 12. pin down 2. turn down 13. keep down 3. got down to 14. cut down 4. knocking down 15. broken down 5. lets down 16. putting dow Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “DOWN” .