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

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1. EXERCISES IN ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS WITH “OFF” 3. When you an event or discussion, you start it. Below are the five most important meanings of OFF and one group of other 4. When you , you start a journey meanings. In all 29 phrasal verbs have been selected. II. Match the sentences and phrases on the left with those on the right. Under each of the headings you will see a list of the phrasal verbs which you 1. If no one is seeing you off, are going to practise. Some verbs appear more than once, as many phrasal 2. Could you drop me off at the post office? verbs have more than one meaning. 3. Are we ready for the debate? You can write other phrasal verbs with the same meaning in the space 4. His letter of praise and support at that time provided. Use a dictionary if necessary. 5. The strike caused the collapse of many small businesses A. Leaving and B. Rejecting and C. Stopping and 6. We set off Beginning Preventing Cancelling A. Right. Who kicks off? drop off hold off break off B. which might, eventually, have taken off. kick off keep off call off C. on another four-hour trek through the swamps. see off lay off let off D. I’ll take you. set off put off take off E. I have to send a parcel. spark off write off F. Other meanings F. had sparked off a friendship between the two men. take off E. Finishing and go off (two meanings) III. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space D. Decreasing Completing rip off provided. cool off finish off show off 1. His comment a debate on the economic policies of the present fall off go off tell off government. level off pay off sparked off took off dropped off 2. Okay. Let’s by discussing the new software. wear off pull off set off kick off drop off work off 3. Are you someone too? setting off seeing off kicking off A. Leaving and Beginning 4. Why are you so late? Oh, I had to my wife , her car’s at drop off kick off see off set off spark off take off the garage. - I can drop Daisy off on my way home. take off set off drop off - They kicked off a two-month tour of the U.S. with a party in Washington. 5. Dan down the mountain to find help. dropped off sparked off set off - She saw him off at the station. 1 6. Money-market funds have faster than the space shuttle. - He set off on another of his European pleasure tours. dropped off sparked off taken off 2 - There was a risk that the decision would spark off a conflict. IV. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. - A steady stream of aircraft was taking off and landing 1. Do-it-yourself began seriously to in the 1930s. Notes. 2. Also there to us was John Ryan. 1 Set out, start out and start off mean almost the same as set off. 3. Every morning I have to the kids at school. 2 Trigger off and set off mean almost the same as spark off. 4. We’re early on Sunday morning to avoid the traffic. 5. Can they meet the demand by the boom in TV video? I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions. 6. At 10 p.m. Prince Charles 45 minutes of fireworks 1. If one thing a state or event, it causes the state or event to exist or happen, often by accident. B. Rejecting and Preventing hold off keep off lay off put off write off 2. When you someone , you go with them to the station, airport, or port that they are leaving from, and say goodbye to them there. Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “OFF” .
2. 1. The French and British tvanled to hold off Portuguese textile competition as long as 5. There is going to be a revolution, so the roads. possible. hold off keep off put off - If you don’t keep off the street with your bicycle, I’ll take it away. - So if demand falls, the company lays men off.1 IV. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. - Don’t put it off till tomorrow. 1. They kept signing the paper. - 'Whatever you do,’ she pleaded, ‘don’t write off philosophy without even trying it ’. 2. Having a job helps them the streets. Note. 3. They were able to a very much superior attacking force. 1 There is also a noun: 4. City workers are being at the rate of 100 a week. - Textile companies announced 2,000 fresh layoffs last week. 5. Should an insured car be in an accident, the insurers will usually pay the current value of the vehicle. I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions. 1. If you someone or something , you decide that they are C. Stopping and Cancelling unimportant, useless, or unlikely to be successful and that they are not worth further break off call off let off take off consideration. - Diplomatic relations were restored after being broken off during the war. 2. If you an event or appointment, you delay or postpone it. - On the eve of her departure the strike was definitely called off, and she was sure of 3. If you an enemy, an opponent, or an attack, you prevent them her flight. from successfully attacking you or competing against you. - We have been let off our homework because of the concert. 4. If workers are , they are told by their employer that they have to - Bill and I took time off from work andflew to France leave their jobs because there is no more work for them to do. II. Match the sentences and phrases on the left with those on the right. I. Match the phrases on the left with those on the right. 1. He can’t be put off any more. 1. If you can’t behave yourself, 2. Laying off workers 2. Until further notice I have been taken off 3. What did your father say about your writing off his car? 3. He believes that if he works all day 4. She had a veil pulled down all round her hat 4. Men seem to be more skilled at 5. Everyone holds off buying as long as they can, A. he should be let off domestic chores. A. if they think the price is going to come down. B. breaking off relationships than women, B. is not necessarily a solution to our financial problems. C. we might as well call the whole thing off. C. to keep off the flies. D. all routine duties and given a rather special job. D. Leaving out the swear words - nothing! II. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space E. You’ll have to see him this week. provided. 1. 2. 3 . 4. 5. 1. She arranged with the principal of her school to the necessary time from school. III. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space break off let off take off provided. 2. Then things began to go wrong. He the relationship. 1. They did not have enough ammunition left to another charge if the broke off let off took off enemy came in strong and hard. 3. The boss us work early because of the public holiday lay off hold off write off tomorrow. 2. The directors made plans to 3,000 workers. lay off keep off put off broke off called off let off 3. I starting it time and again, frightened of the sheer scale of the 4. Classes will be on Thursday and Friday. project. taken off called off broken off write off keep off put off III. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. 4. You can’t them just because we haven’t heard from them 1. They hoped that the strike would be for four days. Give them a bit longer. 2. With that, Cities Service the merger talks. hold off keep off write off 3. You have to Christmas Day as a holiday. Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “OFF” .
3. 4. He me with a reprimand. 4. Property values are continuing to go down, but estate agents say that they may soon 5. The pain soon D. Decreasing cool off fall off level off wear work off E. Finishing and Completing 1. We cooled off from the heat with a refreshing swim. finish off go off pay off pull off 2. We knew that the numbers of overseas students would fall off 1 drastically. 1. We had to work until midnight to finish them off. 3. This growth in demand levelled off 2 after 1973. 2. The ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe went off 2 exactly as planned. 4. The effect of the aspirin had worn off and her toothache had come back. 3. He had used thefirm’s money to pay off3 gambling debts. 5. We should all be able to work off our stress physically 4. You havejust pulled off4 one of the biggest arms deals in the twentieth century. Notes. 1 Drop means almost the same as fall off, and ease off and slacken off have similar I. Match the phrases on the left with those on the right. meanings. 1. The most common reason for borrowing 2 Stabilize is a more formal word for level off. Level out means the same as level off. 2. He had cooked a chicken 3. To Francois’s great joy the introduction went off 1 Match the phrases on the left with those on the right. 4. She had succeeded, triumphantly: 1. By the next afternoon A. without a flaw. 2. He had given us as much food as we could eat, B. she had pulled it off. 3. The population will probably reach 320 million C. and the two of them finished it off 4. As the weather cooled off together at one sitting. 5. The flow of western capital is falling off D. is to pay off existing loans. A. he exchanged the robe for a thick blanket. 1. 2. 3 . 4. B. just when it is most needed. II. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space C. before levelling off. provided. D. the shock had worn off. 1. I’ve had problems the job. E. and wouldn’t hear of letting us work off our meal finishing off paying off going off 1. 2. 3 . 4. 5. 2. Before leaving Cape Town I tried to miracle. II. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space pull off pay off go off provided. 3 The last formalities without a hitch. I .When it starts to , take another tablet. pulled off went off finished off vork off level off wear off 4. How long will it take to the loan ? Ten years? Twenty? 2. The curve of natural economic growth was almost certainly starting to pull off pay off go off level off cool off work off III. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. 3. I need to some of this extra weight I’m carrying around. 1. We decided to go back and the wine. level off work off wear off 2. One could not such a surrealistic venture without investing an enormous 4. Vita’s love for him was amount of time and money. falling off cooling off working off 3 The show magnificently, especially the special effects. 5. Economic growth in the Far East will only slightly. 4. So she fell into debt and had to it by selling her house. fall off cool off work off III. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. F. .Other meanings 1. He used to his anger by listening to very loud and very heavy music. go off rip off show off tell off 2. They forecast that cheque volumes will soon stagnate at around 3.7 billion and begin 1. The gun went off as he was putting it away. to at the end of the decade. 2. Food that has gone off 1 has been infected with bacteria that cause illness. 3. He seems to have on the negotiation idea. 3. The local shopkeepers were all trying to rip off 2 the tourists. Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “OFF” .
4. 4. He was afraid the others might think he was showing off 3 or being superior. REVISION 5. When I was told off 4 by my parents, it was nearly always justified. Notes. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space 1 Decay is a more formal word for go off. provided. 2 Rip off is very informal. Cheat means almost the same as rip off. 1. Bradlee was one of the few persons who could that kind of thing There is also a noun: drop off pull off write off tell off - They knew it was a rip-off. 2. This incident could another war. 3 This meaning of show off is used to show disapproval. rip off let off spark off pull off 4 Reprimand is a formal word for tell off 3. It was the new delegates who tried to Thursday’s march before it was too late. I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions. fall off pay off drop off call off 1. If someone you , they cheat you by charging you too much 4. Do not sound harrassed, or you will be as a hysterical money for something. woman. 2. If you , you try to impress people by making your skills or good qualities written off held off put off kicked off very obvious. 5 Remember food very quickly in this heat. 3. If food or drink , it becomes stale, sour, or rotten. kicks off holds off finishes off goes off 4. If a gun up, it is fired; if a bomb , it explodes. 6. There arc rumours that British Leyland are going to another 1,000 5. If you someone you speak to them angrily because they have done workers. something wrong. wear off lay off work off set off 7. At exactly four minutes to three they II. Match the sentences and phrases on the left with those on the right. set off sparked off ripped off called off 1. Stop showing oft'. 8. The effect of the drug won’t until tonight. 2. The court wastes my time break off let off wear off put off 3. Smell this, will you? 9. He was eager to the new car. 4. Don’t tell me OÍĨ again, dad, cut off tell off fall off show off 5. The probability of a nuclear weapon 10. At best they lose some money by being work for a while. A. going off by accident is slight. told off laid off finished off paid off B. Can’t you see everybody’s bored with 11. As it happened the meeting well. your war stories. pulled off put off went off showed off C.and the lawyers rip me off! 12. These metal attachments normally take longer than that to D I think it’s gone off. go off spark off set off cool off E. I did my best 13. The pilot turned the plane into the wind to 1. 2. 3 . 4. 5. hold off take off work off rip off 14. The Apache warriors the fight and carried his bleeding bodyaway. III. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided. broke off cut off saw off wore off 1. The milk’s again. 15. The boss has her for taking long lunch breaks. 2. I’m fed up of people thinking they can me just because I’m a Pl worn off worked off told off written off foreigner. 3. My mother me for not clearing up my room. 4. I could hear the bombs 5. There were lots of kids on the diving board. Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “OFF” .
5. ANSWER KEY A. Leaving and 4. laid off 3. went off Beginning 5. written off 4. pay off I. C. stopping and F. Other meanings 1. sparks off Cancelling I. 2. see off I. 1C 2D 3A 4B 1. rips off 3. kick off II. 2. show off 4. set off 1. take off 3. goes off II. 1D 2E 3A 4F 5B 6C 2. broke off 4. goes off; goes off III. 3. let off 5. tell off 1. sparked off 4. called off II. 1B 2C 3D 4E 5A 2. kick off III. III. 3. seeing off 1 called off 1. gone off 4. drop off 2 broke off 2. rip off 5. set off 3 take off 3. told off 6. taken off 4 let off 4. going off IV. D. Decreasing 5. showing off 1. take off I. REVISION 2. see off 1D 2E 3C 4A 5B 1. pull off 3. drop oft" II. 2. spark off 4. setting off 1 wear off 3. call off 5. sparked oft' 2 level off 4. written off 6. kicked of 3 work off 5. goes off B. Rejecting and 4 cooling off 6. lay off Preventing 5 fall off 7. set off I III. 8. wear off 1. write off 1 work off 9. show off 2. put off 2 fall off 10. laid off 3. hold off 3 cooled off 11. went off 4. laid off 4 level off 12. cool off II. 1E 2B 3D 4C 5A 5 wore off 13. take off III. E. Finishing and 14. broke off 1. hold off Completing 15. told of 2. lay off I. 1D 2C 3A 4B 3. put off II. 4. write off 1. finishing off 5. keep off 2. pull off IV. 3. went off 1. putting off 4. pay off 2. keep off III. 3. hold off 1 finish off 2. pull off Thẩm Tâm Vy, 2021 PHRASAL VERBS WITH “OFF” .