A) Match the following phrasal verbs with their definitions:

1. to ask out2. to bear out3. to break out ( of unpleasant things)4. to carry out´5. to check out6. to count out7. to come out8. to die out9. to draw out10. to drop out11. to eat out12. to figure out13. to find out14. to hand out15. to iron out16. to leave out17. to make out18. to miss out19. to pass out20. to pick out21. to point out22. to put out23. to run out

a) to ask for a dateb) to confirm the truthc) to start usually suddenlyd) to complete a plane) to follow procedures for leaving ( a hotel)f) to excludeg) to appearh) to disappear completely / to become extincti) to prolong something ( usually for beyond the normal

limits)j) to withdraw from / to stop taking part in a competition, a

social group…k) to have a meal in a restaurantl) logically find the answer to a problemm) to discovern) to distributeo) to remove small problems or irregularitiesp) not includeq) to pretendr) not include or fail to includes) to faint / lose consciousnesst) to choose / to selectu) to draw attention to something or someonev) Extinguish a cigarette, a fire, etc.w) to use all of (something) and have no more left

B ) Replace the underlined words using the phrasal verbs above.

find out – fall out – come out – put out

1. The fireman manage to extinguish the fire.

2. His new book will be published next week.

3. He never discovered why the accident happened.

4. It´s very disgusting to see friends disagree and quarrel for some time.

C ) Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from A:

1. Mary has a new boyfriend: Joe _____________ her _____________ last night.

2. Helen´s alibi was _____________ by her sister.

3. The second World War _____________ 3 September, 1939.

4. The attack was successfully _____________.

5. She _____________ and took a cab to the airport.

6. I don´t want to go you can _____________me _____________.

7. When the news _____________ , everyone was shocked.

8. The great dinosaurs _____________ millions of years ago.

9. I thought that speech would never end. The speaker couldn´t have said everything important in 5 minutes,

but he _____________the speech _____________ for over an hour.

10. Mark _____________the race because he felt tired and ill.

11. I´m too tired to cook tonight. Why don´t we _____________?

12. For a long time I couldn´t understand the problem but finally _____________ out.

13. I went to the library to _____________ all I could about life and work of Luis de Camões.

14. The teacher the worksheets to the class.

15. the management team _____________ the tax problems before they gave the project the OK.

16. He was _____________ of the side because he hasn’t been playing well.

17. He _____________ that he was ill so that he didn´t have to go to school.

18. You have _____________ a word here!

19. When the air-conditioning stopped working James found it difficult to breathe and _____________.

20. mark´s grandmother especially liked her birthday card because he had _____________it _____________

himself.

21. I _____________that I would be on holiday anyway.

22. He _____________ his cigarette before entering in the building.

23. On the way home from work, Miles _____________ of gas.

KEY:

A

1. a2. b3. c4. d5. e6. f7. g8. h9. i10. j11. k12. l13. m14. n15. o16. p17. q18. r19. s20. t21. u22. v23. x

B

1. put out2. come out3. found out4. fall out

C

1. asked her out2. borne out3. broke out4. carried out5. checked out6. count me out7. come out8. died out9. drew…. out10. dropped out11. eat out12. figure it out13. find out14. handed out15. ironed out16. left out 17. made out18. missed out19. passed out20. picket it out21. pointed out22. put out23. ran out