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Downloadable worksheets: PICTIONARY OF COMMON PHRASAL VERBS - set 1 Level: advanced Age: 14-17 Downloads: 2248   SUPER ENGLISH VERBS! PART 1:GET - 1 PAGE GRAMMAR-GUIDE (top 10 uses of �get�; �get� as a phrasal verb with meanings and examples and collocations with �get�) Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 1907   Phrasal Verbs & Key Level: intermediate Age: 14-17 Downloads: 1997   PICTIONARY OF COMMON PHRASAL VERBS - Set 2 Level: advanced Age: 14-17 Downloads: 1613   PICTIONARY OF COMMON PHRASAL VERBS - Set 3 Level: advanced Age: 14-17 Downloads: 1256   SUPER ENGLISH VERBS! PART 5: GO - 1 PAGE GRAMMAR-GUIDE (top uses of �go�, �go� as a phrasal verb and collocations with �go�) Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 1175

If I'm angry with you about something, what might I say?     I've got a bone to pick with you.   I've got blue blood.   I'm going to twist your arm.    If you reveal a secret, what do you do?     Throw the baby out with the bath water.   Put the cat among the pigeons.   Let the cat out of the bag.    If you're working all day and partying all night, what are you doing?      Burning bridges.   Burning the candle at both ends.   Cooking up a storm.    You're really busy. You've got so much work that you don't know where to start. What kind of animal are you like?     A white elephant.   A headless chicken.   A church mouse.     Something is very close to where you live. How do you describe where it is?     It's up the garden path.   It's in my cupboard.   It's on my doorstep.    If you make an embarrassing mistake, what are you left with?   Egg on your face.   Water under the bridge.   A thick skin. If I tell you off, what do I give you?     The benefit of the doubt.   A piece of my mind.   Peace of mind.    You don't have much money - in fact you barely have enough for food and drink. How are you living?     Ear to ear.   Head to toes.   Hand to mouth.    You decide to change your bad habits. What do you do?     Come up trumps.   Come up smelling of roses.   Turn over a new leaf.    Your parents' car is very old. It only just works. What would you say about it?     It's on its last legs.   It's got two left feet.   It's wrong footed.    You are a deep sleeper. What do you sleep like?     A log.   A bird.   A bear.    Alessandra's always exaggerating. What should you take everything she says with?     A pinch of salt.   A cup of tea.   Two short planks.    I'm studying really hard for these exams. What am I doing?     I'm working my socks off.   I'm keeping my hair on.   I'm getting shirty.    When you think that somebody is doing something dishonest.     You break the came'l back.   You smell a rat.   You cry wolf.   Someone tries to persuade you to do something you don't want to do. There's no way you're going to do it. What are you doing?     Sticking your nose in.   Sticking to your guns.   Getting the wrong end of the stick.    Your friend had a cold last week and now you're feeling ill. What must have happened?     You passed on the cold.   You picked up the cold.   You got over the cold.     Henri stopped going to school before he was old enough to do his exams. What did he do?     He dropped out.   He dropped in.   He passed out.    You meet someone for the first time and both get on really well. What does it mean?     You hit it off.  You hit upon it.   You hit out.    If something depresses you, what does it do?     It gets you down.   It sets you up.   It pulls you over.    Some men go into a bank with a gun and make the cashier hand over all the money. What are they doing?     They're breaking the bank open.   They're bringing down the bank.   They're holding up the bank.    When you put the phone down, what do you do?     Hang up.   Hang on.   Hang around.    You have an injection and it really hurts, but after a few minutes the pain goes away. What happens?     It puts off.   It wears off.   It takes off.    If you get fatter, what do you do?     You put by weight.   You take on weight.   You put on weight.    Simona admitted that she stole the teacher's purse. What did she do?     She made up.   She took over.   She owned up.    Which sentence is correct?     A caterpillar turns over a butterfly.   A caterpillar turns into a butterfly.   A caterpillar turns upon a butterly.    You are in trouble at school, but your best friend defends you. What does he/she do?     Stands by you.   Stands up to you.   Stands you up.    Paul didn't revise for the exam, so pretended to be ill and stayed at home. He wasn't really ill. Whas was he doing?     He was pulling it on.   He was pulling it along.   He was putting it on.    It's late at night and you're tired. It's time to go to bed. What do you do?     Turn in.   Turn over.   Turn off.