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Advance Your Phrasal Verbs

  • 30 units at upper-intermediate and advanced level
  • 10 phrasal verbs per unit
  • clearly presented with extensive practice and production activities
  • topic based - food, sport, health, houses and many more

ADVANCE YOUR PHRASAL VERBS helps students expand their knowledge and usage of phrasal verbs in an active and meaningful way, providing hours of classroom activity.


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Unit Name Topic Target Phrasal Verbs




Acting Up
Behaviour

straighten out / clown about / answer for / show up / act up / answer back / shape up / show off / push in / try on



All in the Mind
Thinking

figure out / cotton on / dwell on / weigh up / sleep on / switch off / dream up / mull over / sink in / blot out



Bats, Boots and Balls
Sport

come back / knock out / take on / bring on / play on / psych out / cheer on / rain off / send off / warm up



Bites and Burps
Eating & Drinking

polish off / eat up / pig out / force down / pick at / gulp down / tuck in / drink up / knock back / eat out



Coughs and Sneezes
Health

pull through / black out / stitch up / swell up / perk up / patch up / wear off / flare up / bear up / pick up



Coughs and Sneezes - Sample
Health

pull through / black out / stitch up / swell up / perk up / patch up / wear off / flare up / bear up / pick up



Face Time
Meetings and Greetings

come round / look up / bump into / wrap up / fix up / sit through / drag on / catch up / turn up / put off



Fingers and Thumbs
Body Parts

thumb through / back down / muscle in on / head off / eye up / knuckle down / face up to / hand down / palm off / back up



Flash with the Cash
Money

cough up / pay out / come into / cash in on / come up with / take out / chip in / set aside / get through / splash out on



Flash with the Cash - Sample
Money

cough up / pay out / come into / cash in on / come up with / take out / chip in / set aside / get through / splash out on



Hanging on the Line
Telephones

cut off / put through / phone back / ring off / pick up / hang up / get through / ring round / phone in / put on



Heart to Heart
Love

make up for / ask out / take back / make up / hit on / settle down / stand up / work out / break up / dote on



In the Name of the Law
Crime

catch up with / see off / crack down on / turn in / inform on / make off with / set up / get away with / cover up / stake out



In the Name of the Law - Sample
Crime

catch up with / see off / crack down on / turn in / inform on / make off with / set up / get away with / cover up / stake out



In with the In-Crowd
Part of the Group

club together / rally round / get in with / tag along / muck in / pull together / freeze out / gang up / leave out / fit in



It Must Be True
Information

sift through / leak out / act on / dig up / make up / stumble across / find out / fill in / sex up / expand on



Live and Learn
Education

breeze through / read up on / brush up / pore over / pick up / knuckle down / mark down / drop out / fall behind / work out



Making an Entrance
Arriving and Leaving

drag away / storm off / slip away / creep in / pop out / wander off / breeze in / dash off / burst in / roll in



On the Move
Travelling

check in / wave off / push on / turn back / pick up / set off / pull over / hold up / stop over / bump up



On the Move - Sample
Travelling

check in / wave off / push on / turn back / pick up / set off / pull over / hold up / stop over / bump up



On the Printed Page
Reading and Writing

flick through / write up / glance over / jot down / edit out / pencil in / pore over / zip through / dip into / read out



On the Printed Page - Sample
Reading and Writing

flick through / write up / glance over / jot down / edit out / pencil in / pore over / zip through / dip into / read out



Shop 'til you Drop
Shops and Shopping

shop around / close down / snap up / sell out / rip off / bring down / take back / knock down / cash up / sell off



Shop 'til you Drop - Sample
Shops and Shopping

shop around / close down / snap up / sell out / rip off / bring down / take back / knock down / cash up / sell off



Starting Over
Beginnings and Ends

finish off with / start back / end in / start up / start on / finish with / finish off / end up / stop out / stop off



Taking Things Easy
Relaxing and Sleeping

snuggle up / crash out / sleep in / stay up / nod off / lounge around / wind down / loosen up / tuck in / chill out



The Highs and Lows
Feelings and Emotions

calm down / lash out / freak out / cheer up / well up / stress out / pour out / bottle up / boil over / rub in



The Law of the Jungle
Animals and Plants

bear up / horse around / weed out / rabbit on / branch out / root for / leaf through / duck out / crop up / wolf down



The Nine to Five
Work

slacken off / pass over / pack up / put in for / take on / plough through / turn down / fill in / walk out / burn out



The Shirt on Your Back
Clothes

squeeze into / wrap up / strip off / tuck in / roll up / throw on / cover up / dress up / take up / wear in



The Spice of Life
Food

water down / spice up / beef up / veg out / chip in / cream off / butter up / egg on / soup up / jam up



There's Nowhere like Home
Houses

settle in / rent out / move in / kick out / put up / knock down / move out / stop out / take in / do up



Through Thick and Thin
Relationships

walk out on / stand by / fall out / cheat on / call off / stick up for / fuss over / grow apart / count on / put on



Through Thick and Thin - Sample
Relationships

walk out on / stand by / fall out / cheat on / call off / stick up for / fuss over / grow apart / count on / put on



Thunder and Lightning
Weather

cloud over / warm up / ease off / set in / clear up / pour down / hold off / blow over / ice up / rain off



To Talk the Talk
Speaking

talk down to / reel off / butt in / slip out / clam up / shout down / drone on / open up / chat up / dry up



Wheeling and Dealing
Trade and Business

account for / trade in / buy out / scale down / sell up / turn around / take over / buy up / branch out / set up






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