Exercise 20: Phrasal verbs with TAKE

1.    He only ___ golf because his doctor told he would have to get more exercise.

2.When I    first heard the announcement, I was too busy cooking to …………..    it…………….    properly.

3. Our local pub hasn't had the same atmosphere since it was ___ by one of the big breweries.

6. My daughter's not a bit like me. She seems to ___ her father in the way she acts.

8. However keen you are to make a success of the business, it's important not to……………….    more work than you can reasonably manage.

10.Thank you for that explanation of union views but there is one point I'd like to…………..     you…………..    on, if I may. Is it really true to say...?

11. Do you have trouble obtaining your copy of Teacher's Weekly? Why not……………...    a regular subscription and be sure of receiving each edition as soon as it's published?

12. The problem with losing weight, I find, is that all your clothes need to be………………………….

Exercise 9: Fill in the missing preposition or adverb

13. They are putting _______ a dance performance in the town hall tonight.

2, Does the shed go________ the house or should I pay extra?

11, My father is always getting _____ me about my clothes.

12, If you aren’t well organized, you will never get _____.

5) 3, Although they tried, they couldn't hold ________ their laughter.

1. What are you getting _____? I can’t understand what you are trying to say.