Exercise 2
(éksersais tu)

Choose the correct phrasal verb to complete the following sentences.

1. Would you mind looking after my cat because I’ll be out of town?
a. looking for
b. looking around
c. looking after  

2. Ed  yesterday. Everybody cried!
a. felt cold
b. passed away
c. died for  

3. I had  my paper carefully before I handed it in.
a. planned about
b. checked for 
c. gone over  

4. Who do you  most, your father or your mother?
a. see the
b. look closed
c. take after  

5. Could I help you  your room?
a. clean up
b. remove up
c. wash up  

6. A newspaper reported  the man’s true story.
a. checked on
b. checked into
c. revise the  

7. My alarm didn’t  this morning.

a. clear off
b. sound off
c. set off



Audio 22

Improving your skills
(imprúvin llor skíls)

Part A (part éi)

Listen to this reading and fill in the blanks.


Dropping in on Mom’s


My name is Julian and I am from Los Angeles. I don’t like airports because they are too stressful; however, I have to go through them in order to visit my mom in Chicago, Illinois. I can’t put 1. up with going through security because I have to 2.
my bags through the X-Ray machine. I have to walk through the metal detector; and I have to put my personal things 3. plastic bins. Even worse, I have to take 4. my shoes and belt which is embarrassing. Your keys can also set 5. the metal detector. After, you never know when there will be a gate change which could delay your flight.

Once on the waiting room, I hate seeing people’s faces which belong to the first –and business class because they have special treat. On the other hand, inside the plane the flight attendants will 6. you all the time which makes me feel important. Finally, my mom always likes when I 7. in on her house. I love surprising her!