Phrasal Verbs Practice – 104

dig something up
:to remove something from the earth using a SPADE
.I’ll dig up that plant and move it
:to remove the surface of an area of ground, road etc,or to make holes in it
.They’re digging up the road just outside my flat
:to find hidden or forgotten information by careful searching
.They tried to dig up something from his past to spoil his chances of being elected

dawn on somebody
: if a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time
.The ghastly truth dawned on me
.It dawned on me that Jo had been right all along

cut through something
: to move or pass easily through water or air
.The boat cut effortlessly through the water
: to quickly and easily deal with something that is confusing or difficult
.You need someone to help you cut through all the irritating legal jargon
: if a sound cuts through silence or noise, it is heard because it is loud
.A piercing shriek cut through the silence

(be cut out for something (also be cut out to be something
: usually in questions and negatives] to have the qualities that you need for a particular job or activity]
.In the end, I decided I wasn’t cut out for the army
?Are you sure you’re really cut out to be a teacher
: if an engine or machine cuts out, it suddenly stops working
.The engine cut out halfway across the lake

cut something out
: to prevent light, sound etc from reaching somewhere
.You’ll need sunglasses that will cut out harmful UV rays from the sun

cut somebody out
: to prevent someone from getting something, especially your money after your death
.Em’s father decided to cut her out of his will

disagree with somebody
: if something such as food or weather disagrees with you, it has a bad effect on you or makes you ill
.Seafood always disagrees with me

do somebody down
: to criticize someone, especially in an unfair way
.I know you don’t like him, but there’s no need to keep doing him down in front of the boss

doze off
: to go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to drop off, nod off
.I must have dozed off

: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs

Dig up / dawn on someone / cut through / be cut out to be / cut out (2) / disagree with someone / do someone down / doze off

. ……………………… N1. I must have
N2. I know you don’t like him, but there’s no need to keep ……………………… him ……………………… in front of the boss
.N3. Seafood always ……………………… me
.N4. You’ll need sunglasses that will ……………………… harmful UV rays from the sun
.N5. The engine ……………………… halfway across the lake
?N6. Are you sure you’re really ……………………… a teacher
.N7. You need someone to help you ……………………… all the irritating legal jargon
.N8. It ……………………… me that Jo had been right all along
.N9. They tried to ……………………… something from his past to spoil his chances of being elected

:Answers

dozed off / doing him down / disagrees with / cut out / cut out / cut out to be / cut through / dawned on / dig up