Phrasal Verbs Practice – 109

drop out
: to no longer do an activity or belong to a group
.The group gets smaller as members move away or drop out
to leave a school or university before your course has finished – dropout

drop out of
.Bill dropped out of college after his first year
: (to refuse to take part in ordinary society because you do not agree with its principles. (dropout
‘.In the 6os, Leary urged kids to ‘Turn on, tune in and drop out

farm somebody/something out
to send work to other people instead of doing it yourself

farm somebody/something out to
.The processing will be farmed out to people in local villages
to send someone to a different place where they will be looked after – used to show disapproval

farm somebody/something out to
.At the age of 16 she was farmed out to family friends

fall to somebody/something
: if a duty or job falls to someone, they are responsible for doing it, especially when this is difficult unpleasant
.It fell to me to give her the bad news
: to start doing something
.They fell to work with a will

fall to doing something
.He fell to thinking about how nice a warm bath would be

: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs

Fall to (2) / drop out (2) / farm out

.N1. At the age of 16 she was …………………… to family friends
.N2. It …………………… me to give her the bad news
. …………………… N3. The group gets smaller as members move away or
.N4. Bill …………………… of college after his first year
.N5. He …………………… thinking about how nice a warm bath would be

:Answers

farmed out / fell to / drop out / dropped out / fell to