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Unit
Exercises 144

144.1 Which goes with which?

1 He was angry and tore up a a motorbike 1 f
2 Jane came up with b a lot of bad weather 2
3 Paul is always making up c your jacket 3
4 I think you should do up d a good suggestion 4
5 I don’t think you should bring up e excuses 5
6 I’m saving up for f the letter 6
7 We had to put up with g that subject 7

144.2 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. You will need two or three words each time.

1 2
Sorry I’m late.

LISA

now
this morning
The weather was horrible this morning, but Lisa was late because she was

it’s cleared up now. in the traffic.
3 4
Come out for dinner with us!

JOE

They bought an old house and Joe was really depressed. We took him out
. It’s really nice now. for a meal to .

144.3 Complete the sentences using a verb + up. Sometimes you will need other words as well.
1 Some interesting things came up in our discussion yesterday.
2 The ship and sank. The cause of the explosion was never discovered.
3 James was attacked and by three men he’d never seen before.
4 Robert and Tina aren’t together any more. They’ve .
5 My hands were so cold, I found it hard to my shoelaces.

6 It’s been raining all morning. Let’s hope it this afternoon.
7 I turned up for the party on the wrong day. I got the dates .
144.4 Complete the sentences using a verb + up. You will need other words as well.
1 Don’t wait for me. I don’t want to hold you up .
2 I don’t know what this word means. I’ll have to .
3 I’m fed up with the way my boss treats me. I don’t see why I should it.
4 I don’t believe the story you’re telling me. I think you’re .
5 The problem was complicated, but we managed to a solution.
6 Before you throw these documents away, you should .
7 I’m trying to spend less money at the moment. I’m a holiday.
8 Tina doesn’t like talking about the accident, so it’s better not to .
9 The words ‘there’ and ‘their’ sound the same, so it’s easy to .

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