Let’s do the Phrasal Verbs Synonyms Quiz, and practice speaking more formally.
1.) Read the sentences and replace the phrasal verbs with a more formal verbs.
1.) Stop the car. I’m going to throw up.
2.) Forgive the interruption. Please carry on.
3.) He’s dangerous. He’s not someone you want to run into.
4.) What bad leadership! He should step down.
5.) Help is on the way. Just hold on.
6.) Never do that again. It’s not something I put up with.
7.) The couple next door fights a lot. I think they’ll break up.
8.) She feels bad about what happened. She wants to make up.
HINT: Here are the corresponding verbs, out of order:
wait/reconcile/resign/encounter/tolerate/separate/vomit/continue
2.) Select sentences and challenge each other to imagine scenarios to answer the questions:
What was happening at the time?
What led up to this?
What happened next?
3.) Select a sentence and write either a report for a newspaper or a casual to intimate message to a friend.
Think about what makes your communication more formal or more casual in English.
