Page 125 - English Grammar in Use Suppl. Ex. - Fifth Edition

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192 Complete the news item with the verbs from the box in the correct form and the words
in brackets.

bring up close down do up hold up pay back rip off set up

LAST CALL FOR HITTRONICS.COM

Talks are being held with suppliers of Hittronics.com,
the high street company which (1) was set up
by Antonia Highbridge only three years ago with
£20m of her family’s money. Her billionaire parents
say she must (2)
(them) this month or her business will have to
(3) . Customers have
claimed that Highbridge (4)
(them) with poor goods and inefficient service.
Highbridge stated yesterday that her problems began because her business development
plans (5) by the family’s attitude. ‘Our stores look dated
and I asked for extra capital so that we can (6) (them). But
every time I (7) (the subject), the family said I had to wait.’

193 Complete the newspaper article with the verbs from the box in the correct form.

blow up break down drive away drop off
give up go off go on ride off

NOISES IN THE NIGHT

Residents of Victoria Street in Thornton were disturbed last night by an unusual accident.
At eleven o’clock a car (1) broke down near the end of the street and
the driver left his vehicle there while he (2) with his journey
by taxi. An hour later, the car’s alarm (3) when it was hit
by a stolen van. The engine of the van (4) , so the thief
tried to (5) in the car.
But he (6) when the
car wouldn’t start and stole a bicycle instead.
‘I (7) to sleep just before
midnight,’ said Michael Patel who lives at 11 Victoria
Street. ‘Then I was woken by a terrible ringing
and a loud bang. When I looked out of my window,
I saw a man (8) on
my bicycle!’

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