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194 Rewrite the sentences by replacing the underlined verbs with the verbs from the box in
the correct form.

carry on cut down find out leave out look back on
plug in put off put up with turn down work out
1 I’m sure we’ll all remember this holiday with great pleasure.
I’m sure we’ll all look back on this holiday with great pleasure.
2 He calculated that it would cost $100,000 to do his degree in the States.

3 This lead should be connected to the back of your computer.

4 You have omitted several important facts in your report.

5 We can’t continue if you won’t cooperate.

6 He was offered a new job, but he refused it because he didn’t want to move house.

7 We moved house because we couldn’t bear the noise from the motorway any longer.

8 He had to leave when his boss discovered what he had been doing.

9 Potential customers were discouraged by the difficulty of parking near the restaurant.

10 The company has succeeded in reducing the packaging it uses by twenty-five per cent.

195 Rewrite the underlined words in this text conversation using the verbs from the box in the
correct form.

come up with drop out of get away with get out of let down put up with

Hi Mel, how are you?
Fed up. Here I am working really hard at college, and my cousin
Ruth has just left without finishing her course. dropped out of
Really?! What did her parents say?
Her dad says he won’t tolerate her bad behaviour any longer.
But I bet she won’t be punished for it, as usual.
She’s so spoilt – she always manages to avoid doing any work.

When we were kids, she used to invent all kinds of excuses to get
out of anything hard.
What would your parents do if you behaved like her?
If I disappointed my parents like she does, I’d be in real trouble!
Want to see a movie later and take your mind off things?
Yeah, that sounds great!

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