ESL Phrasal Verbs

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Multiple Choice

• His story just doesn't ________.

• talk into

• add up

• phase out

• rule out

Multiple Choice

• The proposed solution was _______ as too expensive.

• ruled out

• added up

• talked into

• phased out

Multiple Choice

• Subsidies to farmers will be ________ by next year.

• added up

• ruled out

• talked into

• phased out

Multiple Choice

• I didn't want to move abroad but Bill _____ me _____ it.

• added up

• phased out

• talked into

• ruled out

Match

Match the following

• (especially in negative sentences)to seem reasonable; to make sense

• to state that something is not possible or that somebody/something is not suitable

• to stop using something gradually in stages over a period of time

• to persuade somebody/yourself to do/not to do something

add up

rule out

phase out

talk into

• add up

• rule out

• phase out

• talk into