From English UNITE Academy

1. PHRASAL VERBS WITH UP:
PART 1

2. Sign near my house

3. Meanings of verb + up:
1) *Complete (fill up)
2) Movement (get up)
3) Increase (turn up)
4) Divide/separate (tear up)
5) Make better (cheer up)
6) Make appear (look up a word)
7) Stop (give up)

4. Toactup:1)tomisbehave,usually
beingnoisy2)tostopworking(for
things,notpeople)
1a) The students acted
up when they had a
substitute at school.
1b) If you act up, you’ll
get in trouble.
2) The machine is
acting up. It’s not
working.

5. Toblowup(something):1)toget
angry2)todestroysomethingwith
anexplosion3)toincreaseinsize
1) The student blew up
when he was falsely
accused of cheating.
2) The kids were playing
with fireworks and blew
up the soda can.
3) When I eat a lot, I feel
like I’m going to blow up.

6. Tobreakup(withsomeone):1)to
endarelationshipwithsomeone
2)tostopafightorargument
1) Sarah and Tom
broke up
because they
couldn’t get
along.
2) The teacher
broke up the
fight.

7. Tobringup(something):1)todraw
attentiontosomething2)to
mention
1) Don’t bring up
what happened at
school. I don’t
want Mom to
know!
2) My aunt brought
up the time I ran
away from home. I
was so

8. Tobrushup(onsomething):to
rememberorpracticeaskill
I need to brush up
on my Spanish
before returning to
Costa Rica.
After the long
summer, students
need to brush up
on their academic
skills.

9. Tocatchup(onsomething):1)to
getsomethingdone2)togetto
thesameplaceassomeoneelse
1) I need to catch
up on my work.
2) “Catch up!”
Sarah yelled
when John started
slowing down.

10. Signforatutoringservice

11. Tocloseup(oneselforsomething):
1)tonotwanttoshare2)toclosea
business
1) When her best
friend lied to her,
Sarah closed up
and refused to talk.
2) We close up the
Writing Center at
8:00.

12. Togrowup:1)tomature2)toget
older3)tolivesomewhereasa
child
1) It’s time to grow up
and stop acting like a
little kid.
2) Her daughter is
growing up and will be
driving soon.
3) I grew up in Alaska.

13. Tohangup(something):1)toput
somethingonahanger,hook,wall,
orothersurface2)toturnthe
phoneoff
1) Please hang up
your school
clothes when you
get home.
2) They hung up
pictures on the
walls of their new
house.

14. Tokeepup(onsomethingorwith
someone):1)tocontinueor
maintain2)tostaywithsomebody
athis/herlevel
1) Keep up the good
work!
2) She told her friend
to keep up so they
could finish the race
together.

15. Repeat often.
Speak out
loud.
1.
Practice in the
discussion/
community.
2.
Use
consistently.
3.
Continue with the
course activities. 