'Up' Phrasal Verbs

Up is a small word with a wide use in English. Today we look at phrasal verbs and collocations that feature it.

All can be an adverb, preposition, adjective noun and verb. Read through this text and choose the correct missing words.

In the shop

I _1_ up late this morning because I forgot to set my alarm. It was my turn to _2_ up the shop so I had to hurry. The first thing I did when I arrived was _3_ up because the shop was still a mess from yesterday.

At about 10 a.m. a customer came in and said something to me. I couldn't hear what she was saying so I asked her to _4_ up. When she repeated I realised she wasn't speaking English. I don't speak any other languages and she couldn't speak much English. To help she took a dictionary out of her bag and started to _5_ up words. It was hard for both of us but we kept trying to understand each other, we didn't _6_ up. I have to admit it was confusing for both of us and we easily got _7_ up.

Eventually I figured out she speaking Korean and she had just come in to _8_ up some glue to _9_ up a hole in her shoe!

It was fun trying to communicate with her. It made me think how cool it would be to learn another language. Perhaps I will _10_ up Korean!

Choose the correct missing words:

• 1) Missing word one is:
  
  stay
  start
  woke
  be
  
  
• 2) Missing word two is:
  
  open
  make
  use
  close
  
  
• 3) Missing word three is:
  
  work
  try
  reach
  clean
  
  
• 4) Missing word four is:
  
  talk
  hold
  speak
  said
  
  
• 5) Missing word five is:
  
  see
  watch
  look
  eye
  
  
• 6) Missing word six is:
  
  meet
  give
  climb
  go
  
  
• 7) Missing word seven is:
  
  started
  baked
  mixed
  stopped
  
  
• 8) Missing word eight is:
  
  left
  pick
  choose
  find
  
  
• 9) Missing word nine is:
  
  leave
  time
  fix
  press
  
  
• 10) Missing word ten is:
  
  learn
  put
  take
  hold