using the word UP in English

Hello Students,

Perhaps you've seen it already, but there's a new video for the words "be" and "up" The word "be" is a verb; the word "up" is preposition. Used together they have many different meanings.

You can also use the word "up" with other verbs. The exercise below is for email subscribers only:

Choose the correct verb for each sentence or question. Each verb uses "up" as part of a verb phrase. The answers are below.

 

eat     end     grow    finish    stay     line     look     throw    wait    wake

1. The mother told her children to _________ up their work.

2. I need to __________ something up on the internet.

3. Hey, _________ up! I need to talk to you.

4. Henry is afraid he'll _________ up in a boring job.

5. If you get the flu, you might _________ up.

6. It's hard to _________ up in the morning.

7. Hilda told her brother to ________ up after he did something childish.

8. Before going out to a playground, a teacher usually makes small children _______ up.

9. You should __________ up all of your vegetables.

10. Bob wants to __________ up to watch something on TV tonight.

The answers are below.

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 Answers: 1. finish; 2. look; 3. wait; 4. end; 5. throw; 6. wake; 7. grow; 8. line; 9. eat; 10. stay