Timesaver Phrasal Verbs - BEA Shop

What's the Punch-line
1. Match the phrasal verbs and their definitions.
1 pull over
2 put on (weight)
3 have (someone) in
4 put (someone) up
5 put up with something
6 look into
7 to pick (something) up
a) to get fatter
b) to offer someone a bed
c) to ask someone into your house to do a job
d) to stop your car at the side of the road
e) to learn a skill quickly
f) to suffer something unpleasant
g) to investigate
1 Two women are standing on a street corner talking
when there is a sudden "WHOOSH" sound
overhead. They look up and see a phone box flying
across the sky. "Wow," says one of the women
"Superman's .................................................................
2. Match the jokes with their punch lines.
4 It's the middle of winter, the snow is one metre
deep, and Farmer Jones announces that he's going
to move his two donkeys into his sitting room.
"But what about the smell" his friend says.
"Well," Farmer Jones replies, "The donkeys
2 Al and Jack are two tramps who sleep rough on the
benches in the park. One morning Al comes to Jack
and says: "The council are going to paint my bench
today. Since I've got the decorators in,
5 One night a huge hole appears in the Thompsons'
front garden. Mrs Thompson goes down to the
police station to report it. When she comes home,
her husband says "Are the police going to
investigate" "I think so," his wife replies,
6 Charlotte gets a detention for talking in class. "Go
and collect the litter in the playground," the teacher
says. "But I don't know how to collect litter,"
Charlotte replies, "I've never done it before."
"Don't worry," the teacher says,
3 A woman is driving along the motorway at 200
kilometres per hour. When the police move alongside
her car, they notice she is knitting. "Pull over," the
police officer says. "No, it's not a pullover"
she replies, .....................................................................
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Punch-lines
a) "They say they're going to look into it."
b) "You'll soon pick it up."
c) "I was wondering if you could put me up
for the night."
d) ... really put on weight."
e) ... will just have to put up with it."
f) "It's a pair of socks for my nephew."
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