Exercise 1
For each picture, complete the sentences using a verb + up or down. In most sentences you will need other words as well.
1) There used to be a tree next to the house, but we ________
2) There used to be some shelves on the wall, but I ________
3) The ceiling was so low, he couldn't ________ straight.
4) She couldn't hear the radio very well, so she ________
5) While they were waiting for the bus, they ________ on the ground.
6) A few trees ________ in the storm last week.
7) We've got some new curtains, but we haven't ________ yet.
8) Lisa dropped her keys, so she ________ and ________
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1)
1 cut it down
2 took them down
3 stand up
4 turned it up
5 put their bags down
6 were blown down / fell down
7 put them up
8 bent down (and) picked them up
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences. Use the following verbs (in the correct form) + down :
calm let take turn turn write
1) I don't like this picture on the wall. I'm going to ________
2) The music is too loud. Can you ________?
3) David was very angry. I tried to ________
4) Sarah gave me her phone number. I ________ on a piece of paper.
5) I promised I would help Anna. I don't want to ________
6) I was offered the job, but I decided I didn't want it. So I ________
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1 take it down
2 turn it down
3 calm him down
4 wrote it down
5 let her down
6 turned it down
Exercise 3
Complete each sentence using a verb (in the correct form) + down .
1) I stopped writing and ________ pen.
2) I was really angry. It took me a long time to ________
3) The train ________ as it approached the station.
4) Sarah applied to study medicine at university, but she ________
5) Our car is very reliable. It has never ________
6) I need to spend less money. I'm going to ________ on things I don't really need.
7) I didn't play very well. I felt that I had ________ the other players in the team.
8) The shop ________ because it was losing money.
9) This is a very ugly building. Many people would like it to ________
10) I can't understand why you ________ the chance of working abroad for a year. It would have been a great experience for you.
11) A: Did you see the accident? What happened exactly?
B: A man ________ by a car as he was crossing the road.
12) Peter got married when he was 20, but unfortunately the marriage ________ a few years later.
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1 put down
2 calm down
3 slowed down
4 was turned down
5 broken down
6 cut down
7 let down
8 (has) closed down
9 be knocked down (or be pulled down or be torn down)
10 turned down
11 was knocked down
12 broke down