Fill in the blanks with appropriate phrasal verbs. Choose from the options given:

(clean up, blow up, clear away, ask for, break into, clear out, be up, cut out, break out, call for, care for, bring round, break down)

Note: Make changes to the verb forms if required

1. The patient is ___________________ Dr. Reddy.
2. Don’t ring the doorbell. The landlord won’t _________.
3. You must _______________ some balloons everyday to keep your lungs healthy.
4. A few thieves _________________ our tenant’s room when they were away and stole all their jewellery. They are _________________ a police investigation now.
5. After years of hard work and overtime, his health _______________ and he had to retire.
6. A fire _____________ due to short circuit and his apartment was reduced to ashes.
7. She fainted in the sun but a little lemon juice _______________________.
8. You must ______________ your health to stay in the competition.
9. We need to ______________ the guest house for our evening party.
10. Would you please __________________ these glasses from the table?
11. I need to _______________ my shelf to make space for my new books.
12. If you want to become thin, you must _______________ sugar.

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Answers:

1. asking for
2. be up
3. blow up
4. broke into, calling for
5. broke down
6. broke out
7. brought her round
8. care for
9. clean up
10. clear away
11. clear out
12. cut out