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MULTI-PART VERBs IN THE PAST TENSE - PRACTICE
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Make up an answer to the following questions using the simple past tense.
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Example: Who agreed on the contract before it was signed?
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Example: Our board of directors agreed on the contract before it was signed.
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Multi-Part VerbPreposition
Question in Past Tense
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Worry aboutabout
Who worried the most about their problems?
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Take apartapart
Did he take the computer apart all by himself?
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Serve asas
What served as a table when you ate in the forest?
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Laugh atat
What did everyone laugh at during the meeting?
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Look atat
What famous art did you look at on your vacation?
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Smile atat
Who did she smile at at the party, yesterday? (At whom did she smile?)
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Stare atat
Why did she stare at that man at the meeting yesterday?
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Stand for (represent)for
What does that strange icon stand for
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Wait forfor
How long did you wait for your flight?
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Watch forfor
Who watched for Bobby to return from school?
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Be taken in (be deceived)in
Who was she taken in by? (By whom was she taken in?)
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Hand inin
Did everybody hand in their reports yesterday?
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Take In (bring into your home)in
How many flood victims did you take in?
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Take in (clothes)in
Who took in your jacket so skillfully?
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Take in (deceive)in
Which one of our suppliers took us in so thoroughly?
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Take in (take to repair shop)in
What shop did you take the computer in to?
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Take in (visit/sightsee)in
What sights did you take in, in Paris?
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Doze offoff
Did your grandfather doze off after dinner yesterday?
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Take off (remove)off
When did you first take off your winter jacket.
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Take (time) offoff
How much time did your employees take of last Christmas?
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Take off (airplane)off
At what time did the airplane take off?
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Take off (idea, product)off
How soon did the company's new product take off?
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Take off (leave quickly)off
Why did Jenny take off so fast at 5:00?
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Agree onon
Who agreed on the contract before it was signed?
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Call on (visit)on
What company did our salesman call on yesterday?
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Comment onon
Did the chairman comment on the lawsuit?
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Decide onon
Who decided on the refreshments for the Christmas party?
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Look down (on)on
What happened to the manager who looked down on his employees?
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Put onon
When did you first put on your winter jacket?
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Turn overover
What did you see when you turned over the rock?
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Turn over (something to someone)over, to
When did you turn the responsibility over to the Vice President?
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Listen toto
What great music did you listen to on your vacation?
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Put togethertogether
Who helped put the computer back together again?
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Blow upup
Why did they blow up that big building?
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Call up (phone)up
Who did you call up to fix the leaky faucet?
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Give up (quit)up
Why did your favorite team give up?
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Give up (something – cigarrettes)up
When did you friend give up cigarettes?
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Look up (a tree)up
When you looked up the mountain, what did yousee?
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Look up (something in something)up
Where did she look up that strange word?
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bring upup
Who brought up the subject of price in the meeting?
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check upup
How often should we check up on the engineers' progress?
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cheer upup
Are you buying that card to cheer someone up?
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come upup
Which employee came up with the best plan for marketing?
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end upup
How did the meeting end up?
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make upup
What kind of story did the defendant make up?
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pick upup
How quickly does she pick up a new skill?
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show upup
Did many people show up for the free demonstration?
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stay upup
How late do you stay up at night?
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take upup
Suggest some good hobbies to take up in our spare time.
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stand up forup for
Name someone who will always stand up for you.
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put up withup with
Tell me what kind of situation you will not put up with.
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Jot downdown
What did you jot down at the meeting?
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feel downdown
What situation can make you feel down?
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let downdown
Who let the team down during this effort?
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look downdown
Is there anyone who looks down on the other team members?
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step downdown
Why did the boss ask that manager to step down?
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wind downdown
When should we wind down this marketing campaign?
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figure outout
Did you figure out the puzzle yet?
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find outout
Who found out about our secret plans?
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run outout
We're going to run out of paper towels and toilet paper!
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sort outout
Can you help me sort out this problem?
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stresses outout
Name a situation that stresses you out.
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turn outout
How did her plans turn out?
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work outout
Did he work out his problem? How?
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Check out (look at, research)out
How did the team check out all the possible software?
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Fill outout
How many people filled out our application form?
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Pick outout
How did you pick out a good gift for your wife?
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