Ongoing violence in Islamic World.

Exercise 1. Read the text and complete the sentences by choosing a suitable phrasal verb in the correct tense form.

Section 5.

Exercise 5. Paraphrase each of the sentences providing a suitable phrasal verb antonym for the phrasal verb underlined.

Exercise 4. Replace each of the underlined phrasal verbs below with a suitable phrasal verb synonym in the correct tense form.

1. Don’t forget to put out the gas fire.
2. The death penalty is done away with many countries in the world.
3. The official was so depressed he felt like doing himself in.
4. They needed to fill up the tank with oil.
5. The vessel went down.
6. Luckily, she has come to.
7. The heating in most houses went off.
8. It is so nice when men give up their seats to women.
9. Drop round when you are free.
10. The driver ran out of fuel on his way home.

1. The former party leader decided to go in for politics again.
2. The doorman turned away a suspicious man.
3. Amanda was turned down at her first and final job interview.
4. The rich always look down on the poor.
5. He was upset about the problem, but soon will get over it.
6. John got behind with his payments for the van.
7. The foreigner was happy to take up a job as a kindergarten teacher.
8. They put up a new memorial.
9. The rent was put up by five percent.
10. The negotiations were brought forward from 10 September to 5 September.

NATO helicopters were 1._____ and fired on the roof of the Intercontinental Hotel (in the Afghan capital, Kabul) where three militants had 2._____ positions, successfully eliminating them. International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) spokesman said those killed on the roof by NATO helicopters appeared to have been wearing suicide vests. Later a Taliban spokesman said the insurgent group had 3._____ the attack. Some guests who were 4._____ in the attack said that they had experienced the most difficult hours of their lives. The fighting took place in darkness, electricity was 5._____. One suicide bomber had 6._____ himself _____ at the front of the hotel and another on the second floor. Panic 7._____ as guests fled for safety. Then Afghan troops and police 8._____ the building. The attack came the night before the start of a conference about the transition of responsibility for security from ISAF to Afghan security forces. Fortunately, Kabul has been relatively stable in recent months until recent attack. The U.S. State Department condemned the Taliban attack. This action demonstrated the terrorists' complete disregard for human life. The State Department extended condolences to the families of the victims and indicated that all U.S. diplomatic staff were safe.

http:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/ (abridged and changed).

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