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Test Your Phrasal Verbs: Politics
vor 4 JahrenI don't know about you but I'm currently *obsessed* with the US Election. I've been watching live coverage for the past few days...
It made me think about what English learners would need to understand the coverage. After all, politics comes with a lot of jargon - phrasal verbs, idioms and more.
So below are some common political phrasal verbs.
Revise them and then fill in the gaps below...
NOTE: If a sentence needs a "to" I've already added it, all you need to do is add the phrasal verb itself i.e. "stand down" not "to stand down".
After the newspaper leaked the story about the affair the President decided to _______________ and retire from politics.
The mayor said he was going to __________________ gun crime.
They tried to ___________________ the truth about the level of corruption.
The Prime Minister had promised that they would lower taxes but seemed to _________________ his word.
Hillary Clinton hoped the story about her emails would ________________ so that she could win the Presidency.
The Bill about Education Reform was ____________________ by the MP from London.
