Remember, these phrasal verbs are not “set + particle” but rather units, so learn them as such!

Put these verbs in the correct sentence, conjugated as necessary.  You may want to look these words up in a dictionary, as they may have secondary meanings! (Just like in that sentence: “look up” isn’t just “turn your eyes to the sky”, it’s also “find information in a reference book”!)

set about    set against    set ahead    set aside    set back    set down    set in        set off        set out        set up

1. Last night, a feeling of ill ease _______.  I still don’t feel right.

2. Frodo and Sam ______ on their journey to destroy the ring.

3. After Mom and Dad left, we _____ preparing the house for the party we we throwing for all our friends.

4. He _____ his own business last year, and now he’s a rich man!

5. We need to ________ for the history books all that happened here: our future must be recorded and remembered!

6. The opposing candidate tried to _____ the people _____ the incumbent with his defamatory remarks, but no one believed him.

7. The book was a real page-turner–I only ____ it _____ once I realized I had to make dinner!

8. This unfortunate event has really only ____ us ____ a week or so.

9. Politics really ____ him ____, so avoid that subject unless you want to hear ranting all night!

10. After turning our clocks back last fall, now in March we need to _____ them ____ ahead for summer time!

Answers:

1. set in
2. set out/set off
3. set about
4. set up
5. set down
6. set against
7. set aside
8. set back
9. set off
10. set ahead

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