BERLIN: PHRASAL VERBS IN CONTEXT

VOCABULARY PRACTICE • B1–C1
YOUR TASK: Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb from the word bank. Use each verb only once. You may need to change the verb form to fit the sentence.
WORD BANK — SHUFFLED
bring together grow up break through live under tear down split up cross over
1. After the border opened, residents could finally into the other part of the city legally.
2. The authorities decided to the old structure to make room for a new public space.
3. Even after decades apart, the family hoped that a reunion would relatives who had lost contact.
4. Some young people who in East Berlin remember the restrictions of their childhood very clearly.
5. The protesters tried to the police barrier and reach the square.
6. For years, citizens had to a political system that limited their freedom of expression.
7. The new border rules threatened to friends who lived on opposite sides of the city.