| Correct | Incorrect |
 Laura fills up the cup with water. |  Laura fills up it with water. |
 Laura fills up it with water. |  Diego puts off it. |
As you can notice, the correct way is to put the noun after the phrasal verb.
Exercise 1
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Complete the following sentences using the correct prepositions.
1. The students handed their homework in.
|
a. on | b. out | c. in |
2. The weather was bad, so we put the picnic until then.
| a. off | b. on | c. in |
3. The teacher handed the test papers earlier.
| a. over | b. in | c. out |
4. You are too heavy for me to carry. I will have to put you .
| a. on | b. down | c. in |
5. Is the oven on? No, I shut it .
| a. out | b. on | c. off |
6. You can’t smoke here. You’d better put your cigarette.
| a. on | b. out | c. in |
7. Jim asked me on Saturday night.
| a. on | b. in | c. out |
8. I had to tear my check because I signed it wrongly.
| a. down | b. off | c. up |
9. They tore the building because it was very old.
| a. out of | b. apart | c. down |