PHRASAL VERBS, IDIOMS AND OTHER EXPRESSIONS USING `TURN`
Exercise 1: Look at the dictionary definitions of phrasal verbs that use turn, and decide which particle or particles (around, back, on, etc) can be used to complete them.
1. (a) To tell the police about someone or take them to the police because they have committed a crime ("His own brother turned him..........").
(b) Informal – to go to bed at night ("It`s getting late. I think I`ll turn..........")
2. (a) To develop in a particular way or have a particular result ("I was disappointed with the way things turned..........").
(b) To produce something in large quantities ("The company plans to turn..........2000 cars a month").
(c) To force someone to leave a place, especially their home ("Our landlord turned us..........without any warning")
3. (a) To ask someone for help when you are having a problem dealing with a situation ( "He turned..........his father for some money to pay his rent").
(b) To start thinking about or discussing something ("All right, let`s turn..........more important matters now")
4. (a) To start using a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch ("Is your computer turned..........?").
(b) To make a sudden and unexpected attack on someone using violence or angry words ("I was shocked when he suddenly turned..........me")
5. (a) To give someone or something to someone who has a position of authority ("I turned..........the money I had found to the police").
(b) To stop watching one television channel and start watching another ("This programme is boring. Let`s turn..........").
(c) To think carefully about all the details of something ("He began to turn..........the plan in his mind")
6. (a) To stop being unsuccessful and start being successful, or make something do this ("The loan will help us to turn the company..........").
(b) To complete a piece of work, process or activity within a particular time("We can produce quality work and turn it..........very quickly")
7. (a) To increase the amount of sound, light, etc, produced by a piece of equipment ("I can`t hear the radio. Can you turn it..........?").
(b) To come somewhere unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement ("You don`t need to reserve a table: just turn..........").
(c) To be found, especially by accident, after being lost ("My car keys turned..........in the kitchen cupboard!")
8. To refuse to let someone come into a place ( "The restaurant was full, and a lot of customers had to be turned..........")
9. To stop liking or supporting someone or something and start opposing them ("The workers turned..........the management when their wages were reduced")
10. (a) To stop using a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch ("Will you turn the television.........., please?").
(b) To leave the road you are travelling along in order to go along another one that leads away from it ("If you`re coming from London, you`ll need to turn..........the motorway before you get to Oxford").
(c) To make someone feel bored or no longer interested in something ("His policies could turn..........a lot of voters")
11. (a) To return the same way that you came instead of continuing on your journey, or make someone do this ("Bad weather forced them to turn..........").
(b) To return to a previous situation or condition ("I`ve come too far to turn..........now")
12. (a) To refuse to accept an offer or request ("I don`t believe he turned..........my offer of help!").
(b) To reduce the amount of sound, heat or light produced by a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch ("Can you turn the music..........a bit, please?")

Exercise 2: Match the sentences on the left with a suitable response on the right, using the idioms and other expressions in bold to help you.

(1) "If you scratch my back, I`ll scratch yours."
(2) "Your work hasn`t been very good recently."
(3) "I have to leave early today."
(4) "You`re very good looking."
(5) "Don`t worry about your children, Mrs Jackson. They`ll probably come home soon enough."
(6) "Mrs Ranscombe hasn`t got any idea how to run this company."
(7) "Your living room is a real mess!"
(8) "I`ve done everything I can to help you, but I feel I`ve done enough."
(9) "I`ve been unemployed for six months, but I`ve got two job interviews next week."
(10) "For almost two years we didn`t get a pay rise, and then our salaries were almost doubled!"
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