Medical researchers have been carrying out experiments to determine the cause of the disease.
A team of detectives is trying to find out what exactly happened the night her husband disappeared.
For the French exchange trip I’m sorting out the train tickets and deciding which student goes with which family.
I checked the fridge and I see we’ve run out of butter. Could you go and buy some?
The family shoe-making business was set up by my great great grandfather in 1875.
She lives in New York now but she grew up in the small town east of Chicago where she was born.
Who smashed the window? If no one owns up to breaking it, I will cancel the class trip to the mountains.
I’m not sure which one to buy; I can’t make up my mind. I’m terrible at making decisions.
I’m fairly certain that my parents felt I had let them down when I failed my exams – they’d paid for a good education for me.
It’s not fair! Mark hit me and my mum told me off for shouting at him. She always favours him.

2.
    1. grow up
    2. set up
    3. own up to - confess something you did
    4. make up
    5. let down
    6. tell off
    7. find out
    8. sort out
    9. carry out
    10. run out

1. carry out the teacher's instructions exactly
2. took up tennis at
3. was set up by
4. was put off by
5. we turn up,
6. didn't make up her
7. looking forward to hear
8. didn't run out of
9. to put up with
10. carry on
11. would look into
12. able to come up with