Phrasal verbs in academic English

An exercise of Phrasal verbs and one-word synonyms....

Phrasal Verb	Synonym	Example
put forward (an idea/view/opinion)	Present	In her latest article Kaufmann puts forward a theory which is likely to prove controversial.
carry out ( an experiment/research)	Conduct	I intend to carry out a series of experiments.
make up	Constitute	Children under the age of 15 make up nearly half of the country’s population.
be made up of	Consist of	Parliament is made up of two houses.
point out	Observe	Grenne points out that the increase in life expectancy has led to some economic problems.
point up	Highlight	The study points up the weaknesses in the current school system.
set out (to do something)	Aim	In his article Losanov sets out to prove that...
go into	Discuss	In this book Sergeant goes into the causes of the Civil War in some depth
Go/Look back over	Revise, review	Please go/look back over this term’s notes.