Use the appropriate function words to complete the sentences. 1)Tell them you don`t want to do it anymore and don`t beat (down/up) about it. 2)The drums were beating (off/out) a new rtythm. 3)Even in late autumn with the rain beating (down/out), it is nice and cosy. 4)He had been beaten (off/up) by some hooligans and looked terrible. 5)I kept beating myself (out/up) about the cruel words I had said. 6)We hardly managed to beat (off/up) the hungry seagulls. 7) The hot African sun was beating (up/down) on our aching heads.

1)up 2)out 3)down 4)up 5)? 6)off 7)down