Phrasal Verbs (STUDY)

Sam and Ben are twin brothers. Their rich grandfather offered to put them through university. to put through means...

• made much faster progress than others

• pay for them to study at university

• started working hard

• given a lower mark

Sam sailed through his exams at school and easily succeeded in joining a good university. To sail through means to

• started working hard

• be given a lower mark

• easily passed

• to barely pass

Ben wanted to go to the same university, but it was harder for him to do it, so he buckled down to his studies and managed to succeed in his exams. To buckle down means

• started working hard

• easily passed

• barely passed

• fail to remain with the group of people who was progressing

Both brothers wanted to major in law. To major in means...

• work hard

• contributed to his bad marks

• easily pass

• study something as their main subject at university

Sam continued to study hard, and soon left most of the students of his group behind. To leave behind means to

• easily pass

• separate the cleverest people from the group

• make faster progress

• work hard

At the end of the term, the professor creamed off the best students. Sam was in this group but Ben wasn't. To cream off means to...

• separate the cleverest people from the group

• easily pass

• be given a lower mark

• barely pass

Ben received lower marks for careless mistakes in a number of essays and by the end of the term he had fallen behind the rest of his year. To fall behind means to...

• be given a lower mark

• separate the cleverest people from the group

• easily pass

• fail to remain with the group of people who was progressing