Phrasal Verbs 101150

We're pleased to announce that Mr. Schmidt will be ________ as Executive Director.

• A. running off
• B. putting away
• C. carrying on
• D. taking over

Peter will ________ the management of the finance department.

• A. stand up for
• B. take up
• C. make up of
• D. take out

If you don't know what it means, look it ________ in the dictionary.

• A. on
• B. over
• C. off
• D. up

He believes the inspector should ensure children are reasonably well ________, not change a school's culture.

• A. looked after
• B. stood up for
• C. looked into
• D. turned out

The speaker finished her speech and ________ to see if there were any questions.

• A. made out
• B. looked around
• C. called up
• D. gave in

After all, he is a member of an elite media establishment that both fears and ________ the talk phenomenon.

• A. looks down on
• B. gives out
• C. holds back
• D. breaks up

Today even 16-year-old boys on street corners ________ those who attend college.

• A. call for
• B. look up to
• C. pick up
• D. care for

Look ________ that! What a horrible mess!

• A. off
• B. in
• C. at
• D. on

Mathie was ________ work after he decided to pull the plug on the 20-year-old classic emporium.

• A. looking for
• B. caring about
• C. filling in
• D. turning into

She would find herself ________ their meetings and to their conversations even if they were slightly strange sometimes.

• A. making away with
• B. taking after
• C. looking forward to
• D. putting up