Phrasal Verbs 1

Choose the correct verb for the next phrase:

I ______ up an excuse about having to take care of the kids.

• made

• gave

• brought

• grew

What do you want to be when you ______ ___?

After ten minutes trying to get the answer I _____ ___.

• gave up

• give up

• made up

• grow up

Bill Gates was twenty years old when he _______ ____ from Harvard University.

• drop out

• dropped out

• brought up

Mark Zuckerberg _____ ____ of college in 2004 to devote himself to Facebook.

• drop out

• dropped out

• bring up

My dad as always really good at _______ _____ stories.

• making up

• make up

• made up

• makes up

I was _____ ____ in a small town near Guadalajara, Mexico.

• brought up

• bring up

• dropped out

Steve Jobs _____ ____ of college in 1972 to start Apple.

• dropped out

• took a break

• failed

• graduated

Elon Musk was twenty-five years old when he _______ ____ from Stanford University.

• dropped out

• flunked out

• transferred

• graduated

Choose the best alternative:

What's the meaning of GIVE UP?

• To stop doing something.

• To invent a story