3.A - PHRASAL VERBS

She says that she doesn't fit ___ at her new school. (=feel that you don't belong)

• in

• on

• for

• at

• up

Answer explanation

fit in = feel that you belong to a particular group

She always stood ____ in a crowd. (= be very easy to see or notice)

• in

• on

• for

• out

• up

Answer explanation

stand out = to be very easy to see or notice

She walks so fast I can never keep _____ her. (=make progress at the same rate as others)

• on to

• on with

• up with

• in with

• up to

Answer explanation

keep up with = to do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone

When you live in a country you soon pick ____ the language. (= learn)

• on

• up

• with

• in

• at

Answer explanation

pick up = to learn a new skill or language by practising

 We’ve been asked to come _____ some new ideas. (=to think of an idea)

• up with

• across with

• in with

• on to

• at with

Answer explanation

come up with = to think of an idea, answer etc

I’ve never come _____ anyone quite like her before. (=meet)

• at

• up to

• into

• up

• across

Answer explanation

come across = meet, find or discover

Police are trying to piece ______ the last hours of her life. (=collect)

• from

• on to

• up wtith

• across

• together

Answer explanation

piece together = to create something by joining the separate parts, collect facts

When we first hit ___ the idea, everyone told us it would never work. (=think of an idea unexpectedly)

• at

• on

• up with

• across

• in

Answer explanation

hit on = to think of an idea unexpectedly, come up with

The picture on the magazine's cover leaps _____ you. (=immediately get someone's attention)

• out on

• out at

• up at

• out in

• out for

Answer explanation

leap our at you = immediately get someone's attention

Let me talk this ______ with my wife before I give you an answer. (=discuss)

• thaught

• thought

• though

• throught

• through

Answer explanation

talk through = discuss, to guide someone through some process