Quiz on Phrasal Verbs

What is a phrasal verb?

• A verb followed by a noun

• A verb combined with a preposition or adverb

• A type of auxiliary verb

• A past tense verb

Which of these is a phrasal verb?

• Run fast

• Turn on

• Write neatly

• Go quickly

What type of phrasal verb is "look after"?

• Separable

• Inseparable

• Transitive

• Modal

Choose the correct sentence using a phrasal verb:

• I will look for it.

• I look at it.

• I will look it.

• I look it at.

Which sentence uses "turn off" correctly?

• Turn it off now!

• Turn off it now!

• Turn it off the light!

• Turn off it light!

What is a separable phrasal verb?

• A verb where the object must come immediately after

• A verb where the object can go between the verb and particle

• A verb that cannot be separated from its particle

• A verb used only in questions

Choose the sentence with a separable phrasal verb:

• I turned off the lights.

• I turned the lights off.

• I turned off them.

• Both a and b

Complete the sentence: Please ____ (pick up) the trash.

• pick it up

• pick up it

• pick them up

• both a and c

Which phrasal verb is separable?

• Look for

• Pick up

• Run into

• Get on

What happens if the object is a pronoun in a separable phrasal verb?

• The pronoun goes after the particle.

• The pronoun goes between the verb and the particle.

• The pronoun is optional.

• The pronoun is replaced by a noun.