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Phrasal Verbs 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As I have just had a tooth ----, I am not allowed to eat or drink anything for three hours.

a)

run out

b)

tried on

c)

crossed out

d)

taken out

e)

broken off

2.

You need to ---- your essay for spell-check before you hand in your exam paper.

a)

hang out

b)

point out

c)

cut off

d)

go over

e)

give away

3.

It is not easy for many civil servants to ---- on their salaries as the inflation rate is extremely high.

a)

get by

b)

turn up

c)

wear out

d)

run over

e)

take away

4.

You'd better ---- your cigarette as it is dangerous to smoke at a gas station.

a)

hold up

b)

put through

c)

get through

d)

hang up

e)

put out

5.

Jane found it hard to get up from the bed after the alarm clock ---- at seven.

a)

broke in

b)

took out

c)

sent out

d)

went off

e)

threw up

6.

There is an easy way to ---- four species of wild cats living in this region by their tail patterns.

a)

tell apart

b)

see to

c)

clear up

d)

back up

e)

call for

7.

I thought the party was going to be boring, but it ---- to be the most unforgettable evening of my life.

a)

turned out

b)

look around

c)

passed away

d)

fall back on

e)

cut down

8.

I find it hard to ---- with the other students in the Italian class as they have been attending the classes more regularly than I do.

a)

fall through

b)

call in

c)

do away

d)

catch up

e)

come up

9.

The first National Food and Nutrition Survey was ---- in 1980 and the most recent one in 1992.

a)

carried out

b)

dropped out

c)

figured out

d)

brought about

e)

checked in

10.

The summit was earlier to be held in March but was ---- due to the tsunami disaster that hit India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

a)

paid off

b)

crossed out

c)

put off

d)

dropped in

e)

turned down

11.

We arranged to meet at ten o'clock last Sunday but John didn't ---- on time.

a)

give in

b)

look up

c)

put out

d)

turn up

e)

find out

12.

I had better leave, I don't want to ---- my welcome.

a)

give up

b)

go off

c)

run down

d)

wear out

e)

take in

13.

It was a mistake that I didn't ---- the contract before signing it.

a)

look through

b)

called out

c)

come by

d)

get up

e)

catch on

14.

John is a rich man because he ---- a lot of money last year.

a)

went through

b)

checked in

c)

fell behind

d)

came into

e)

figured out

15.

Liz decided to ---- jogging as she needed to lose weight urgently.

a)

go against

b)

take up

c)

run into

d)

hand in

e)

get at

16.

I will buy this bag since it is exactly what I have been ----.

a)

calling off

b)

giving away

c)

taking after

d)

making out

e)

looking for

17.

As we have been informed that the weather will get worse soon, we have decided to ---- the tennis match.

a)

take out

b)

put off

c)

make up

d)

go by

e)

hand out

18.

8. Before ---- for Los Angeles, it is urgent that I get my car serviced today.

a)

holding on

b)

letting down

c)

giving out

d)

finding out

e)

setting off

19.

I am trying to ---- from my roommate since I don't want him to be infected as I am.

a)

take on

b)

keep away

c)

clear up

d)

turn down

e)

give back

20.

A lot of plant and animal species are in danger of --- at the moment.

a)

dying out

b)

paying off

c)

turning on

d)

setting out

e)

running over