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WorksheetsPhrasal Verbs 101150
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
We're pleased to announce that Mr. Schmidt will be ________ as Executive Director.
a)
A. running off
b)
B. putting away
c)
C. carrying on
d)
D. taking over
2.
Peter will ________ the management of the finance department.
a)
A. stand up for
b)
B. take up
c)
C. make up of
d)
D. take out
3.
If you don't know what it means, look it ________ in the dictionary.
a)
A. on
b)
B. over
c)
C. off
d)
D. up
4.
He believes the inspector should ensure children are reasonably well ________, not change a school's culture.
a)
A. looked after
b)
B. stood up for
c)
C. looked into
d)
D. turned out
5.
The speaker finished her speech and ________ to see if there were any questions.
a)
A. made out
b)
B. looked around
c)
C. called up
d)
D. gave in
6.
After all, he is a member of an elite media establishment that both fears and ________ the talk phenomenon.
a)
A. looks down on
b)
B. gives out
c)
C. holds back
d)
D. breaks up
7.
Today even 16-year-old boys on street corners ________ those who attend college.
a)
A. call for
b)
B. look up to
c)
C. pick up
d)
D. care for
8.
Look ________ that! What a horrible mess!
a)
A. off
b)
B. in
c)
C. at
d)
D. on
9.
Mathie was ________ work after he decided to pull the plug on the 20-year-old classic emporium.
a)
A. looking for
b)
B. caring about
c)
C. filling in
d)
D. turning into
10.
She would find herself ________ their meetings and to their conversations even if they were slightly strange sometimes.
a)
A. making away with
b)
B. taking after
c)
C. looking forward to
d)
D. putting up
11.
In 1473 the king ordered him to ________ a dispute between two members of the goldsmiths' company.
a)
A. carry on
b)
B. look into
c)
C. run on
d)
D. put aside
12.
We rode a little, walked, talked, played cards in the evening and I ________ Poppy.
a)
A. got through
b)
B. looked out for
c)
C. passed down
d)
D. went into
13.
Then he slowly looks me ________ before turning his appraising glance to the cabin, which he begins to circle.
a)
A. out
b)
B. off
c)
C. over
d)
D. on
14.
Jake ________ his computer and checked his mail.
a)
A. cut down
b)
B. went off
c)
C. turned on
d)
D. came up
15.
She ________ the water and stepped out on to the rug, dried herself, and dressed in jeans and a shirt.
a)
A. turned off
b)
B. came in
c)
C. fell out with
d)
D. brought up
16.
I'd almost hope of finding a house I liked, and then suddenly this one ________.
a)
A. fallen behind
b)
B. asked after
c)
C. given up
d)
D. turned up
17.
Hollywood discovered her and turned her ________ a star.
a)
A. on
b)
B. over
c)
C. into
d)
D. off
18.
I was a bit doubtful at first, but it ________ to be a really good idea.
a)
A. went away
b)
B. brought back
c)
C. turned out
d)
D. passed down
19.
Six times in eight years he pleaded that they send him and six times they turned him ________.
a)
A. off
b)
B. on
c)
C. down
d)
D. in
20.
Dealing with children who are so damaged ________ immense tact and sensitivity.
a)
A. calls for
b)
B. cuts down
c)
C. gets through
d)
D. puts across
21.
"Is there anybody there?" he ________, but there was no reply.
a)
A. carried on
b)
B. set up
c)
C. called out
d)
D. made for
22.
Rescuers had to ________ the search because of worsening weather conditions.
a)
A. stand up
b)
B. bring over
c)
C. call off
d)
D. take out
23.
I was ________ three months after war broke out.
a)
A. looked after
b)
B. called up
c)
C. turned on
d)
D. filled in
24.
He ________ the letter and read it.
a)
A. gave in
b)
B. called out
c)
C. looked up to
d)
D. picked up
25.
Put those heavy bags ________ for a minute.
a)
A. over
b)
B. down
c)
C. off
d)
D. on
26.
"Where's Diana?" "She just left to ________ the kids from school."
a)
A. give out
b)
B. hold back
c)
C. pick up
d)
D. care for
27.
He ________ the usual trader’s form offering to sell the car to the finance company.
a)
A. broke out
b)
B. held on
c)
C. filled in
d)
D. showed off
28.
About half an hour before the performance, the theatre starts to ________.
a)
A. holdback
b)
B. show off
c)
C. fill up
d)
D. give in
29.
Gerry was terribly thin when he came out of hospital, but he's ________ a lot since then.
a)
A. filled out
b)
B. gone ahead
c)
C. cut off
d)
D. gotten through
30.
We spent half an hour looking for the keys, but eventually ________ and went home.
a)
A. passed down
b)
B. went by
c)
C. gave up
d)
D. put off
31.
The wood ________ a sweet, perfumed smell as it burned.
a)
A. made up
b)
B. gave off
c)
C. looked around
d)
D. took on
32.
Jenny kept begging me for a new bicycle, and I finally ________.
a)
A. stood up
b)
B. called off
c)
C. gave in
d)
D. filled in
33.
My money was beginning to ________ and there were no jobs to be found.
a)
A. breakdown
b)
B. account for
c)
C. give out
d)
D. hold back
34.
We’re ________ a free diary with tomorrow’s newspaper.
a)
A. coming on
b)
B. giving away
c)
C. going by
d)
D. falling over
35.
I’m ________ a new computer.
a)
A. going in for
b)
B. falling over
c)
C. cutting off
d)
D. trying out
36.
I ________ six pairs of trousers before I found a pair that fitted.
a)
A. passed away
b)
B. got by
c)
C. tried on
d)
D. runned off
37.
He doesn't usually drive as fast as this. He's just ________ because you're here.
a)
A. putting up
b)
B. showing off
c)
C. going into
d)
D. bringing down
38.
We were expecting 30 people to come, but half of them never ________.
a)
A. fell over
b)
B. showed up
c)
C. went out
d)
D. brought back
39.
Her stubbornness on this one issue is holding the whole deal ________.
a)
A. off
b)
B. on
c)
C. over
d)
D. up
40.
They felt the British economy was being ________ by excessive government controls.
a)
A. held back
b)
B. set up
c)
C. gotten off
d)
D. put off
41.
Hold ________ a minute! Isn’t that your brother’s car over there?
a)
A. over
b)
B. off
c)
C. back
d)
D. on
42.
A record dated 1665 shows that at that time the archery contests were ________ 4 days.
a)
A. carried over
b)
B. made out
c)
C. held over
d)
D. took out
43.
Humans have managed to learn so much because generations of adults put effort into ________ children.
a)
A. going back
b)
B. setting up
c)
C. caring for
d)
D. putting out
44.
Yeah, I loved that doll when I was three, but I don't ________ it anymore, so feel free to sell it at the garage sale.
a)
A. put through
b)
B. cut down on
c)
C. care about
d)
D. drop in on
45.
She didn't come to the party because her car ________ on the way here.
a)
A. got off
b)
B. broke down
c)
C. went by
d)
D. cut down
46.
Someone must be ________ our system-how else would the media know such classified information?
a)
A. breaking into
b)
B. coming up to
c)
C. bringing up
d)
D. falling over
47.
We knew it was time to leave the club when a fight ________ between guys at the bar.
a)
A. broke out
b)
B. came into
c)
C. went through
d)
D. cut down
48.
148. I'm so sad to hear that Mara and John ________ - I thought those two would be together forever.
a)
A. put on
b)
B. broke up
c)
C. got into
d)
D. went over
49.
When Justin finally got home, his parents demanded that he ________ his whereabouts earlier in the night.
a)
A. take on
b)
B. account for
c)
C. look after
d)
D. hold over
50.
Elena really ________ her mother in both appearance and character.
a)
A. looks back
b)
B. goes on
c)
C. gets out
d)
D. takes after
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