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IELTS-VOC-VERBS-1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We will have to "postpone" the announcement.

a)

turn down

b)

put off

c)

lay back

2.

Farmers "fell" trees to clear their land.

a)

take down

b)

blow down

c)

chop down

3.

Most dinosaurs "became extinct" 65 million years ago.

a)

died out

b)

fell down

c)

set out

4.

Sales of neckties "declined" in the mid-nineties.

a)

fell down

b)

fell out

c)

fell off

5.

Clarkson’s theory doesn’t "make sense".

a)

add up

b)

take on

c)

open out

6.

Should we stop or should we "continue"?

a)

break off

b)

go on

c)

keep in

7.

The bomb "exploded" at dawn.

a)

went off

b)

went out

c)

flew up

8.

Finally I "understood" what he was trying to say.

a)

caught up

b)

got into

c)

figured out

9.

"Delete" the words you do not wish us to read.

a)

show off

b)

cross out

c)

leave in

10.

People have been told to "reduce consumption of" petrol.

a)

cut down on

b)

slow up on

c)

lay back on

11.

Copernicus "produced" a theory that the earth went round the sun.

a)

put up with

b)

come up with

c)

took up with

12.

This claim is "supported" by a mountain of evidence.

a)

backed up

b)

made out

c)

written under

13.

The Internet has "caused" unforeseen changes in the way we read.

a)

turn in

b)

set off

c)

brought up

14.

The terrorists threatened to "bomb" the bridge.

a)

root out

b)

take out

c)

blow up

15.

Whish sister do you most "enjoy the company of"?

a)

get along with

b)

come out with

c)

look forward to

16.

The trampoline kit "includes" an instruction manual.

a)

Breaks out

b)

comes with

c)

take in

17.

They should "abolish" the three-in-one traffic calming system

a)

Take up with

b)

go out with

c)

do away with

18.

You failed to "communicate" your main idea.

a)

get across

b)

put through

c)

send over

19.

Due to illness, the mayor was unable to "perform" her duties.

a)

Set in

b)

take to

c)

carry out

20.

That is the word I "searched" for in the dictionary

a)

looked up

b)

Went at

c)

Left out