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Phrasal Verbs Test

Description: This exercise tests your understanding of phrasal verbs.
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: phrasal verbs Idioms and Phrases
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Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

Her rude manners _______ me ________

  1. put, off

  2. put, in

  3. put, on

  4. put, out

  5. put, down


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To put somebody off is to repel or repulse them.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

My boss often stops by my cabin to ______ me. He wants to make sure that I am actually working and not updating my Facebook status.

  1. fill in for

  2. check up on

  3. cut in on

  4. Get through with

  5. Keep up with


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To check up on somebody is to try to find out what they are doing.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

The stool was not sturdy enough to _________ with the big fat guy's weight.

  1. bear up

  2. bear down on

  3. bear on

  4. break in on

  5. break up


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To bear up is to support somebody or something.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

She __________ publishing just two months after completing her degree.

  1. broke up with

  2. broke in on

  3. broke into

  4. got along with

  5. get after


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To break into a profession means to enter some established profession or field of activity.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

After dad lost his job, we had to ________________ our savings to pay the bills.

  1. break into

  2. break in on

  3. break up

  4. break out

  5. break off


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To break into something is to use an amount of money reserved for something else.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

As the rain had reduced visibility I could barely ---------------------------------- the traffic signs.

  1. make out

  2. make for

  3. make off

  4. make over

  5. make up


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To make out is to understand or see something, especially with difficulty.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

She threatened to ------------------------------- me if I tried to contact her again.

  1. talk back to

  2. tell on

  3. talk over

  4. see to

  5. take after


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To tell on somebody is to report their bad behaviour.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

The four brothers always ________ one another.

  1. see about

  2. touch on

  3. watch out for

  4. play up to

  5. look back on


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To watch out for somebody is to make sure that nothing bad happens to them.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

You must __________ this report before giving it to the secretary.

  1. go about

  2. go at

  3. go along

  4. go over

  5. go around


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To go over a document is to check it carefully.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

The materialistic girl ____________ anyone who is not rich or famous.

  1. looks after

  2. looks back on

  3. looks down on

  4. looks forward to

  5. looks up to


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To look down on somebody is to feel superior to them.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

I don’t understand how he could _________ his girlfriend over something so silly.

  1. fall in for

  2. fall out with

  3. fall back on

  4. cut in on

  5. do away with


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To have a breach in relations

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

This book ______ the writer’s early life as a struggling reporter.

  1. goes in

  2. goes for

  3. goes into

  4. goes off

  5. goes on


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To go into something is to investigate or discuss it.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

The gullible guy _______ the con trader’s schemes and lost his money.

  1. fell in

  2. fell for

  3. fell down

  4. fell off

  5. fell on


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If you fall for something, you get deceived by it.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

My kids won’t do their homework if I don’t ----------------------------- them.

  1. get along

  2. get after

  3. get about

  4. get across

  5. get at


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To get after somebody is to urge.

Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.

I can no longer ------------------------ her bad behaviour.

  1. put by

  2. put away

  3. put up with

  4. put down

  5. put across


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To put up with is to endure without complaint.

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