TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 3 ANSWERS

TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 3

ANSWERS

41) Prices have ___ again, which will result in an increase in inflation.
A) taken away
B) turned over
C) kept out
D) gone up = If a price, amount, or level goes up, it becomes higher or greater than it was.
E) looked in

42) I tried to telephone you all afternoon but I just couldn't ___.
A) carry out
B) go up
C) get through = 1- If you get through to someone, you succeed in contacting them on the telephone.
2- If you get through an examination or get through, you pass it.
3- If you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult, you complete it.
4- If you get through a difficult or unpleasant period of time, you manage to live through it.
5- If you get through to someone, you succeed in making them understand something that you are trying to tell them.
D) call at
E) break in

43) Although he had never studied French, he ___ what he knows while watching films.
A) gave in
B) picked up = 1- If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time.
2- When you pick something up, you lift it up.
3- When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car.
C) took after
D) turned down
E) looked up

44) While I was sitting at my table, a waiter came over and told me if I could ___ my cigarette.
A) drop off
B) find out
C) put out = 1- If you put out a fire, candle, or cigarette, you make it stop burning.
2- If you put out an electric light, you make it stop shining by pressing a switch.
3- If you put out an announcement or story, you make it known to a lot of people.
D) look in
E) keep on

45) When the train broke down, all the passengers ___ and began to walk towards the town.
A) brought up
B) came around
C) got off = If you get off, you leave a place because it is time to leave.
D) called out
E) went over

46) When the students learnt their exam results, they___ and felt more hopeful.
A) cheered up = When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful.
B) got by
C) sent out
D) looked up to
E) held up

47) Someone ___ through an upstairs window and stole some jewellery last night.
A) held off
B) told apart
C) looked over
D) watched out
E) broke in = If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.

48) In our school, we have decided to ___ many of the traditional teaching methods and use more modern ones.
A) bring up
B) do away with = To do away with something means to remove it completely or put an end to it.
C) come along
D) look out for
E) come down with

49) I remember many interesting facts when I ___ my youth, don't you?
A) find out
B) break off
C) look back on = If you look back, you think about things that happened in the past.
D) drop in
E) go up

50) It started raining heavily yesterday; as a result, I ___ the nearest shelter.
A) ran out
B) made for = If you make for a place, you move towards it.
C) came at
D) paid off
E) stood for

51) You can't keep ___ from your problems; instead, you should face them and find solutions.
A) taking after
B) pulling through
C) crossing out
D) breaking into
E) running away = 1- If you run away from something unpleasant or new, you try to avoid dealing with it or thinking about it.
2- If you run away from a place, you leave it because you are unhappy there.

52) My grandmother can't hear very well, so please ___ the TV so that she can listen to the news as well.
A) break away
B) turn up = 1- When you turn up a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you increase the amount of sound, heat, or power being produced, by adjusting the controls.
2- If you say that someone or something turns up, you mean that they arrive, often unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time.
C) come at
D) count on
E) take away

53) Our plane didn't ___ on time; that's why, you had to wait for a long time at the airport.
A) take off = 1- When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying.
2- If you take a garment off, you remove it.
B) hold up
C) tell apart
D) make up
E) let off

54) He has failed to ___ my instructions on a number of occasions, so we have no other choice but to fire him.
A) wind up
B) break down
C) wear out
D) look in
E) carry out = If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.

55) During the national holiday, the municipality wanted to entertain people by ___ fireworks.
A) getting by
B) catching on
C) taking apart
D) falling upon
E) letting off = If you let off an explosive or a gun, you explode or fire it.

56) The pollution in this river causes the water to ___ a bad odor.
A) set up
B) take away
C) let down
D) give off = If something gives off or gives out a gas, heat, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out into the air.
E) bring up

57) Most people, when they get older, ___ on their schooldays with fondness.
A) look back = If you look back, you think about things that happened in the past
B) turn off
C) get down to
D) keep up
E) call off

58) In some countries, you don't have to ___ your shoes when entering a house.
A) throw up
B) pass out
C) send out
D) try on
E) take off = If you take a garment off, you remove it.

59) It took him years to ___ the shock of his wife dying.
A) checkout
B) blow out
C) get over = 1- If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it.
2- If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it.
D) count on
E) rundown

60) After he quit smoking, my father seemed to have___ some weight.
A) put on = 1- If someone puts on weight, they become heavier.
2- When you put on clothing or make-up, you place it on your body in order to wear it.
B) called out
C) made out
D) passed away
E) turned out

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TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 3

TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 3


41) Prices have ___ again, which will result in an increase in inflation.
A) taken away
B) turned over
C) kept out
D) gone up
E) looked in

42) I tried to telephone you all afternoon but I just couldn't ___.
A) carry out
B) go up
C) get through
D) call at
E) break in

43) Although he had never studied French, he ___ what he knows while watching films.
A) gave in
B) picked up
C) took after
D) turned down
E) looked up

44) While I was sitting at my table, a waiter came over and told me if I could ___ my cigarette.
A) drop off
B) find out
C) put out
D) look in
E) keep on

45) When the train broke down, all the passengers ___ and began to walk towards the town.
A) brought up
B) came around
C) got off
D) called out
E) went over

46) When the students learnt their exam results, they___ and felt more hopeful.
A) cheered up
B) got by
C) sent out
D) looked up to
E) held up

47) Someone ___ through an upstairs window and stole some jewellery last night.
A) held off
B) told apart
C) looked over
D) watched out
E) broke in

48) In our school, we have decided to ___ many of the traditional teaching methods and use more modern ones.
A) bring up
B) do away with
C) come along
D) look out for
E) come down with

49) I remember many interesting facts when I ___ my youth, don't you?
A) find out
B) break off
C) look back on
D) drop in
E) go up

50) It started raining heavily yesterday; as a result, I ___ the nearest shelter.
A) ran out
B) made for
C) came at
D) paid off
E) stood for

51) You can't keep ___ from your problems; instead, you should face them and find solutions.
A) taking after
B) pulling through
C) crossing out
D) breaking into
E) running away

52) My grandmother can't hear very well, so please ___ the TV so that she can listen to the news as well.
A) break away
B) turn up
C) come at
D) count on
E) take away

53) Our plane didn't ___ on time; that's why, you had to wait for a long time at the airport.
A) take off
B) hold up
C) tell apart
D) make up
E) let off

54) He has failed to ___ my instructions on a number of occasions, so we have no other choice but to fire him.
A) wind up
B) break down
C) wear out
D) look in
E) carry out

55) During the national holiday, the municipality wanted to entertain people by ___ fireworks.
A) getting by
B) catching on
C) taking apart
D) falling upon
E) letting off

56) The pollution in this river causes the water to ___ a bad odor.
A) set up
B) take away
C) let down
D) give off
E) bring up

57) Most people, when they get older, ___ their schooldays with fondness.
A) look back on
B) turn off
C) get down to
D) keep up

E) call off
58) In some countries, you don't have to ___ your shoes when entering a house.
A) throw up
B) pass out
C) send out
D) try on
E) take off

59) It took him years to ___ the shock of his wife dying.
A) checkout
B) blow out
C) get over
D) count on
E) rundown

60) After he quit smoking, my father seemed to have___ some weight.
A) put on
B) called out
C) made out
D) passed away
E) turned out

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TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 2 ANSWERS

TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 2

ANSWERS

21) When the firemen arrived, the office building was full of smoke and they had to ___ the building because the door was locked.
A) fall to
B) bring out
C) get off
D) break into = If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
E) hear about

22) The little boy ___ a story about falling into the mud because he knew that his mother would be angry if she knew that he had been playing in it.
A) let down
B) looked into
C) made up = If you make up something such as a story or excuse, you invent it, sometimes in order to deceive people.
D) ran after
E) threw up

23) In order to avoid any mistakes, students should listen closely for any instruction as the teacher ___ the test.
A) hands out = If you hand things out to people, you give one or more to each person in a group.( give out / distribute)
B) lives on
C) holds off
D) checks out
E) breaks in

24) The movie Mad Max is the story of a young highway patrolman, who becomes a high-speed punisher when his wife and child are ___ by a biker gang.
A) looked out
B) paid off
C) run down = If a vehicle or its driver runs someone down, the vehicle hits them and injures them.
D) tried out
E) worked out

25) It was during the Thirty Years War that the deadly and contagious disease known as the Black Death ___ in Germany.
A) let off
B) stood by
C) turned away
D) broke out = 1- If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
2- If a prisoner breaks out of a prison, they escape from it.
E) put on

26) Haven Copper Company has ___ many ups and downs in its long history, including a devastating fire in 1986.
A) wiped out
B) put forward
C) looked out
D) gone through = If you go through an experience or a period of time, especially an unpleasant or difficult one, you experience it.
E) given up

27) The BBC reported last year that the Wimbledon tennis tournament might be ___ due to the SARS outbreak in Japan.
A) gone against
B) fallen out
C) called off = If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
D) got down
E) come by

28) We had never had a computer before; that's why, we couldn't ___ where to plug in the cables while installing it at home.
A) run into
B) look back on
C) pass away
D) hold off
E) figure out = If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you succeed in solving it or understanding it.

29) The man in charge ___ my address and phone number and said he would phone back if they found my coat.
A) took down = If you take down a piece of information or a statement, you write it down.
B) caught on
C) wiped out
D) turned up
E) showed up

30) Just after the accident, the crew of the sinking tanker were ___ by helicopter.
A) given away
B) figured out
C) wound up
D) tried on
E) picked up = 1- When you pick something up, you lift it up.
2- When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car.
3- If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time.


31) When I got out of the car, I saw that we had ___ a rabbit.
A) thrown up
B) put aside
C) run over= If a vehicle or its driver runs a person or animal over, it knocks them down or drives over them.
D) lived on
E) looked out

32) I believe fire-fighters should have been called to ___ the fire in the city centre just after it started.
A) put out = If you put out a fire, candle, or cigarette, you make it stop burning.
B) catch on
C) come away
D) go over
E) hang up

33) When I heard some strange sounds from outside, I looked through the window to ___ what was going on outside.
A) drop in
B) find out = If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
C) put on
D) look in
E) keep on

34) I couldn't understand the question in the test because I didn't know that "GMT" ___ Greenwich Mean Time.
A) puts forward
B) lives on
C) crosses out
D) comes along
E) stands for = If you say that a letter stands for a particular word, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word.

35) I was happy to see that I was ___ by my friends throughout the court case.
A) pulled down
B) let off
C) carried out
D) hung up
E) backed up = If you back someone up, you show your support for them.

36) I knew I could never guess the answer so I ___ and stopped thinking about it.
A) came off
B) got at
C) put across
D) gave in = 1- If you give in, you admit that you are defeated or that you cannot do something.
2- If you give in, you agree to do something that you do not want to do.
E) looked in

37) With both my hands full of shopping bags, I tripped and fell down just as I was ___ the bus.
A) drawing back
B) bringing up
C) going for
D) getting off = If you get off, you leave a place because it is time to leave.
E) putting down

38) I won't go to school to ___ my history essay as I have got an extension from the professor.
A) pull out
B) hand in = If you hand in something such as homework or something that you have found, you give it to a teacher, police officer, or other person in authority.
C) rundown
D) pass out
E) layoff

39) We have to ___ for the station at nine o'clock tomorrow not to be late.
A) wear off
B) come before
C) set off = When you set off, you start a journey.
D) call on
E) break away

40) She was able to buy that house after she ___ some money when her grandfather died.
A) handed over
B) heard about
C) got over
D) came into = If someone comes into some money, some property, or a title, they inherit it.
E) made for

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TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 2

TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 2


21) When the firemen arrived, the office building was full of smoke and they had to ___ the building because the door was locked.
A) fall to
B) bring out
C) get off
D) break into
E) hear about

22) The little boy ___ a story about falling into the mud because he knew that his mother would be angry if she knew that he had been playing in it.
A) let down
B) looked into
C) made up
D) ran after
E) threw up

23) In order to avoid any mistakes, students should listen closely for any instruction as the teacher ___ the test.
A) hands out
B) lives on
C) holds off
D) checks out
E) breaks in

24) The movie Mad Max is the story of a young highway patrolman, who becomes a high-speed punisher when his wife and child are ___ by a biker gang.
A) looked out
B) paid off
C) run down
D) tried out
E) worked out

25) It was during the Thirty Years War that the deadly and contagious disease known as the Black Death ___ in Germany.
A) let off
B) stood by
C) turned away
D) broke out
E) put on

26) Haven Copper Company has ___ many ups and downs in its long history, including a devastating fire in 1986.
A) wiped out
B) put forward
C) looked out
D) gone through
E) given up

27) The BBC reported last year that the Wimbledon tennis tournament might be ___ due to the SARS outbreak in Japan.
A) gone against
B) fallen out
C) called off
D) got down
E) come by

28) We had never had a computer before; that's why, we couldn't ___ where to plug in the cables while installing it at home.
A) run into
B) look back on
C) pass away
D) hold off
E) figure out

29) The man in charge ___ my address and phone number and said he would phone back if they found my coat.
A) took down
B) caught on
C) wiped out
D) turned up
E) showed up

30) Just after the accident, the crew of the sinking tanker were ___ by helicopter.
A) given away
B) figured out
C) wound up
D) tried on
E) picked up

31) When I got out of the car, I saw that we had ___ a rabbit.
A) thrown up
B) put aside
C) run over
D) lived on
E) looked out

32) I believe fire-fighters should have been called to ___ the fire in the city centre just after it started.
A) put out
B) catch on
C) come away
D) go over
E) hang up

33) When I heard some strange sounds from outside, I looked through the window to ___ what was going on outside.
A) drop in
B) find out
C) put on
D) look in
E) keep on

34) I couldn't understand the question in the test because I didn't know that "GMT" ___ Greenwich Mean Time.
A) puts forward
B) lives on
C) crosses out
D) comes along
E) stands for

35) I was happy to see that I was ___ by my friends throughout the court case.
A) pulled down
B) let off
C) carried out
D) hung up
E) backed up

36) I knew I could never guess the answer so I ___ and stopped thinking about it.
A) came off
B) got at
C) put across
D) gave in
E) looked in

37) With both my hands full of shopping bags, I tripped and fell down just as I was ___ the bus.
A) drawing back
B) bringing up
C) going for
D) getting off
E) putting down

38) I won't go to school to ___ my history essay as I have got an extension from the professor.
A) pull out
B) hand in
C) rundown
D) pass out
E) layoff

39) We have to ___ for the station at nine o'clock tomorrow not to be late.
A) wear off
B) come before
C) set off
D) call on
E) break away

40) She was able to buy that house after she ___ some money when her grandfather died.
A) handed over
B) heard about
C) got over
D) came into
E) made for

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TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 1 ANSWERS

TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 1

ANSWERS

1)You have to ___ your report before the committee meeting this afternoon.
A)go up
B)drop in
C)cheer up
D)hand in = If you hand in something such as homework or something that you have found, you give it to a teacher, police officer, or other person in authority.
E)pull out

2)When I ___ that what he said was a lie, I decided to talk to him about it.
A)put out
B)took up
C)threw up
D)put off
E)found out = If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.

3)I haven't been able to stop smoking but at least I am trying hard to ___.
A)put on
B)look in
C)cut down = If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
D)cross out
E)call out

4)It doesn't mean that you ___ everybody who counted on you just because you lost a game.
A)let down = If you let someone down, you disappoint them, by not doing something that you have said you will do or that they expected you to do.
B)came to
C)fell upon
D)broke up
E)gave in

5)My sister has had to ___ the kids by herself ever since her husband went abroad to work.
A)hang up
B)wind up
C)put aside
D)look after = If you look after someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them healthy, safe, or in good condition.
E)look on

6)The officer in charge took my complaint seriously and said he would ___ the matter and promised to call me back as soon as possible.
A)look into = If a person or organization is looking into a possible course of action, a problem, or a situation, they are finding out about it and examining the facts relating to it.
B)pull out
C)turn on
D)make up
E)run into

7)I think we will have to ___ buying a new refrigerator until I get a pay-rise.
A)come along
B)call on
C)put off = If you put something off, you delay doing it.( postpone )
D)hear about
E)find out

8)Some people think that children should be ___ from the Internet altogether due to its uncontrollable content.
A)broken in
B)put down
C)taken away
D)kept away = If you keep off something or keep away from it, you avoid it. If you keep out of something, you avoid getting involved in it. You can also say that you keep someone off, away from or out of something.
E)turned off

9)You should never try to deceive your parents as you cannot ___ it.
A)keep up with
B)watch out for
C)get away with = If you get away with doing something wrong or risky, you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it.
D)look forward to
E)come down with

10)As you look awfully tired, you try to get some sleep and meanwhile I will ___ the children's breakfast.
A)bring up
B)call out
C)see to = If you see to something that needs attention, you deal with it.
D)make out
E)put forward

11)During international meetings headphones in the audience are ___ so all participants are able to hear the discussion.
A)made out
B)turned on = When you turn on a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you cause heat, sound, light, or water to be produced by adjusting the controls.
C)held on
D)laid off
E)taken up

12)In 2001, some scientists ___ the complete genetic structure of the bacterium responsible for plague, which killed millions of people.
A)took after
B)worked out = If you work out a solution to a problem or mystery, you manage to find the solution by thinking or talking about it./ If you work out the answer to a mathematical problem, you calculate it.
C)showed up
D)put off
E)wore off

13)Communication problems due to the lack of language cause many immigrant students to ___ and end up in classes with younger students.
A)hear from
B)set up
C)fall behind = If you fall behind, you do not make progress or move forward as fast as other people.
D)look up to
E)put off

14)One of the biggest obstacles employees in big cities face today is finding reliable, affordable transportation to ___ work every day.
A)get to= When you get to a place, you arrive there.
B)pull down
C)live on
D)come out
E)go off

15)Everybody should ___ government in its endeavour to fight with unemployment.
A)back up = 1- If you back someone up, you show your support for them.
2- If you back up a computer file, you make a copy of it which you can use if the original file is damaged or lost.
B)take apart
C)try on
D)show up
E)get up

16)Scientists hope to ___ soon in their fight against some serious diseases.
A)call for
B)break through = 1- If you break through, you achieve success even though there are difficulties and obstacles.
2- If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
C)fall to
D)go by
E)turn down

17)The police are ___ more clues in order to find who committed the crime.
A)coming along
B)hearing from
C)making up
D)looking for = 1- If you look for something, for example something that you have lost, you try to find it.
2- If you are looking for something such as the solution to a problem or a new method, you want it and are trying to obtain it or think of it.
E)taking away

18)You had better buy new clothes for you as they have ___ completely.
A)taken out
B)kept off
C)pulled through
D)turned back
E)worn out = 1- When something wears out or when you wear it out, it is used so much that it becomes thin or weak and unable to be used any more.
2- If something wears you out, it makes you feel extremely tired.

19)I want to make sure that you understand I won't ___ this kind of behaviour any more.
A)live on
B)turn off
C)stand for = 1- If you will not stand for something, you will not allow it to happen or continue.
2- If you say that a letter stands for a particular word, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word.
D)hear of
E)come out

20)After they won the lottery, the first thing the couple did was to ___ on a round-the-world cruise.
A)look over
B)take away
C)run out
D)go after
E)set off = 1- When you set off, you start a journey.
2- If something sets off an event or a series of events, it causes it to start happening.

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TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 1

TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 1

1)You have to ___ your report before the committee meeting this afternoon.
A)go up
B)drop in
C)cheer up
D)hand in
E)pull out

2)When I ___ that what he said was a lie, I decided to talk to him about it.
A)put out
B)took up
C)threw up
D)put off
E)found out

3)I haven't been able to stop smoking but at least I am trying hard to ___.
A)put on
B)look in
C)cut down
D)cross out
E)call out

4)It doesn't mean that you ___ everybody who counted on you just because you lost a game.
A)let down
B)came to
C)fell upon
D)broke up
E)gave in

5)My sister has had to ___ the kids by herself ever since her husband went abroad to work.
A)hang up
B)wind up
C)put aside
D)look after
E)look on

6)The officer in charge took my complaint seriously and said he would ___ the matter and promised to call me back as soon as possible.
A)look into
B)pull out
C)turn on
D)make up
E)run into

7)I think we will have to ___ buying a new refrigerator until I get a pay-rise.
A)come along
B)call on
C)put off
D)hear about
E)find out

8)Some people think that children should be ___ from the Internet altogether due to its uncontrollable content.
A)broken in
B)put down
C)taken away
D)kept away
E)turned off

9)You should never try to deceive your parents as you cannot ___ it.
A)keep up with
B)watch out for
C)get away with
D)look forward to
E)come down with

10)As you look awfully tired, you try to get some sleep and meanwhile I will ___ the children's breakfast.
A)bring up
B)call out
C)see to
D)make out
E)put forward

11)During international meetings headphones in the audience are ___ so all participants are able to hear the discussion.
A)made out
B)turned on
C)held on
D)laid off
E)taken up

12)In 2001, some scientists ___ the complete genetic structure of the bacterium responsible for plague, which killed millions of people.
A)took after
B)worked out
C)showed up
D)put off
E)wore off

13)Communication problems due to the lack of language cause many immigrant students to ___ and end up in classes with younger students.
A)hear from
B)set up
C)fall behind
D)look up to
E)put off

14)One of the biggest obstacles employees in big cities face today is finding reliable, affordable transportation to ___ work every day.
A)get to
B)pull down
C)live on
D)come out
E)go off

15)Everybody should ___ government in its endeavour to fight with unemployment.
A)back up
B)take apart
C)try on
D)show up
E)get up

16)Scientists hope to ___ soon in their fight against some serious diseases.
A)call for
B)break through
C)fall to
D)go by
E)turn down

17)The police are ___ more clues in order to find who committed the crime.
A)coming along
B)hearing from
C)making up
D)looking for
E)taking away

18)You had better buy new clothes for you as they have ___ completely.
A)taken out
B)kept off
C)pulled through
D)turned back
E)worn out

19)I want to make sure that you understand I won't ___ this kind of behaviour any more.
A)live on
B)turn off
C)stand for
D)hear of
E)come out

20)After they won the lottery, the first thing the couple did was to ___ on a round-the-world cruise.
A)look over
B)take away
C)run out
D)go after
E)set off

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