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