English Grammar Test: Phrasal Verbs (Practice Test 2)
- Phrasal Verbs
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
A second set of phrasal verb questions with verbs that were not in the first test. Tip: read the whole sentence; the context usually rules out the other particles.
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Question 1
Can you ____ my cat while I'm on vacation?
Correct answer: B
Look after means to take care of someone or something. Look for means to search, which you do when something is missing.
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Question 2
I didn't know the real reason, so I ____ a story about a flat tire.
Correct answer: D
Make up a story means to invent it, often to hide the truth. Make off means to run away.
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Question 3
The rain was so heavy that the game was ____.
Correct answer: A
Call off means to cancel. Call up means to phone someone, and put on means to organize a show or event.
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Question 4
My older sister will ____ me ____ at the station at five.
Correct answer: C
Pick someone up means to collect them in a car. Pick on someone means to bully them.
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Question 5
She really ____ her mother; they have the same eyes and the same laugh.
Correct answer: C
Take after means to look or act like an older family member. Take over means to take control of something.
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Question 6
Our car ____ on the highway, so we called a tow truck.
Correct answer: B
When a machine or car stops working, it breaks down. Break up is used for relationships ending, and break out for fires or wars starting.
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Question 7
I'm really ____ to the concert on Saturday!
Correct answer: A
Look forward to means to feel happy about something that will happen. Look out is a warning to be careful.
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Question 8
I just ____ that my best friend is moving to Canada.
Correct answer: D
Find out means to learn a piece of information. Hand out means to give things to people in a group.
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Question 9
The fire spread quickly, but the firefighters ____ it ____ within an hour.
Correct answer: A
Put out a fire means to stop it burning. Put off means to postpone and does not work with a fire.
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Question 10
"They set up a small bakery in 2019." What does set up mean here?
Correct answer: D
Set up a business means to start or establish it. Nothing in the sentence suggests closing or selling.
Questions you leave blank are not counted as wrong.
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