Phrasal Verbs Test 151719

PHRASAL VERBS
TEST 15: Replace each italicized verb or phrase with the correct form of a synonymous phrasal verb.
ask out blow up break out of bring round grow out of

call for come off drop out of give in go on
leak out make up for put up run down sound out
1. This is a maximum security prison. Nobody has ever escaped from here. .........................
2. Stop wasting your time. The whole situation requires an immediate response that could bring more decisive
effects. .........................
3. Telling bad things about your workmates certainly doesn't influence the atmosphere in the office in any positive
way, so I expect you to stop doing that from now on. .........................
4. Keep pressing Eddie and he'll agree to your request, for sure. .........................
5. Hardly anyone would have thought that the boxing champion would surrender after the first round. .........................
6. How are they going to compensate for the time they wasted playing cards in the barracks? .........................
7. My daughter has been invited to a restaurant by the tall gentleman for the second time this week. .........................
8. The construction is very light and the materials are pretty cheap. The agent claims the house can be buiit within three
months. .........................
9. I like this photograph so much that I'm going to have it enlarged. .........................
10. As far as I know, the ideology of the party doesn't quite appeal to him and that's why he's thinking of withdrawing
from its ranks. .........................
11. The news about Sue's pregnancy became known quickly despite her efforts to keep it secret. .........................
12. He is not a very outspoken person, so we may find it hard to discover his opinions. .........................
13. I can't stop thinking there's something more that the scheme needs to to be successful. .........................
14. Peter used to be fond of collecting mascots, but after his military service he became mature enough to abandon
the hobby. .........................
15. Don't think you can change his approach, he's too stubborn to be convinced. .........................
TEST 17: III. Add the suitable verbs to make the correct phrasal verbs.
break brighten come fill give

hinge lay look part pick
play set settle show step
1. He claims his role in the plot wasn't important, but I suppose he's trying to ......................... it down
intentionally.
2. How about......................... in more coal just in case this winter should last longer?
3. You needn’t ......................... off all the time, Mark. We all know you are a shrewd figure.
4. It took a short while until Muriel ......................... round after she had fainted in the stuffy corridor.
5. Your constant ......................... on me is most unfair. Why should I always be the only one to blame?
6. It was the bitter row that he had with the boss that made Mr Tanner......................... down from his
secretarial post and change his place of work.
7. The Paris branch of the ABC Company was ......................... up when it became clear that the French
market for the celluloid merchandise could bring enormous profits.
8. We'll try to ......................... the door down if we can't open it without using force.
9. Jenny loves the cat very much. She will never agree to ......................... with it when we move out of the
house.
10. Why think about the past and recall bad events only? ......................... ahead into the future with more
optimism and your gloomy mood will be gone.
11. The success of our action ......................... upon Mike's ability to break the code. If he doesn't manage to
do it this time, we'll lose the last hope.
12. The waiter asked his customers to ......................... their bill down at the counter after they had finished
their lunch.
13. Before you go and join the others in the computer room, you must first ......................... in the membership
form and make a payment.
14. When I saw her in the hall she looked so depressed. She only ......................... up when I had told her the
comforting news.
15. It didn't pose a big problem to me to find out she was an Italian. It was her peculiar accent
that......................... her away.
TEST 19: Replace each italicized verb or phrase with the correct form of a synonymous phrasal verb.
bring about come by cut out for draw back get across
keep up look into order about pick out pull through
put down to run into set about stand in for take out
1. Doctor Carter will be replacing doctor Smith in the maternity ward during September. .........................
2. You are supposed to select only those items which have at least two features in common. .........................
3. Giving commands to other people seems to run in his blood as he was a captain in the army for ten
years. .........................
4. The heavy blow on the head left the Vietnamese fighter in a coma for two weeks. Happily, thanks to the best medical
care he recovered from it.........................
5. Try rubbing some citric acid into the cloth, that should remove the spots. .........................
6. I can't think of any sensible reason for which they should have withdrawn from the arrangements. .........................
7. Frank was not suitable for the job of a policeman because of his excitable character. .........................
8. Have the authorities finished examining the cause of the explosion yet! .........................
9. It's impossible to live on the low unemployment benefit I receive from the government. .........................
10. One of the horses wasn't strong enough to maintain the swift pace and dropped back after the third
lap. .........................
11. Everybody attributed Mr Spark's success to his extraordinary cleverness at persuading people to entrust their
money with him. .........................
12. I had no idea there were any photographs behind the chest. I found them accidentally when I was tidying the room
up. .........................
13. Many a change has been caused in the climate by the global warming. .........................
14. What's the good of starting with the work so early! As far as I am concerned, we should begin next
week. .........................
15. It's unbelievable how the new lecturer can explain his ideas. Attending his classes is sheer fun. .........................

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