This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Phrasal Verbs > Phrasal Verbs – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phrasal Verbs Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I need to ..... a good excuse for not handing in my homework. A) Come up with. B) Give in. C) Show up. D) Look down on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Come up with. 2. The forecast has revealed that the world's reserves of fossil fuel will have ..... by 2015. A) Taken over responsibility. B) Run out completely. C) Used off. D) Caught up caught up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run out completely. 3. People shouldn't ..... so much rubbish. A) Keep on. B) Bring down. C) Throw away. D) Cut down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Throw away. 4. The traffic light is green. Let's ..... and walk quickly. A) Come on. B) Move along. C) Watch out. D) Slow down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Come on. 5. Accept, deal with sth. A) Put up with. B) Feel up to. C) Come up with. D) Face up to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Face up to. 6. My son is constantly asking me to ..... him ..... A) Pick out. B) Pickin. C) Pick up. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pick up. 7. Run out of= ..... A) Use up. B) Eat out. C) Out of work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use up. 8. My father ..... me ..... at my wedding. A) Gave away. B) Tore up. C) Cheered up. D) Dropped by. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gave away. 9. The old houses were ..... down to make way for a block of flats.A. banged B. put C. hit D. knocked A) BANGED. B) PUT. C) HIT. D) KNOCKED. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) KNOCKED. 10. She has no idea about what is ..... A) Flipping through. B) Going up. C) Going on. D) Giving up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going on. 11. Is good to ..... your friends A) Butter up. B) Kick out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Butter up. 12. Which phrasal verb means "start doing something regularly" ? A) Take off. B) Take up. C) Take over. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take up. 13. What does "Put sth off" mean? A) Delay anything. B) Keep doing something. C) Cancel something. D) Do anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delay anything. 14. Now, ..... your private correspondence and come sit with me. A) Put on. B) Wash up. C) Cut out. D) Put away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Put away. 15. In football you have to ..... the ball into a goal. A) Kick. B) Throw. C) Hit. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kick. 16. Complete the sentences:He's so annoying. How do you ..... him? A) Go through with. B) Put up with. C) Get on with. D) Get up to. E) Go in for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put up with. 17. A synonym LOOK UP of is: A) Continue. B) Search. C) Check. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Check. 18. A:Do you know the meaning of this word?B:No, but I can ..... in the dictionary. A) Look at it. B) Look after. C) Look around. D) Look it up. E) Look forward to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look it up. 19. To collect something that has been left elsewhere. A) Give back. B) Take back. C) Pick up. D) Try on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pick up. 20. Many children invent stories. They have great imagination. A) ACT UP. B) MAKE UP. C) GROW UP. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MAKE UP. 21. Large industries can no longer ..... away with dumping industrial waste in rivers. A) Get. B) Give. C) Look. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get. 22. Choose the correct answer. Ben must ..... on oily food in order to keep himself healthy. A) Cut on. B) Cut with. C) Cut down. D) Cut by. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut down. 23. We ..... in Paris for two days A) Caught on. B) Hanged out on. C) Dealt with. D) Messed about. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Messed about. 24. Do you ..... with your sister? A) Meet up. B) Get on. C) Pick up. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get on. 25. I would like to ..... a little quiet in the House. A) Draw away. B) Cut in. C) Ask for. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ask for. 26. I don't really enjoy going to work by bus, but I have to ..... it until I can buy my own car. A) Put up with. B) Set out. C) Take charge of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put up with. 27. Please turn ..... the volume. It's hurting my ears. A) Down. B) Up. C) In. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down. 28. It means:take care A) Look out. B) Look on. C) Look after. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Look after. 29. What happened between you and Emily? We ..... A) Gave back. B) Picked up. C) Broke up. D) Got off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke up. 30. To represent or mean A) Look after. B) Find out. C) Stand for. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stand for. 31. Hurry up. We don't want to be ..... Let's cross the road quickly but we mustn't run. A) Fall over. B) Knocked over. C) Watch out. D) Go on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knocked over. 32. To follow someone A) Put down. B) Go over. C) Go after. D) Go against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go after. 33. 20. I love going to this place ..... it's the quietest place in the city, A. so B. though C. so that D. as A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 34. Did you really pay £2, 000 for that painting? I think you were ripped ..... A) In. B) Out. C) Off. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Off. 35. I'm surprised that you ( ) with your sister because you are very different A) Gotten on. B) Get on. C) Gets on. D) Got on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get on. 36. Even though she knew there would be serious consequences she decided to PROCEED with her decision to admit that she had forged his signature. A) Go off with. B) Go with. C) Go ahead with. D) Go up with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go ahead with. 37. To return something to the place where you took it. A) Give back. B) Pick up. C) Take back. D) Try on. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give back. 38. What does this phrasal verb mean? "Make up" A) Invent. B) Submit. C) Escape. D) Wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invent. 39. My father cared ..... my mother when she was sick. A) For. B) In. C) On. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 40. Choose the correct example using the following phrasal verb. Try on A) Please try the volume on. B) Can you try the music on a bit?. C) Would you like to try it on? What's your size?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would you like to try it on? What's your size?. 41. What is the definition of the following phrasal verb: "Go down" A) Continue. B) Return. C) Decrease, reduce. D) Increase, rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decrease, reduce. 42. He was a great storyteller and could invent a story on the spot. A) Make over. B) Make up for. C) Make up. D) Make off. E) Make after. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make up. 43. Meaning of the verb:come back A) Go back. B) Come back. C) Come up. D) Hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Come back. 44. I'm confused which dress should I ..... A) Bring about. B) Get for. C) Come across. D) Go for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go for. 45. Choose the correct phrasal verb for the meaning given below:Stops working / Collapse by breaking A) Broke down. B) Broke out. C) Broke in. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke down. 46. We must ..... our expenditure on those unnecessary items. A) Cut up. B) Cut out for. C) Cut off. D) Cut down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cut down. 47. Choose the translation into Spanish of the Phrasal Verb:Break down A) Work. B) Go up. C) Go down. D) Romperse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romperse. 48. He's very much like his father. He really ..... him. A) Takes up. B) Takes off. C) Takes like. D) Takes after. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Takes after. 49. They have decided to ..... the old dilapidated building. A) Pull down. B) Pull through. C) Pull up. D) Pull together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pull down. 50. I have a terrible headache so can you please ..... the music ..... ? A) Turn over. B) Turn off. C) Turn up. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn off. 51. -And the winner in the Russian language essay competition is ..... -Stop! Stop the ceremony. This man stole my essay and passed it off as his own! Choose the right phraseological unit! A) Stealing someone's food. B) Stealing someone's thunder. C) Stealing someone's phone. D) Stealing someone's thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stealing someone's thunder. 52. If you keep on doing that you'll ..... in prison. A) End up. B) Give away. C) Think up. D) Pull over. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End up. 53. His colleague was looking for a chance to ..... in the race for promotion. A) Get down. B) Get up. C) Get ahead. D) Get about. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get ahead. 54. Carmen, ..... the cellphone A) Hang out. B) Switch on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Switch on. 55. A:This blouse looks nice. Why don't you ..... it ..... ? A) Put on. B) Tried on. C) Try on. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Try on. 56. He didn't like the plan at first, but we managed to bring him ..... A) About. B) Out. C) Round. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Round. 57. We are using ..... fossil fuels. A) Down. B) Out. C) On. D) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up. 58. Which of the options best represents the meaning "lose control of themselves and start crying?" A) Break down. B) Break into . C) Break up. D) Break off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break down. 59. She will grow ..... into a beautiful girl. A) Down. B) Up. C) Out. D) Away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Up. 60. 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