Phrasal Verbs Test
Test your knowledge of English phrasal verbs by selecting the correct phrase to complete each sentence in context.
Questions
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
Her rude manners _______ me ________
- put, off
- put, in
- put, on
- put, out
- put, down
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
My boss often stops by my cabin to ______ me. He wants to make sure that I am actually working and not updating my Facebook status.
- fill in for
- check up on
- cut in on
- Get through with
- Keep up with
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
The stool was not sturdy enough to _________ with the big fat guy's weight.
- bear up
- bear down on
- bear on
- break in on
- break up
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
She __________ publishing just two months after completing her degree.
- broke up with
- broke in on
- broke into
- got along with
- get after
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
After dad lost his job, we had to ________________ our savings to pay the bills.
- break into
- break in on
- break up
- break out
- break off
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
As the rain had reduced visibility I could barely ---------------------------------- the traffic signs.
- make out
- make for
- make off
- make over
- make up
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
She threatened to ------------------------------- me if I tried to contact her again.
- talk back to
- tell on
- talk over
- see to
- take after
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
The four brothers always ________ one another.
- see about
- touch on
- watch out for
- play up to
- look back on
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
You must __________ this report before giving it to the secretary.
- go about
- go at
- go along
- go over
- go around
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
The materialistic girl ____________ anyone who is not rich or famous.
- looks after
- looks back on
- looks down on
- looks forward to
- looks up to
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
I don’t understand how he could _________ his girlfriend over something so silly.
- fall in for
- fall out with
- fall back on
- cut in on
- do away with
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
This book ______ the writer’s early life as a struggling reporter.
- goes in
- goes for
- goes into
- goes off
- goes on
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
The gullible guy _______ the con trader’s schemes and lost his money.
- fell in
- fell for
- fell down
- fell off
- fell on
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
My kids won’t do their homework if I don’t ----------------------------- them.
- get along
- get after
- get about
- get across
- get at
Directions: Choose the most appropriate phrase that fits in the blank given below.
I can no longer ------------------------ her bad behaviour.
- put by
- put away
- put up with
- put down
- put across