Phrasal Verbs: Sentence Completion
Practice completing sentences with the correct phrasal verbs to improve your English grammar
Questions
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He was _________ to see the lion before him.
- stuck up
- stuck out
- stuck to a point
- stuck in
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On hearing the noise he _________.
- started in
- got a start of
- started up
- started aside
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The train is ready to _________.
- strike at
- strike back
- strike for
- strike in
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The watchman _________ all the night.
- stops out
- stops up
- stops down
- stops short
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He _________ the wrong answer and wrote it again.
- struck through
- struck out
- struck off
- struck in
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I have _________ the essay.
- taken away
- taken in
- taken to
- taken down
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The students have _________ in the ground.
- taken for
- taken out
- taken in with
- taken in
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Work hard if you want to _________ in the exams.
- take up
- take after
- take over
- take off
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The cyclone _________ the trees.
- teared up
- teared away
- teared from
- teared off
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Do not waste your time in _________.
- talking away
- talking round
- talking down
- talking over
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A sick person __________ in the bus.
- threw up
- threw off
- threw away
- threw down
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I have __________ the application.
- turned away
- turned down
- turned in
- turned aside
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I __________ the old songs.
- turn over
- turn on
- turn up
- turn against
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The person who just __________ me was very impolite.
- waited for
- waited upon
- waited at
- waited on
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The monkey __________ the bread __________ my hand.
- whipped, out
- whipped, from
- whipped, up
- whipped, about
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The police __________ the secret information caught the terrorists.
- acting on
- acting upon
- acting up
- acting up to
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Your arguments do not __________ the facts.
- bear down
- bear up
- bear out
- bear with
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The sports teacher __________ the students for the marchpast.
- broke in
- broke with
- broke off
- broke up
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Indian army successfully __________ the pakistani army.
- beat off
- beat up
- beat about
- beat down
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The terrorist who was arrested last week __________.
- broke out
- broke away
- broke in
- broke off
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Nobody thought he could get first position in the class, but he ___________ it.
- brought forth
- brought in
- brought to
- brought off
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I tried to talk to him but he ___________ me ___________.
- brushed, over
- brushed, up
- brushed, aside
- brushed, up on
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The Tehleka exposure ___________ the darker side of democracy.
- brought off
- brought out
- brought forward
- brought up
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He ___________ me to win a tennis match against him.
- called out
- called on
- called for
- called in
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The teacher ordered him to ___________ the homework.
- carry off
- carry away
- carry through
- carry on