English Phrasal Verbs
Test your knowledge of English phrasal verbs by choosing the correct phrase to complete each sentence.
Questions
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
Rich people …………………………….. paying taxes by hiring a good accountant.
- Get around
- Get along
- Get away
- Get by
- Get off
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
You can never ……………………………. her because her phone line is always busy.
- Get through with
- Get through to
- Get along with
- Get on with
- Get over
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
Don’t believe anything that he says. He is just ………………………… you ………………………..
- Putting, out
- Putting, on
- Putting, up
- Putting, down
- Putting, away
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
The civic authorities forced the shop to ……………………….. their bright, neon signboard.
- Take away
- Take down
- Take back
- Take in
- Take off
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
Those pink flowers ……………………………. a sweet smell.
- Give off
- Give back
- Give in
- Give out
- Give up
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
Don’t argue with her. She will never …………………………
- Back out
- Back off
- Back away
- Back up
- Back down
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
Unfortunately my plan to visit Mexico ………………………….. because I couldn’t save enough money.
- Fell behind
- Fell through
- Fell off
- Fell out
- Fell over
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
Mother told us not to swim where the sewage …………………………. into the river.
- Runs off
- Runs down
- Runs across
- Runs against
- Runs out
Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.
I never thought that she would make it, but she ……………………………. in the end.
- Put across
- Put down
- Pulled through
- Put in
- Pulled down