English Phrasal Verbs

Test your knowledge of English phrasal verbs by choosing the correct phrase to complete each sentence.

9 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Rich people …………………………….. paying taxes by hiring a good accountant.

  1. Get around
  2. Get along
  3. Get away
  4. Get by
  5. Get off
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

You can never ……………………………. her because her phone line is always busy.

  1. Get through with
  2. Get through to
  3. Get along with
  4. Get on with
  5. Get over
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Don’t believe anything that he says. He is just ………………………… you ………………………..

  1. Putting, out
  2. Putting, on
  3. Putting, up
  4. Putting, down
  5. Putting, away
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

The civic authorities forced the shop to ……………………….. their bright, neon signboard.

  1. Take away
  2. Take down
  3. Take back
  4. Take in
  5. Take off
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Those pink flowers ……………………………. a sweet smell.

  1. Give off
  2. Give back
  3. Give in
  4. Give out
  5. Give up
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the idiom/phrase that fits in correctly to make a coherent sentence.

Don’t argue with her. She will never …………………………

  1. Back out
  2. Back off
  3. Back away
  4. Back up
  5. Back down
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. Fell behind
  2. Fell through
  3. Fell off
  4. Fell out
  5. Fell over
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. Runs off
  2. Runs down
  3. Runs across
  4. Runs against
  5. Runs out
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. Put across
  2. Put down
  3. Pulled through
  4. Put in
  5. Pulled down