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Phrasal verbs - Test Set 1

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20 questions

Questions and explanations

  1. Question 1

    The bus was nearly full so it was difficult to.
    1. get in
    2. get up
    3. get on
    4. get off
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  2. Question 2

    Our plane _______ thirty minutes late.
    1. took off
    2. took up
    3. took out
    4. None of these
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  3. Question 3

    Let's _______ that old box. We don't need it.
    1. throw up
    2. throw in
    3. throw of
    4. throw away
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  4. Question 4

    When do you _______ for the summer holidays?
    1. break in
    2. break out
    3. break up
    4. break down
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  5. Question 5

    The police are still _______ the thief.
    1. looking through
    2. looking for
    3. looking into
    4. looking on
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  6. Question 6

    Just _______ this form and sign it.
    1. fill in
    2. fill up on
    3. fill up
    4. All of the avobe
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  7. Question 7

    Be quiet! You'll _______ the children!
    1. wake in
    2. wake on
    3. wake up
    4. None of these
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  8. Question 8

    I _______ the lights and TV and went to bed.
    1. switched off
    2. switched over
    3. switched around
    4. None of these
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  9. Question 9

    It's _______ ! I can see blue sky.
    1. clearing off
    2. clearing out
    3. clearing up
    4. clearing on
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  10. Question 10

    Students should ____ with their peers.
    1. get in
    2. get on
    3. get up
    4. get off
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  11. Question 11

    I shall _____ the information using the Net.
    1. look after
    2. look at
    3. look for
    4. look in
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  12. Question 12

    I will not _____ to pressure, I shall face the challenge bravely.
    1. give off
    2. give out
    3. give away
    4. give in
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  13. Question 13

    Doing _____ every day in the morning keeps one healthy.
    1. warm into
    2. warm out
    3. warm up
    4. warm in
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  14. Question 14

    In his misfortune God gave him strength to _____ .
    1. bear it
    2. bear out
    3. bear up
    4. bear in
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  15. Question 15

    The teacher asked him to _____ the class.
    1. get up
    2. get in
    3. get on
    4. get away
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  16. Question 16

    The lawyer _____ the case cleverly.
    1. dealt with
    2. dealt in
    3. dealt out
    4. dealt on
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  17. Question 17

    The bomb _____.
    1. went of
    2. went out
    3. went on
    4. went in
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  18. Question 18

    The teacher asked him to _____ the class.
    1. get away
    2. get in
    3. get on
    4. get up
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  19. Question 19

    In his misfortune God gave him strength to _____.
    1. bear it
    2. bear out
    3. bear up
    4. bear in
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  20. Question 20

    School life s an enjoyable one. So you must have ____ with your classmates.
    1. get up
    2. get back
    3. give up
    4. get on
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