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Phrasal verbs - Test Set 2

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20 questions

Questions and explanations

  1. Question 1

    You must ____ some money for future use.
    1. lay by
    2. lay off
    3. lay over
    4. lay about
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  2. Question 2

    It helps to _____ the calories.
    1. put on
    2. burn off
    3. warm up
    4. stretch out
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  3. Question 3

    Abraham Lincoln _____ slavery in America.
    1. did in
    2. did up
    3. did away with
    4. did on
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  4. Question 4

    Music helps us to _____ the position of things inside us.
    1. figure away
    2. figure out
    3. figure in
    4. figure off
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  5. Question 5

    He _____ any amount of work with jobs.
    1. goes in
    2. goes out
    3. goes for
    4. goes about
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  6. Question 6

    They were trying to get to Vienna and ended _____ in Bratislava!
    1. up
    2. off
    3. out
    4. down
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  7. Question 7

    What time shall we set _____ for the airport tomorrow?
    1. on
    2. off
    3. up
    4. down
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  8. Question 8

    The country's economy is beginning to look up now.
    1. remain static
    2. improve
    3. look clear
    4. go down
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  9. Question 9

    My mother __________ at Six this morning.
    1. took away
    2. got up
    3. left up
    4. kept up
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  10. Question 10

    The teacher will __________ a new subject tommorrow.
    1. take over
    2. take up
    3. take down
    4. take off
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  11. Question 11

    I am going to sell my books.
    1. dispose of
    2. carry out
    3. carry on
    4. none of the above
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  12. Question 12

    He gave up the job after getting married.
    1. abandoned
    2. joined
    3. started doing
    4. none of these
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  13. Question 13

    His supporters began to _______ and he was left alone.
    1. fall over
    2. fall away
    3. fall off
    4. fall on
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  14. Question 14

    We will oppose her very strongly.
    1. by the way
    2. tooth and nail
    3. all at once
    4. in broad day light
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  15. Question 15

    He generally ___________ at an odd hour.
    1. turns over
    2. turns on
    3. turns up
    4. turns off
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  16. Question 16

    The detective suddenly __________ a useful clue.
    1. gave in`
    2. came across
    3. fill up
    4. fell down
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  17. Question 17

    I have no alternative plan to ______________ on.
    1. fall back
    2. fall out
    3. fall for
    4. fall off
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  18. Question 18

    There is none to ___________ the orphan.
    1. look at
    2. look after
    3. look into
    4. look upon
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  19. Question 19

    He generally ___________ at an odd hour.
    1. turns over
    2. turns on
    3. turns up
    4. turns off
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  20. Question 20

    Ram agreed to _________ my orders.
    1. carry away
    2. carry on
    3. carry out
    4. carry off
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