Phrasal Verbs
Laura and Paul _______ after being together for 10 years!
a) broke down
b) broke up
c) broke into
d) broke off
broke up
While Alice _______ (listen) to the radio, her daughter _______ (play) with her new scalextric.
was listening / was playing
Past tense and participle: meet
meet - met - met
Is ____ your pencil?
a) those
b) these
c) that
c) that
That stone is _________ enormous!
a) very
b) absolutely
c) a little
d) quite
b) absolutely
The thief stole the diamond and now is ______ through the window!
a) getting in
b) getting off
c) getting out
d) getting apart
getting out
At the moment I _______ (leave) the house, I _______ (realise) that I had left the keys inside.
was leaving / realised
Past tense and participle: think and go
think / thought / thought
go / went /gone
The teacher ______ me to open the window because it was too hot inside the classroom.
a) said
b) asked
c) tell
b) asked
Paul spends the money he _____ on travelling (wins / earns).
earns
Everyone was panicking until the general ______ the situation.
a) took in
b) took up
c) took after
d) took over
took over
While I _____ (tidy) my bedroom, I _____ (find) some old photographs.
was tidyng / found
Past tense and participle: freeze, wake and understand
freeze - froze - frozen
wake - woke - woken
understand - understood - understood
Correct the sentence: Can we go and take a coffee?
Can we go and HAVE a coffee?
Last week, I ______ five hours working on that essay for my professor.
a) used
b) wasted
c) spent
e) took
spent
Fortunately, at my new job I _____ well with my boss.
a) get along
b) get in
c) get through
d) get into
get along
Lily _______ a Biology course to freshmen (first year university students) while she _______ her PhD.
a) learned / taught
b) taught / was studying.
c) studied / was learning.
d) learns / studies
b) taught / was studying
Past tense and participle: speak, begin, drive and forget
speak - spoke - spoken
begin - began - begun
drive - drove - driven
forget - forgot - forgotten
Correct the sentence: my brother explained me how it works.
my brother EXPLAINED TO me how it works
or,
my brother TOLD ME how it works
I don't want to go ________ today.
a) nowhere
b) anywhere
c) everywhere
anywhere
When I was a child I used to ________ a famous writer until I discovered that he plagiarized most of his books.
a) look after
b) look up to
c) look into
d) look in
look up to
When we ______ (hear) the fire alarm, we all _______ (stop) what we _______ (do).
heard / stopped / were doing
Past tenses: blow, choose, eat, sell and sleep
blow - blew - blown
choose - chose - chosen
eat - ate - eaten
sell - sold - sold
sleep - slept - slept
Correct the sentence: The neighbours are having a party and doing a lot of noise.
MAKING a lot of noise.
I need to call the doctor's office to _______ an appointment.
make