Down
Out
Back
Up
Rules
100

This phrasal verb means to lower the brightness or volume of something 

Turn down 
100

This phrasal verb is used for garbage or for a person you’re dating 

Take out 

100

This phrasal verb means to repay someone after you borrowed money 

Pay back 

100

This phrasal verb means to clean something off the floor or to take someone from one place to another 

Pick up 

100

Phrasal verbs such as “go away” don’t have an ____. 

Object 

200

This phrasal verb means to take a note on something important 

Write down 
200

This phrasal verb means to discover some new piece of information.

find out

200

This phrasal verb means to contact someone again after talking earlier

Call back 

200

This phrasal verb is the opposite of sit down 

Stand up 

200

If an object is a ____, it can go in the middle OR the end of the phrasal verb. Example: try on clothes / try clothes on 

Noun

300

This phrasal verb means to lower the speed of something such as your car

slow down 

300

This phrasal verb means to write your answers into a form 

Fill out 

300

This phrasal verb means to return something to the store 

Take back 

300

This phrasal verb means to quit doing something that’s difficult 

Give up

300

If the object is a ____, it has to go in the middle of the phrasal verb. Example: put it on. 

Pronoun 

400

This phrasal verb means to stop being angry or upset 

Calm down 
400
This phrasal verb means to completely use up something so that you have no more.
run out of
400

This phrasal verb means to walk slowly away from someone or something 

Back up 

400

This phrasal verb means to search for information that you need

Look up 

400

Phrasal verbs are made up of a verb and a _____.

Adverb / preposition 

500

This phrasal verb means to destroy something or split something into smaller pieces such as a table or an explanation 

Break down 
500

This phrasal verb means to have a big argument and end the friendship.

fall out

500

This phrasal verb means not using your full power or ability 

Hold back 

500

This phrasal verb means to talk to someone for the first time in awhile. It also means to chase something successfully. 

Catch up 

500

What does it mean to “fall out” with a friend? 

Stop being friends