Phrasal verbs

Multiple choice

100

“She ______ her coat because it was hot.”
A) gave up
B) took off
C) ran into
D) turned down

B) took off

200

“I ______ an old friend at the mall yesterday.”
A) gave away
B) turned off
C) ran into
D) took over

C) ran into

300

“They need to ______ a solution quickly.”
A) get away with
B) look down on
C) come up with
D) run out of

C) come up with

400

“The manager decided to ______ the meeting.”
A) run into
B) take after
C) break out
D) call off

D) call off

500

“The whole plan ______ at the last minute.”
A) came across
B) fell through
C) brought up
D) turned into

B) fell through

Situation matching

100

You stop trying something.

give up

200

You delay an event.

put off

300

You have a friendly relationship.

get along

400

You ignore criticism.

brush off

500

You focus strongly on something.

zero in on

Gap filling

100

I need to ______ early tomorrow

carry on, break down, wake up, look after

wake up

200

They had to ______ the meeting

 find out, pick up , get along ,call off

call off

300

We should ______ a new idea. 

give away, run over, turn into, come up with

come up with

400

He tried to ______ the problem.
 carry out, play down , set up, bring up

play down

500

The success ______ teamwork.
 falls apart, breaks into, hinges on , runs over

hinges on

PHRASAL VERB TRAP

100

“She decided to ______ smoking.”
A) give up
B) quit
C) give in
D) stop

C) give in

200

“I ______ an old friend yesterday.”
A) ran into
B) bumped into
C) came across
D) looked after

D) looked after

300

“They need to ______ a solution.”
A) figure out
B) run out of
C) think up
D) come up with

B) run out of

400

“He tried to ______ the problem.”
A) minimize
B) play down
C) hide
D) bring about

D) bring about

500

“The success ______ teamwork.”
A) depends on
B) hinges on
C) relies on
D) falls through

D) falls through

MEANING SWITCH

100

“She took off smoking.”
A) ran into
B) picked up
C) gave up
D) turned on

C) gave up

200

“I looked after an old friend at the mall.”
A) came up with
B) ran into
C) gave away
D) took over

B) ran into

300

“They ran out of a new idea.”
A) brought up
B) took after
C) came up with
D) fell through

C) came up with

400

“He brought up the issue.
A) set up
B) turned into
C) carried out
D) played down  

D) played down

500

“The success fell through planning.”
A) phases in
B) brushes off
C) hinges on
D) weeds out

C) hinges on