Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs are verbs followed by prepositions or adverbs. A Phrasal Verb has a meaning which is
generally different from the meaning of the verb it contains.
List of Phrasal Verbs:
S.no Phrasal Verb Meaning Sentence
1. Break off Stop suddenly He broke off in the middle of the speech.
2. Break into Enter by force The burglars broke into the house.
3. Bring up Rear He brought up the child with love and care.
4. Call up Remember The old man couldn’t call up past events.
5. Come round Recover He is sick but he will come round soon.
6. Come round Agree I hope he will come round to our views.
7. Cut down Reduce You must cut down your expenditure.
8. Get through Pass He has got through the examination.
9. Give in Submit, yield The strikers did not give in till their demands fulfilled.
10. Give way Break The old rope gave way while the heavy box was being
lifted.
11. Go through Examine I should go through the papers carefully.
12. Look after Take care of I looked after my younger brother when my mother
was not at home.
13. Look up Search for Look up the word in the dictionary.
14. Look forward to Expect with The old man looks forward to the visit of his
pleasure grandchildren.
15. Look up to Respect He looks up to his father.
16. Make out Discover I cannot make out the meaning of the verse.
17. Put up with Tolerate I cannot put up with his rude behaviour.
18. Put off Postpone The match was put off due to heavy rain.
19. Set off Start on a He has set off for India early this evening.
journey
20. Set up Start a business, He has set up a business that deals in milk products.
organization etc
21. Set in Begin The winter has set in early this year.
22. Stand up Support My friends stood by me in my time of difficulty.
23. Take after Resemble He takes after his father.
24. Turn up Happen No one knows what will turn up next week.
 25. Work out Solve He worked out a problem in few minutes.
Exercises
Level-1
Underline the phrasal verbs in the following sentences.
1. Satish bore away many prizes at the school sports.
2. How did these things come about?
3. The dog tried to get at me.
4. The fire gave off dense smoke.
5. His folly has brought about his ruins.
6. The poor boy passed through terrible sufferings.
7. Mother Teresa stood up for the poor and desolate.
8. It is hard to see into his motive.
9. He has run into debt.
10. He promised to come but never turned up.
11. The plane took off on time.
12. Let’s work out this problem together.
13. I cannot make out his handwriting.
14. She kept on talking.
15. The principal called off the meeting.

Level -2

Fill in the blanks with suitable phrasal verbs.

1. The kind man ______________ the orphan.

2. We should __________________ our grandparents.

3. He _________________ (stopped trying) after several efforts.

4. We were lucky to ____________________ (escape) on time.

5. The publishers have ___________________ (published) a new edition of this book.

6. I expect he will _______________ from his injury within a week.

7. He ____________________ (maintained) the good name of their family business.

8. We should _________________ each other in difficult times.

9. I was determined to ___________________ (express opinion) on this matter.

 10. These seats are ___________________ (reserved) for ladies.

11. People ___________________ Mahatma Gandhi.

12. He ________________ the meeting for a week as he was not well.

13. His friends __________________ (became hostile to) him.

14. The factory ____________________ (produces) 20,000 lbs. of product every week.

15. Mr. Sen has _______________ a new business.

Level-3

Make sentences with the following phrasal verbs.

1. Look up- ________________________________________________________________

2. Look up to- ______________________________________________________________

3. Stand by- _______________________________________________________________

4. Go through- _____________________________________________________________

5. Put up with- _____________________________________________________________

6. Work out- _______________________________________________________________

7. Take after- ______________________________________________________________

8. Turn up- ________________________________________________________________

9. Look forward to - _________________________________________________________

10. Give in - ________________________________________________________________

11. Break into- ______________________________________________________________

12. Bring up- _______________________________________________________________

13. Call up - ________________________________________________________________

14. Cut down- _______________________________________________________________

15. Put away- _______________________________________________________________