Phrasal Verbs Vocabulary Quiz- Task 1

1. Would you _______ my dog for me this weekend?

 look
 look after
 look up

2. My neighbour _______ eggs yesterday.

 ran
 ran out of
 ran into

3. John _______ his leg at the baseball game.

 broke
 broke down
 broke off

4. Our boss _______ our meeting until next week.

 put
 put off
 put down

5. Could you _______ the music while I'm on the phone?

 turn
 turn off
 turn around

6. I don't _______ my new science teacher.

 get up
 get over
 get on with
7. We both _______ meeting your new girlfriend.

 look
 look up
 look forward to

8. My car _______ on the highway today.

 broke down
 broke off
 broke away

9. It will be easier to read if you _______ the lights.

 switch
 switch on
 switch over

10. I have to _______ to the finish line and back.

 run away
 run out of
 run
This quiz tests you on phrasal verbs based on bring.

1. bring about

The new manager wants to bring about changes because he thinks the
company has been running.

 a. very well

 b. very smoothly

 c. very poorly

  

2. bring back (1)

After you've traveled around China, will you bring back

 a. by plane?

 b. some souvenirs?

 c. home again?

  

3. bring back (2)

Seeing pictures of her with her father brought back lots of

 a. tears

 b. old memories

 c. elderly relatives

  

4. bring forward
The conference has been brought forward a week. It was going to be on
July 10, but now it'll be on

 a. July 3

 b. July 15

 c. July 17

  

5. bring off

Everyone thought Simone would lose the game, and then she brought off

 a. a big loss

 b. a great victory

 c. a weak effort

  

6. bring on

If I drink warm beer, it brings on

 a. a heart attack

 b. a headache

 c. a brain wave

  

7. bring out (1)

When will your company be bringing out

 a. your new headquarters?

 b. your new product line?

 c. your new manager?

  

8. bring out (2)

The reason we are such good friends is that we bring out the

 a. best in each other

 b. worst in each other

 c. faults in each other

  

9. bring up (1)

Kareem and Nada have just been married, and they're already reading
books on how to bring up

 a. their future children

 b. their income

 c. their new house

  

10. bring up (2)

While she was in the meeting, Judy brought up

  a. her proposal

 b. her handbag

 c. her breakfast

1. come about

Most important scientific discoveries come about

 a. in scientific journals

 b. after lots of hard work

 c. on the weekend

  

2. come apart

When I picked up the old book, it came apart

 a. and some pages fell to the floor

 b. so I had to force it to open

 c. at the exact page I wanted to read

  

3. come back

The Australian hunting tool that comes back after you've thrown it is
called

 a. a boomerang

 b. a kookaburra
  c. a didgeridoo

  

4. come from (1)

She looked at me and said, "Where do you come from?" She wanted to
know where I

 a. was staying

 b. had just arrived from

 c. was born

  

5. come from (2)

Honey comes from

 a. honey bears

 b. sandwiches

 c. bee hives

  

6. come off (1)

If the motor comes off while a speedboat is being driven, the boat will

 a. go faster

 b. go a bit slower

  c. slow down and stop

  

7. come off (2)

If Kerry's plan to become a top model comes off, she will

 a. have to get a normal job instead

 b. make millions of dollars

 c. be very disappointed

  

8. come over (1)

In the nineteenth century, many Europeans wanted to escape poverty in

their homelands, so they came over

 a. for dinner

 b. to live in America

 c. for the holiday of a lifetime

  

9. come over (2)

We'll give the job to whoever comes over as

 a. the most capable

 b. the least capable

 c. the most incapable

  

10. come through

I don't know how Jenny managed to come through

 a. her English lesson

 b. her kidnapping

 c. her birthday party

1. come across (1)

He came across some letters while he was

 a. writing them

 b. clearing out a drawer

 c. searching everywhere for them

  

2. come across (2)

When you're applying for a job, a lot depends on how you come across

 a. in the job interview

 b. with your qualifications

 c. in your previous jobs

  

3. come around
Some friends are coming around

 a. to the beach with us

 b. to see my new kitchen

 c. to our new website

  

4. come in (1)

The CCTV security camera showed him coming in

 a. midday

 b. the hotel

 c. his friend

  

5. come in (2)

When it comes in, everyone on the train will

 a. get on and sit down

 b. stand up and get off

 c. sit up and get down

  

6. come into

He came into a lot of money when

  a. he won the lottery

 b. his rich uncle died

 c. he sold his business

  

7. come on (1)

My son's guitar playing is coming on because he

 a. never practices

 b. practices every day

 c. decided to learn piano instead

  

8. come on (2)

The water heater doesn't come on automatically. You have to

 a. turn it on

 b. turn it off

 c. turn it down

  

9. come to (1)

It took Martha a few minutes to come to after she'd

 a. paid for her Gucci handbag

  b. fainted from heatstroke

 c. watched American Idol

  

10. come to (2)

10 plus 5 minus 2 comes to

 a. 7

 b. 13

 c. 48
This quiz tests you on phrasal verbs based on fall.

1. fall apart

You'll know that a book is falling apart if you can see

 a. its pages coming loose

 b. its sales aren't good

 c. it's not well-written

  

2. fall back on

After his band broke up and his career in music ended, John had to fall
back on

 a. his accounting degree

 b. a holiday in Europe

  c. his hobbies

  

3. fall behind

All the other teams are falling behind Manchester United in the table, so
Manchester United look like

 a. winning the title

 b. losing the title

 c. finding the title

  

4. fall for (1)

If you fall for a scam that promises you millions of dollars if you help
someone move money out of another country through your bank account,
you will

 a. make lots of money

 b. lose lots of money

 c. save lots of money

  

5. fall for (2)

Brian fell for the girl next door, so he

 a. went to hospital

 b. shouted at her

  c. married her

  

6. fall off

In the hotel business, bookings always fall off in

 a. the high season

 b. the low season

 c. the holiday season

  

7. fall out (1)

Nigel knew his hair was falling out, and that in a year or two he would

 a. be bald

 b. be grey

 c. be thin

  

8. fall out (2)

If two friends have fallen out over something, they are probably

 a. very clumsy

 b. not talking to each other

 c. looking for it

  

9. fall over

If you fall over in the bathroom, you could

 a. hurt yourself

 b. bath yourself

 c. break yourself

  

10. fall through

Their plan to start a restaurant fell through, so they'll be

 a. delaying the opening

 b. opening it sooner

 c. doing something else instead

This quiz tests you on phrasal verbs based on get.

1. get away

After robbing the bank, the thieves got away and spent the next few days

 a. locked up in jail

 b. at the police station

 c. on the run from the police

  
2. get back (1)

What time does Maria usually get back

 a. dinner?

 b. work?

 c. home?

  

3. get back (2)

If a boxer loses a championship title, the only way he can get it back is to

 a. return it to the champion

 b. be defeated by the champion

 c. defeat the champion in a title fight

  

4. get off (1)

People were getting off the plane

 a. as soon as it took off

 b. when it got to 30,000 feet

 c. soon after it landed

  

5. get off (2)

Sam usually gets the day off when

  a. he gets to work

 b. he's finished work

 c. his kid is sick

  

6. get on (1)

After everyone got on the train, it

 a. arrived at the station

 b. left the station

 c. didn't get to the station

  

7. get on (2)