06.03.

2021

Phrasal Verbs: TAKE 1

1. You never take … the garbage. It’s getting annoying.

a) Off

b) Over

c) Up

d) Out

2. Please take ... your trousers so I can give you an injection.

a) Up

b) Down

c) On

d) Away

3. The Titanic started to take ... water after hitting an iceberg.

a) Off

b) On

c) In

d) Up

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4. A great chess player takes his opponent ... in the first five minutes of the game.

a) Out

b) On

c) Away

d) Off

5. In time of war the population took … the mountains.

a) Over

b) To

c) Off

d) Up

6. That scientist has taken ... your theory and demonstrated the opposite.

a) Apart

b) Aback

c) Down

d) Away

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7. My new math teacher took … me although I did nothing wrong.

a) Out on

b) Up for

c) Against

d) Off

8. That new couch of yours takes ... half the living room.

a) Off

b) On

c) Away

d) Up

9. You are so beautiful. I think you take … your mother.

a) Off

b) After

c) Against

d) On

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10. Will you take … here while I take care of the guests?

a) Into

b) Through

c) Up

d) Over

11. It didn’t take him ... to realize the truth.

a) Long

b) Leave

c) Apart

d) Off

12. I am always taken … by his tricks.

a) Up

b) Over

c) For

d) In

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13. After his wife died he took … drinking and missing work.

a) Over

b) To

c) Through

d) Away

14. When he saw how angry I was he started to take ... of me.

a) Out

b) Long

c) Notice

d) Pause

15. My fiancé is taking me … a romantic date tomorrow because it is out anniversary.

a) In to

b) Out on

c) Up on

d) Through

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16. There is a new law which states that you must take ... insurance for your house.

a) On

b) Out

c) In

d) Up

17. I took ... the new teacher as soon as she smiled at me.

a) In

b) Off

c) Apart

d) To

18. My father took an ax ... the cherry tree at the back of the garden.

a) On

b) Off

c) Over

d) To

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19. Spring cleaning supposes my taking … the curtains to wash them.

a) Off

b) Away

c) Down

d) Up

20. We started taking … boarders to make ends meet.

a) In

b) Off

c) Up

d) Over

21. I always take him ... when we play chess.

a) Down

b) Off

c) Up

d) On

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22. Could you take me … the schedule, please?

a) Away

b) Through

c) Up

d) On

23. Running in the marathon takes a lot … of you.

a) Off

b) Out

c) Away

d) Back

24. When something bad happens, it is difficult to take ... the situation at once.

a) In

b) Up

c) Away

d) Off

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25. I took it … myself to train him in martial arts.

a) Over

b) Off

c) Upon

d) Out of

26. You seemed taken … when you heard my news.

a) Aback

b) Against

c) Away

d) Apart

27. The government is ready to take ... .

a) Away

b) Offense

c) Place

d) Action

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28. The company has been taken … by a Japanese firm.

a) Up

b) Away

c) Over

d) Off

29. They went to London last year and took ... residence there.

a) Up

b) In

c) On

d) Over

30. Don’t take it ... me if things don’t go your way.

a) Away from

b) Apart at

c) Off on

d) Out on
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