USE OF ENGLISH QUIZ 5 ● GROUP B
Name: _________________________________
Class: _________________________________
Total: _________/15
Phrasal verbs – advanced points
1 Complete the second sentence so that it has a
similar meaning to the first. Use the words in
capitals.
0 I didn’t stretch before I started exercising and I
sprained my ankle. UP
I didn't warm up before I started exercising and
I sprained my ankle.
1 I really must find the time to go visit my
grandma, I haven’t seen her for ages. TO
I really must ____________________ visiting
my grandma, I haven’t seen her for ages.
2 I can’t believe how tall my nephew is. The
clothes I bought him are too small for him now.
OUT
I can’t believe how tall my nephew is. He’s
____________________ all the clothes I
bought him.
3 If we don’t think of a good idea soon, we’ll be
too late to enter the competition. UP
I we don’t ____________________ a good
idea, soon we’ll be too late to enter the
competition.
4 My sister was there to support me when I was
being bullied. STAND
My sister was there to ____________________
me when I was being bullied.
5 It rained heavily all day yesterday so we stayed
at home. DOWNPOUR
______________________ all day yesterday so
we stayed at home.
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6 We don’t have any more coffee! Can you get
some on your way home? OUT
We’ve ____________________ coffee! Can you
get some on your way home?
7 I can’t come over this evening, I have too much
work to finish. UP
I can’t come over this evening, I’m __________
____________ work.
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2 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
A great role model
We recently did a project at school about a person
who we look 0 up to. I decided to write about my
brother. Josh has been blind since he was born but
he has never let it stop him from doing the things
that every other teenager does. At school he
managed to keep 1 ________ with the rest of the
class by doing extra work in the evenings. It was
hard for him but he was determined not to drop
out 2 ________ regular school. He got 3 ________
with some of the students, but some of them
looked 4 ________ on him because he couldn’t
participate in sports and certain activities. He put
up 5 ________ this attitude for a long time until he
discovered the perfect sport for him. When Josh
told us he wanted to start rock climbing, he came
up 6 ________ a lot of problems. Our parents were
very unhappy with his decision. They felt it would
be too dangerous but Josh went ahead with it
anyway. He makes 7 ________ for his lack of vision
by working very closely with his partner, who talks
to him through an earpiece. Together they have
climbed the most difficult climbing routes in the
UK. He’s made me realise that when it comes
8
________ to following our dreams, we can all
make them happen. Even when they seem
impossible.
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