1. Match the following phrasal verbs with their meanings.

 
  

(A) come about find or meet by chance

(B) come across obtain
(C) come at receive / suffer
(D) come by happen
(E) come down with attack
(F) come in for become ill from
(G) come across make a particular impression
(H) come in to produce
(I) come out in show symptoms
(J) come round begin to accept
(K) come round to inherit
(L) come up with regain consciousness

   Choose an appropriate phrasal verb from the boxes above to complete the following
sentences:

(A)  The play ___________________________quite a lot of criticism when it first opened.

(B)  How exactly did you __________________ this painting? A similar one was reported stolen
last month.
(C)  Give him time. He’s sure to ____________________ our way of thinking in the end.
(D)  I _________________ a small fortune when my uncle died but managed to squander most
of it on wine, woman and song.
(E)   As soon as I opened the garden gate, the dog _________________ us with teeth bared.
(F)   On the very first day of the holiday he _____________________ in a rash.
(G)  In desperation we employed a private detective and he __________________ some quite
valuable evidence.
(H)  She ________________________ as rather nervous at the interview but I don’t think we
should count that against her.
(I)     How did it _______________________that you were traveling on that train to London?
(J)    When I _________________________after the accident, I couldn’t remember what had
happened.
(K)  Both the children ______________________ measles at the beginning of the summer and
we had to postpone our holiday.
(L)   We ________________________ some marvelous deserted beaches on our touring holiday
in Bahia.

2. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

    (A) I explained that I wanted to _____________ my legal right to consult a solicitor.

          (i) entertain                  (ii) exercise         (iii) grant          (iv) insist
    (B) We were all rather in awe ____________ the new computers when they arrived.
          (i) about                       (ii)  before           (iii) by               (iv) of
    (C) The demonstrations _____________ in one hundred students being arrested.
           (i) culminated             (ii) erupted           (iii) escalated     (iv) concluded
 Answers:
1. Match the following phrasal verbs with their meanings.
 
    

(A) come about find or meet by chance

(B) come across obtain
(C) come at receive / suffer
(D) come by happen
(E) come down with attack
(F) come in for become ill from
(G) come across make a particular impression
(H) come in to produce
(I) come out in show symptoms
(J) come round begin to accept
(K) come round to inherit
(L) come up with regain consciousness

Choose an appropriate phrasal verb from the boxes above to complete the
    following sentences:

(A)  The play came in for quite a lot of criticism when it first opened.

(B)  How exactly did you  come by this painting? A similar one was reported stolen last month.
(C)  Give him time. He’s sure to come round our way of thinking in the end.
(D)  I came into a small fortune when my uncle died but managed to squander most of it on
wine, woman and song.
(E)   As soon as I opened the garden gate, the dog came at us with teeth bared.
(F)   On the very first day of the holiday he came out in a rash.
(G)  In desperation we employed a private detective and he  came up with some quite valuable
evidence.
(H)  She came across as rather nervous at the interview but I don’t think we should count that
against her.
(I)     How did it come about that you were traveling on that train to London?
(J)    When I came to after the accident, I couldn’t remember what had happened.
(K)  Both the children came down with measles at the beginning of the summer and we had to
postpone our holiday.
(L)   We came across some marvelous deserted beaches on our touring holiday in Bahia.

2. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

    (A) I explained that I wanted to exercise my legal right to consult a solicitor.

          
    (B) We were all rather in awe of the new computers when they arrived.
          
    (C) The demonstrations erupted in one hundred students being arrested.