English Grammar Exercises – Verbs and

Tenses: Phrasal verbs

Grammar
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Exercise 1   
Find the incorrect sentences.
a   The milk’s gone off. It smells terrible!
b   The building is unstable. They’re going to knock
down it.
c   Joey takes his father after. They’ve got the same eyes.
d   I just don’t know the answer. I give up.
e   Take off your jacket and make yourself comfortable.
f   I can’t hear the music. Can you please turn up it?
g   Have you let the dog out?
h   We can’t put this situation up with any longer.
i    That’s strange – Karen’s gone off somewhere.
j    If you’d like to come and see us, we can put you up
for the night.
k   How on earth are we going to get this problem
round?
Exercise 2   
Choose the best option.
a   Could you pick up me/pick me up from the office?
b   Jason made it up/made up it.
c   Natalie went back her promise on/went back on her promise.
d   Jim asked you after/asked after you.
e   Can you look after my puppy/look my puppy after?
Exercise 3   
Complete the sentences. Use a phrasal verb from the
list in the correct tense.
run out of          get over                  set off                                tell off                let down
put up                      switch off            knock down            take off            look up
a   Did the plane ………………….. on time?
b   He’ll never ………………….. his grandmother’s death.
c   We could ………………….. you ………………….. for the
night if you like.
d   The teacher ………………….. the children …………………..
for fighting.
e   Could you ………………….. the number ………………….. in
the telephone directory?
f   George has really ………………….. me ………………….. this
time. He failed his exams again.
g   They’re going to ………………….. these flats and build
houses.
h   Don’t tell me we’ve ………………….. milk again.
i    If we don’t ………………….. soon, we won’t get there in
time.
j    We don’t need that light on. Could you …………………..
it …………………..?
Exercise 4
Find and correct the mistakes.
a   He kept working on all night.
b   I think I’ll go with Charlie out if he asks me.
c   You’ll feel better when you’ve got your cold over.
d   You shouldn’t put with your salary up. It’s not
enough.
e   Can you put up me tonight? I’ve got nowhere to go.
f   How do you manage to get on so little money by?
g   The business wasn’t doing well so they closed down
it.
h   Can you get hold some free software of for me?
i    Why doesn’t he come up a suggestion with?
j   She’s gone the report through but she can’t find the
right page.