PHRASAL VERBS – PRACTICE 3

1. Tim’s doctor advised him to ______ smoking because of his health.

A. grow up B. give up C. stay up D. get up

2. I'm not sure if the new iPhone is _______________. It doesn't seem as popular as the older models.
A. dropping by B. going ahead C. catching on D. going over

3. Anh Vien performed so well in the 28th Sea Games women’s 200m butterfly that none of her rivals could ______ her.
A. catch up with B. look up to C. come up to D. put up with

4. The Covid-19 pandemic reminds us to respect doctors and nurses, who ______others in our society.
A. go on B. call back C. pick up D. care for

5. It is not easy for many civil servants to______ on their salaries as the inflation rate is extremely high.
A. get by B. turn up C. wear out D. run over

6. We ran out of gas on our road trip because we forgot to _________ the tank.
A. fill in B. fill out C. fill up D. get our fill of

7. There was a big hole in the road which _____ the traffic.
A. held up B. kept down C. stood back D. sent back

8. “Oh, you want to talk to my father? Hold _______. I'll get him for you.” The boy said.
A. up B. back C. on D. down

9. You should ___________ your clothes in the closet. You shouldn't leave your clothes on the floor.
A. put on B. wear in C. hang up D. take up

10. “I can't hear you anymore, it must be a bad signal. I'm going to hang______ now, so call me back if you can hear
this.” The woman said on the phone.
A. up B. down C. across D. of

11. I was so tired that I went to sleep almost immediately, and did not wake______ till very late next morning.
A. by B. on C. for D. up

12. Yesterday, I _____across this book about the moon in the library. It’s really interesting.
A. went B. found C. came D. looked

13. Terry is a very imaginative boy. He always comes ______ interesting ideas.
A. out of B. down on C. up with D. in for

14. John is a rich man because he______ a lot of money last year.
A. went through B. checked in C. fell behind D. came into

15. The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have ______ by 2015.
A. taken over B. caught up C. used off D. run out

16. You need to_______ your essay for spell-check before you hand in your exam paper.
A. hang out B. go over C. cut off D. point out

17. They_______ hiking in spite of the bad weather.

A. turned down B. looked after C. went on D. took off

18. “Can you ______how to use the new washing machine that we have just bought today?” the woman asked her
husband.
A. get around B. turn down C. set out D. figure out

19. My uncle took______ golf when he retired from work.

A. on B. up C. over D. after

20. The school administrators have started new programs to prevent students from _______out of high school.
A. dropping B. settling C. showing D. making

21. Tom is in a critical condition in hospital, so we are all praying he’ll______ through.
A. pull B. pass C. come D. take

22. It was so kind of her to put me ______ while I was on a business trip in her town.
A. down B. off C. up D. in