Phrasal Verbs
 
Choose the right phrasal verb and put it in the correct form or tense. You may have to change the position of some other words. Use each verb only once.
 
 
come across/come down/fill in/get ahead/get along with/get away with/get by/get over/get through/go off/go on/look up/look for/look out for/look through/look up to/make into/make up/make of/make out/make up for/put off/put on/show off/take after/take off/take on/take to/take up/turn down/turn up
 
1. I …………………………. my purse everywhere, but I couldn’t find it.
 
2. My mother has a very low pension; she has to …………………………. on 350€ a month
 
3. My students ……………………….. the most incredible excuses for not having done their homework
 
4. I had so much work that I thought I would never ……………………………..it.
 
5. The meeting has been ………………………. until next week because the president is ill.
 
6. I need to lose some weight, so I think I’d better ……………………………... jogging
 
7. We invited 20 people, but only 7 …………………………
 
8. She …………………………… her grandmother in looks, but not in character.
 
9. What do you ……………………….. her strange attitude?
 
10. I…………………………………. all my colleagues at work. They´re very helpful.
 
11. When the timer ……………………….. , you must switch off the oven.
 
12. I want to …………………………..my behaviour earlier, so here’s a little present for you
 
13. Do you think the price of petrol will ever……………………..?
 
14. …………………………….. ice on the road. I think there was a frost last night
 
15. You’re not going to…………………………..this. You will be severely punished
 
16. I was………………………..as a secretary, but actually I do public relations work too.
 
17. I’m going to ………………………… all my old exams to make sure that I don’t make the same mistakes again
 
18. It was dark in the room, and I ………………………one blue sock and one black one!
 
19. I …………………………. some old coins from my trip to Malaysia when I was looking for something else
 
20. I invited her out for dinner, but she ……………………………… me
 
21. Without my glasses I can’t …………………………whether it is a dog or a sheep
 
22. A lot of people still haven’t ……………………….the Civil War, and the suffering goes on
 
23. This crazy fashion of wearing your socks outside your trousers has really………………………….; everybody’s doing it!
 
24. His trainer ……………………………..him an excellent player, though he was only mediocre before.
 
25. He’s the sort of person that likes to ……………………………about how much money he’s got
 
26. Please ……………………….. ALL the blank spaces in the exercise
 
27. Everybody ……………………….. Jim for his bravery
 
28. I can’t ……………………… him; he’s too bossy and arrogant
 
29. You are only allowed to………………………. 10 words in the dictionary, so choose them well
 
30. He soon ……………………….. in his career, because he was ambitious and worked hard
 
31. You can’t ………………………… eating so much; you’ll get as fat as a pig!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Answers
 
1. I looked for my purse everywhere, but I couldn’t find it.
 
2. My mother has a very low pension; she has to get by on 350€ a month
 
3. My students make up the most incredible excuses for not having done their homework
 
4. I had so much work that I thought I would never get through it.
 
5. The meeting has been put off until next week because the president is ill.
 
6. I need to lose some weight, so I think I’d better take up jogging
 
7. We invited 20 people, but only 7 turned up
 
8. She takes after/took after her grandmother in looks, but not in character.
 
9. What do you make of her strange attitude?
 
10. I get along with all my colleagues at work. They´re very helpful.
 
11. When the timer goes off, you must switch off the oven.
 
12. I want to make up for my behaviour earlier, so here’s a little present for you
 
13. Do you think the price of petrol will ever come down?
 
14. Look out for ice on the road. I think there was a frost last night
 
15. You’re not going to get away with this. You will be severely punished
 
16. I was taken on as a secretary, but actually I do public relations work too.
 
17. I’m going to look through all my old exams to make sure that I don’t make the same mistakes again
 
18. It was dark in the room, and I put on one blue sock and one black one!
 
19. I came across some old coins from my trip to Malaysia when I was looking for something else
 
20. I invited her out for dinner, but she turned me down
 
21. Without my glasses I can’t make out whether it is a dog or a sheep
 
22. A lot of people still haven’t got over the Civil War, and the suffering goes on
 
23. This crazy fashion of wearing your socks outside your trousers has really taken off; everybody’s doing it!
 
24. His trainer made him into an excellent player, though he was only mediocre before.
 
25. He’s the sort of person that likes to show off about how much money he’s got
 
26. Please fill in ALL the blank spaces in the exercise
 
27. Everybody looks up to/looked up to Jim for his bravery
 
28. I can’t take to him; he’s too bossy and arrogant
 
29. You are only allowed to look up 10 words in the dictionary, so choose them well
 
30. He soon got ahead in his career, because he was ambitious and worked hard
 
31. You can’t go on eating so much; you’ll get as fat as a pig!