In the YouTube videos Phrasal Verb Daily, numbers 111 to 120, you learnt the meaning or a meaning of the following 10 English phrasal verbs:

  1. PULL OFF
  2. PUT UP
  3. DRESS UP
  4. GET BY
  5. GET THROUGH
  6. SORT OUT
  7. BE DOWN TO
  8. THROW OUT
  9. BE TAKEN ABACK
  10. WIND DOWN

To make sure that you don't forget what each of these means or can mean (because some have more than one meaning), do the online exercises/quizzes below.

In the first exercise, you have to choose which of the above phrasal verbs is correct for the sentence. Use the context of the sentence(s) to help you decide which one is correct.

In the second exercise, you have to match each of the 10 phrasal verbs to their meaning (e.g. 'to leave a bus, plane or train').

In both exercises, you should only use each of the 10 phrasal verbs once.

P.S. If you haven't watched the YouTube Videos for these, I would recommend you do this before doing these exercises (click on the phrasal verb in the above list to watch it). It will help to make doing the exercises easier and make sure that you remember them.

Exercise 1

Choose the correct phrasal verb from the selection box for each of the 10 questions. Click on the "Check Answers" button at the bottom of the quiz to check your answers.


1.

Peter:"Why did you your old TV?"
Jane: "It stopped working and it was really old. And it was cheaper to buy a new one than repair it."  

2.

We had to the price of the coffee that we sell in the restaurant because this year it is so much more expensive to buy it. If we didn't, we would lose money on every cup we sold.  

3.

Ruth:"Do you think you'll have enough time to do it all by Friday?"
Chris: "It's won't be easy, but I think I should be able to it all by then."  

4.

When they told me I got the job, I . The interview I did was terrible and I thought that I had no chance of getting it.  

5.

Nobody expected that he would reach the final at the beginning of the tournment, but he by beating the favourite in the semi-final.  

6.

Everybody who goes to the oscars ceremony has to for the event. You never see any actors or actresses going to it wearing normal casual clothes.  

7.

Working as a policeman is so stressful that you need to do things to after work. A good way to do this, is to do yoga or go for a long run.  

8.

To be honest, I think being successful as a singer luck more than talent. Being in the right place at the right time is why some singers become famous and others don't.  

9.

London is such an expensive place to live in that many teachers find it difficult to on the salary they earn. As a result, many of them are leaving the city to live in cities where it is cheaper to live in.  

10.

I have done what you asked me. I've all the letters you got from fans by the country they come from. So, these are the ones from America, these from France, these from Ireland...  



Exercise 2

Choose the correct phrasal verb from the selection box for each of the 10 questions. Click on the "Check Answers" button at the bottom of the quiz to check your answers.


1.

To finish doing some work or school things/tasks that you have to do.

 

2.

To be really surprised or shocked when you hear or see something you didn't expect.

 

3.

To wear formal or special clothing.

 

4.

To group together things which have a specific characteristic (they are all the same colour, from the same country etc...).

 

5.

To increase the price/cost of something.

 

6.

To do something which will you help you feel relaxed and calm after a busy or stressful period of time.

 

7.

To have just enough money to be able to live on.

 

8.

To say what causes/caused a situation or something to happen.

 

9.

When somebody achieves something which nobody expected and is very difficult to do.

 

10.

To put something into the rubbish/garbage.

 





Practice

Now that you understand them, practise them by creating your own sentences in English with them.