TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 3 ANSWERS

TEST YOUR PHRASAL VERBS PART 3

ANSWERS

41) Prices have ___ again, which will result in an increase in inflation.
A) taken away
B) turned over
C) kept out
D) gone up = If a price, amount, or level goes up, it becomes higher or greater than it was.
E) looked in

42) I tried to telephone you all afternoon but I just couldn't ___.
A) carry out
B) go up
C) get through = 1- If you get through to someone, you succeed in contacting them on the telephone.
2- If you get through an examination or get through, you pass it.
3- If you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult, you complete it.
4- If you get through a difficult or unpleasant period of time, you manage to live through it.
5- If you get through to someone, you succeed in making them understand something that you are trying to tell them.
D) call at
E) break in

43) Although he had never studied French, he ___ what he knows while watching films.
A) gave in
B) picked up = 1- If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time.
2- When you pick something up, you lift it up.
3- When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car.
C) took after
D) turned down
E) looked up

44) While I was sitting at my table, a waiter came over and told me if I could ___ my cigarette.
A) drop off
B) find out
C) put out = 1- If you put out a fire, candle, or cigarette, you make it stop burning.
2- If you put out an electric light, you make it stop shining by pressing a switch.
3- If you put out an announcement or story, you make it known to a lot of people.
D) look in
E) keep on

45) When the train broke down, all the passengers ___ and began to walk towards the town.
A) brought up
B) came around
C) got off = If you get off, you leave a place because it is time to leave.
D) called out
E) went over

46) When the students learnt their exam results, they___ and felt more hopeful.
A) cheered up = When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful.
B) got by
C) sent out
D) looked up to
E) held up

47) Someone ___ through an upstairs window and stole some jewellery last night.
A) held off
B) told apart
C) looked over
D) watched out
E) broke in = If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.

48) In our school, we have decided to ___ many of the traditional teaching methods and use more modern ones.
A) bring up
B) do away with = To do away with something means to remove it completely or put an end to it.
C) come along
D) look out for
E) come down with

49) I remember many interesting facts when I ___ my youth, don't you?
A) find out
B) break off
C) look back on = If you look back, you think about things that happened in the past.
D) drop in
E) go up

50) It started raining heavily yesterday; as a result, I ___ the nearest shelter.
A) ran out
B) made for = If you make for a place, you move towards it.
C) came at
D) paid off
E) stood for

51) You can't keep ___ from your problems; instead, you should face them and find solutions.
A) taking after
B) pulling through
C) crossing out
D) breaking into
E) running away = 1- If you run away from something unpleasant or new, you try to avoid dealing with it or thinking about it.
2- If you run away from a place, you leave it because you are unhappy there.

52) My grandmother can't hear very well, so please ___ the TV so that she can listen to the news as well.
A) break away
B) turn up = 1- When you turn up a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you increase the amount of sound, heat, or power being produced, by adjusting the controls.
2- If you say that someone or something turns up, you mean that they arrive, often unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time.
C) come at
D) count on
E) take away

53) Our plane didn't ___ on time; that's why, you had to wait for a long time at the airport.
A) take off = 1- When an aeroplane takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying.
2- If you take a garment off, you remove it.
B) hold up
C) tell apart
D) make up
E) let off

54) He has failed to ___ my instructions on a number of occasions, so we have no other choice but to fire him.
A) wind up
B) break down
C) wear out
D) look in
E) carry out = If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.

55) During the national holiday, the municipality wanted to entertain people by ___ fireworks.
A) getting by
B) catching on
C) taking apart
D) falling upon
E) letting off = If you let off an explosive or a gun, you explode or fire it.

56) The pollution in this river causes the water to ___ a bad odor.
A) set up
B) take away
C) let down
D) give off = If something gives off or gives out a gas, heat, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out into the air.
E) bring up

57) Most people, when they get older, ___ on their schooldays with fondness.
A) look back = If you look back, you think about things that happened in the past
B) turn off
C) get down to
D) keep up
E) call off

58) In some countries, you don't have to ___ your shoes when entering a house.
A) throw up
B) pass out
C) send out
D) try on
E) take off = If you take a garment off, you remove it.

59) It took him years to ___ the shock of his wife dying.
A) checkout
B) blow out
C) get over = 1- If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it.
2- If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it.
D) count on
E) rundown

60) After he quit smoking, my father seemed to have___ some weight.
A) put on = 1- If someone puts on weight, they become heavier.
2- When you put on clothing or make-up, you place it on your body in order to wear it.
B) called out
C) made out
D) passed away
E) turned out