PHRASAL VERBSChoose the best answers:

1. The old houses were ______ down to make way for a block of flats.

A. banged

B. hit

C. knocked

D. put

2. That hotel is so expensive. They ______ you sixty pounds for bed and breakfast.

A. charge

B. fine

C. take

D. cost

3. I accidentally ______ Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday.

A. caught sight of B. kept an eye on C. paid attention to D. lost touch with4. Take the number 5 bus and get ______ at Times Square.

A. off

B. up

C. outside

D. down

5. It is very important for a firm or a company to keep ______ the changes in the market. A. pace of

B. track about

C. touch with

D. up with 6. The forecast has revealed that the worlds reserves of fossil fuel will have ______ by 2015. A. taken over

B. caught up

C. used off

D. run out

7. "How can you live in this messy room? Go and ______ it up at once."

A. dust

B. sweep

C. tidy

D. do

8. It is hard to get ______ him; he is such an aggressive man. A. by

B. on with

C. into

D. over to 9. In many big cities, people have to ______ up with noise, overcrowding and bad air. A. keep

B. catch

C. face

D. put

10. We ______with a swim in the lake.

A. gave in

B. took up

C. got out

D. cooled off

11. Since he failed his exam, he had to ______ for it again.

A. take

B. pass

C. make

D. sit

12. You need more exercise - you should ______ jogging.

A. try on

B. take up

C. carry out

D. hold up

13. If you dont know when that important football match takes place, look it ____in the World Cup timetable.

A. after

B. up

C. into

D. out

14. You look tired. Why don't we ______ and have a good rest?

A. call its name B. call on

C. call off

D. call it a day

15. I'm really looking forward ______ to university.

A. to going

B. go

C. to go

D. going

16. I cant ______ this noise any longer. Im going to write a letter of complaint to the local authority about this problem. A. put up with B. take away from C. get back to

D. make out of 17. You should have ______ your composition carefully before you handed it in. A. seen through B. thought of

C. looked in

D. gone over 18. Dont worry about your necklace. Give it to me and I promise to ______ great care of it.

A. bring

B. take

C. keep

D. make 19. The police are going to look ______ the disappearance of the child. A. around

B. into

C. through

D. after

20. He never lets anything ______ him and his weekend fishing trip.

A. come among B. come between C. come up

D. come on

21. The Second World War ______ in 1939.

A. turned up

B. took out

C. brought about D. broke out

22. We'd better ______ if we want to get there in time.

A. take up

B. put down

C. speed up

D. turn down

23. I could not ______ the lecture at all. It was too difficult for me.

A. make off

B. take in

C. get along

D. hold on

24. He is coming ______ a cold after a night out in the rain.

A. down with

B. up with

C. away from

D. across with

25. It is interesting to take ______ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing.

A. up

B. in

C. over

D. on

26. 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

27. He died ______ lung cancer last month, leaving his wife in great shock.

A. by

B. for

C. in

D. of

28. He came ______ a lot of criticism for the remarks he made in a television interview.

A. out of

B. off

C. over

D. in for

29. She started the course two months ago but dropped ______ after only a month.

A. in

B. out

C. off

D. back

30. I cant find my dictionary at the moment. I hope it will ______ up soon.

A. turn

B. clear

C. come

D. look

31. The children made ______ a funny story and wrote it on the card.

A. off

B. for

C. out

D. up

32. Instead of staying around the house all day, you should be out there looking ______ a job. A. for

B. after

C. into

D. at 33. Parts of the mountain road have been washed ______ after the floods. A. through

B. off

C. away

D. out 34. I hope you will ______ notice of what I am going to tell you. A. gain

B. keep

C. get

D. take 35. He gave ______ his job in order to go back to university. A. up

B. in

C. away

D. out36. I applied for the job but was ______.

A. taken away

B. got over

C. turned down D. turned off

37. A large number of workmen ______ because of the economic recession.

A. have laid down B. has laid aside C. have been laid off D. has been laid out

38. The government was finally ______ by a minor scandal.

A. put back

B. brought down C. pulled down D. taken down

39. Regular exercise and good diet will bring ______ fitness and health. A. from

B. to

C. about

D. up 40. I am sorry I have no time at present to ______ detail of our plan. A. bring in

B. take into

C. come in

D. go into

41. We must push the piano to the corner of the hall to ______ our party tonight.

A. make place for B. take up room to C. make room for D. give place to

42. Mary is a friendly girl who ______ everyone she meets.

A. gets up

B. gets on with C. gets over

D. gets out of

43. If you are not satisfied ______ your purchase, we will give you a full refund.

A. at

B. of

C. for

D. with44. I could hear voices but I couldnt ______ what they were saying. A. try out

B. turn up

C. make out

D. bring about

45. My secretary will book you an afternoon flight and have you ______ at the airport.

A. picked up

B. picking up

C. pick up

D. to pick up

46. Weve already bought the house but wont ________it until May, when the present occupants have moved out.

A. take possession of B. catch sight of C. keep track of D. gain recognition of

47. The young lady sat still in the afternoon breeze, with her hair ______ her back.

A. running over B. streaming down C. flowed down D. fallen against

48. While I was looking through my old albums the other day, I ____this photograph of my parents' wedding.

A. took after

B. made up

C. turned down D. came across

49. He ______ till the early hours of the next morning listening to pop music.

A. took me up B. kept me up C. caught me up D. held me up

50. My father sometimes ______ the washing up after dinner.

A. washes

B. takes

C. makes

D. does51. My car is getting unreliable; I think I'll trade it ______ for a new one.

A. off

B. away

C. in

D. up

52. Good restaurants serving traditional English food are very hard to_____________.

A. come to

B. come into C. come by D. come at