Phrasal verbs exercises

by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)

Unfortunately, there are thousands of phrasal verbs in the English language and it takes years to learn them all. However, here is a list of ten verbs with some of the phrasal verbs associated with them. The verbs are: Put, get, look, give, take, make, do, go, come, be.

Write the number of the phrasal verb on the left which matches the meaning on the right. Then, if you can write the meaning of the phrasal verb in your language.

Phrasal verbs with PUT

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Be put off by sth ____________________ build______
2. Have sth put down ____________________ switch sth off______
3. Put in sth ____________________ accommodate______
4. Put in sth ____________________ be disuaded from doing sth______
5. Put on sth ____________________ distract______
6. Put sb off ____________________ describe______
7. Put sb through ____________________ replace______
8. Put sb up ____________________ spend time______
9. Put sth across ____________________ increase weight______
10. Put sth aside ____________________ dress______
11. Put sth away ____________________ write______
12. Put sth back ____________________ kill an animal humanely______
13. Put sth back ____________________ drop sth______
14. Put sth down to ____________________ turn hands on a clock forward______
15. Put sth down ____________________ turn the hands on a clock back______
16. Put sth down ____________________ take sth outside______
17. Put sth forward ____________________ fix sth on a wall______
18. Put sth off ____________________ build sth from parts______
19. Put sth on ____________________ raise price______
20. Put sth on ____________________ delay______
21. Put sth out ____________________ tolerate______
22. Put sth out ____________________ make a request______
23. Put sth together ____________________ switch sth on______
24. Put sth up ____________________ be explained by______
25. Put sth up ____________________ leave sth until later______
26. Put up sth ____________________ tidy______
27. Put up with sth ____________________ connect by phone______

 

Phrasal verbs with GET

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Get (a)round sth ____________________ go______
2. Get (a)round to sth ____________________ leave public transport______
3. Get about ____________________ escape punishment______
4. Get along with sb ____________________ get on with sb______
5. Get around ____________________ not pay on time______
6. Get at (sth) ____________________ make contact by phone______
7. Get away with sth ____________________ enter buiding or car______
8. Get away ____________________ find time for sth______
9. Get back (swh) ____________________ become involved in______
10. Get behind with sth ____________________ move______
11. Get by ____________________ mean, reach sth______
12. Get in ____________________ travel______
13. Get into (sth) ____________________ recover from sth______
14. Get off sth ____________________ escape______
15. Get on sth ____________________ enter public transport______
16. Get on with sb ____________________ receive sth lent______
17. Get on with sth ____________________ finish______
18. Get on with sth ____________________ arrive at______
19. Get on ____________________ explain______
20. Get out of doing sth ____________________ continue doing______
21. Get out ____________________ have a good relationship______
22. Get over sth ____________________ make progress______
23. Get sb down ____________________ leave______
24. Get sth across ____________________ resolve a problem______
25. Get sth back ____________________ make sb feel depressed______
26. Get through (to sb) ____________________ survive______
27. Get through sth ____________________ escape from work______
28. Get to swh ____________________ return______
29. Get to ____________________ do______
30. Get together ____________________ meet______

Phrasal verbs with LOOK

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Look after sth/sb ____________________ expect help from sb______
2. Look ahead ____________________ visit______
3. Look back on sth ____________________ examine______
4. Look down on sb ____________________ be a spectator______
5. Look forward to sth ____________________ locate sb______
6. Look in on sb ____________________ predict______
7. Look into sth ____________________ find in a list______
8. Look on ____________________ check for mistakes______
9. Look out for sth ____________________ danger! ______
10. Look out ____________________ take care of sth/sb______
11. Look round swh ____________________ view with respect______
12. Look sb up ____________________ explore______
13. Look sth over ____________________ remember______
14. Look sth up ____________________ investigate______
15. Look through sth ____________________ disrespect______
16. Look to sb for sth ____________________ try to find______
17. Look up to sb ____________________ anticipate with pleasure______

Phrasal verbs with GIVE

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Give in ____________________ stop a bad habit______
2. Give off sth ____________________ return sth to sb______
3. Give sb up ____________________ abandon hope of doing sth______
4. Give sth away ____________________ distribute______
5. Give sth away ____________________ desist______
6. Give sth back ____________________ emit______
7. Give sth in ____________________ tell sb a secret______
8. Give sth out ____________________ admit defeat______
9. Give up on sth ____________________ give freely______
10. Give up sth ____________________ take sb to the police______
11. Give up ____________________ hand sth in______

 

Phrasal verbs with TAKE

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Be taken aback ____________________ think sb is sth bad______
2. Be taken in ____________________ challenge______
3. Take after sb ____________________ rise into the air______
4. Take in sth ____________________ start an activity______
5. Take it out on sb ____________________ be successful______
6. Take off ____________________ be similar to sb______
7. Take off ____________________ go out with sb______
8. Take out sth ____________________ believe sth untrue______
9. Take over sth ____________________ understand______
10. Take sb back ____________________ make sb remember sth______
11. Take sb for sth ____________________ be shocked______
12. Take sb on ____________________ subscribe______
13. Take sb on ____________________ remove clothes______
14. Take sb out ____________________ punish sb due to anger______
15. Take sb up on sth ____________________ dismantle sth______
16. Take sth apart ____________________ accept help from sb______
17. Take sth away ____________________ adapt clothes______
18. Take sth back ____________________ employ wrong______
19. Take sth back ____________________ return sth to a shop______
20. Take sth down ____________________ remove from a wall______
21. Take sth down ____________________ like______
22. Take sth in/up ____________________ discuss sth with sb______
23. Take sth off ____________________ admit that you said sth______
24. Take sth on ____________________ assume responsibility______
25. Take sth up with sb ____________________ remove sth from sb______
26. Take to sb ____________________ write sth______
27. Take up sth ____________________ take control of sth______

Phrasal verbs with MAKE

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Make (sth) out ____________________ escape______
2. Make away with sth ____________________ pretend to be sth______
3. Make for swh ____________________ steal and escape______
4. Make of sth/sb ____________________ think about______
5. Make off with sth ____________________ say______
6. Make off ____________________ prepare______
7. Make out sth ____________________ compensate______
8. Make out ____________________ go in the direction______
9. Make sb out to be sth ____________________ see sth______
10. Make sb up ____________________ write (cheque/form) ______
11. Make sth over ____________________ invent______
12. Make sth up ____________________ transfer ownership______
13. Make up for sth ____________________ steal and escape______
14. Make sth up ____________________ put on make up______
15. Make up ____________________ reconcile______

Phrasal verbs with DO

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Do with sth ____________________ discredit______
2. Do sth up ____________________ ruin______
3. Do without (sth) ____________________ survive without______
4. Do away with sth ____________________ repeat______
5. Do sb down ____________________ fasten______
6. Do for sb ____________________ have a connection with______
7. Do sb out of sth ____________________ deprive______
8. Do sth over ____________________ need______
9. Do sth up ____________________ finish or terminate sth______
10. Do with sth ____________________ renovate______

 

Phrasal verbs with GO

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Go (a)round ____________________ lose interest in______
2. Go (on) ahead ____________________ continue______
3. Go a(round) ____________________ check carefully______
4. Go about sth ____________________ continue______
5. Go about sth ____________________ start dealing with sth______
6. Go after sth ____________________ do______
7. Go against sth/sb ____________________ become ill with sth______
8. Go along with sb/sth ____________________ have a romance with______
9. Go away ____________________ be unfashionable______
10. Go back (to sth) ____________________ agree with/to sth______
11. Go by ____________________ explain______
12. Go down with sth ____________________ leave______
13. Go down ____________________ leave with______
14. Go for sb ____________________ check______
15. Go into sth ____________________ be extinguished______
16. Go off sth ____________________ try to get______
17. Go off with sb ____________________ pass______
18. Go off ____________________ be sufficient______
19. Go on ____________________ circulate______
20. Go out with sb ____________________ return to sth______
21. Go out ____________________ be in conflict with______
22. Go out ____________________ reduce in size______
23. Go over sth ____________________ fail______
24. Go through sth ____________________ survive without______
25. Go under ____________________ explode or ring______
26. Go with sth ____________________ combine well______
27. Go without sth ____________________ attack______

 

Phrasal verbs with COME

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Come (a)round ____________________ blame______
2. Come about ____________________ reduce______
3. Come across sth/sb ____________________ be heard in court______
4. Come across ____________________ progress______
5. Come along ____________________ inherit______
6. Come along ____________________ return______
7. Come apart ____________________ meet a problem______
8. Come at sb ____________________ break into pieces______
9. Come away ____________________ leave______
10. Come back ____________________ communicate______
11. Come before sth ____________________ preceed______
12. Come down on sb ____________________ happen______
13. Come down with ____________________ collect______
14. Come down ____________________ move quickly/accompany______
15. Come for sth ____________________ become ill with sth______
16. Come forward ____________________ announce______
17. Come in for sth ____________________ encounter______
18. Come in ____________________ hurry______
19. Come into sth ____________________ be persuaded______
20. Come off ____________________ visit______
21. Come on ____________________ remember/ result in______
22. Come on ____________________ enter______
23. Come out with sth ____________________ volunteer to do sth______
24. Come out ____________________ survive danger/difficulty______
25. Come over ____________________ be mentioned______
26. Come through ____________________ propose______
27. Come to sb/sth ____________________ develop______
28. Come up against ____________________ attack______
29. Come up with sth ____________________ be revealed/issued______
30. Come up ____________________ suffer criticism______
31. Come up ____________________ detach/succeed______

Phrasal verbs with BE

Phrasal verb Meaning in your language = Phrasal verb number?
1. Be about (sth) ____________________ get into trouble______
2. Be after sth ____________________ similar______
3. Be around ____________________ happen to sb______
4. Be away (on) sth ____________________ suspect______
5. Be back ____________________ showing (tv/cinema) ______
6. Be for (sth) ____________________ be here______
7. Be from swh ____________________ interested in sth______
8. Be in for sth ____________________ want______
9. Be into sth ____________________ the function of sth______
10. Be like sth/sb ____________________ leave______
11. Be off ____________________ finish______
12. Be on ____________________ arrive______
13. Be onto sb ____________________ travelling______
14. Be onto sth ____________________ finish______
15. Be over ____________________ make a discovery______
16. Be through (sth) ____________________ join______
17. Be up ____________________ originate______
18. Be with sb ____________________ happen (book/film) _____

 

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