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1) Quiz for Verb: 'To Ask'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Ask out' means...

a)     Fill or block something                  b) To invite someone for a date

b)    Recover from a fall or problem

2-'Ask after' means..

a)     . To handle somebody firmly who behaves impertinently, conceitedly

b)     Enquire about someone's health, how life is going

c)     Withdraw from company

3-'Ask around' means...

a)     Ask a number of people for information of help

b)     Jump out of a plane because it is going to crash  c)Form a traffic jam

4-'Ask over' means...

a)     To provoke a negative reaction             b)Invite

b)     Close a computer program that requires a name and password

5-'Ask for' means...

a)     Submit to authority              b) To provoke a negative reaction

c)Move or drive very fast

6-'Ask in' means...

a)     Confront someone or prepare to fight them

b)    To invite somebody into your house   c)Guide someone through an issue

7-'Ask round' means...

a)     Manage to do something difficult or tricky

b)     Get lost                              c) Invite someone

8-'Ask around' means...

a)     Invite someone                   b) Chase

c)Chide; talk angrily to someone about something they've done wrong

 

 

 

2) Quiz for Verb: 'To Book'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Book in' means...

a)     Attract people, especially customers, to get them to do what you want them to

b)    Check in at a hotel

c)     Manage to collect enough of something you need, usually money

2-'Book into' means...

a)     Have no more of something left because it has been bought

b)    Check in at a hotel        c)Kill an animal because it's old, ill, etc

3-'Book into' means...

a)     Be less successful                b)Make a reservation in advance

c)Provide someone with everything they need or want

4-'Book up' means...

a)     Reserve             b)Not eat much of a meal

c)Lose a decision or a verdict of a court

5-'Book in' means...

a)     Continue or start doing something

b)    Enter a car or taxi       c)Make a reservation in advance

 

3) Quiz for Verb: 'To Chew'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Chew out' means...

a)     Join, enter                  b)Criticize someone angrily

c)Make a shy person more outgoing

2-'Chew up' means...

a)     Cut into small pieces with your teeth

b)    Make a comment                        c)Circulate (rumours, etc)

3-'Chew over' means...

a)     Get someone to do some work

b)     Think about an issue              c)Manage to pass

4-'Chew up' means...

a)     Damage something inside a machine

b)    Enter in a dramatic or attention-seeking manner

c)     Mix sources of audio, video or other computer sources

5-'Chew on' means...

a)     Thinks about something carefully before deciding

b)     Remove small problems or irregularities

c)     Do some exercises to warm up before playing a sport or other physical activity

4) Quiz for Verb: 'To Do'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Do out of' means...

a)     Write, record              b)Scold

b)    Cheat somebody out of something that is rightfully theirs

2-'Do up' means...

a)     Prevent something bad happening

b)    Change emotion quickly                  c)Close or fasten clothes, etc

3-'Do away with' means...

a)     Close a business, shop, etc           b)Abolish, get rid of

b)    Learn something new that many people already understand

4-'Do without' means...

a)     Manage without something    b)Improve something quickly

b)    When a plane departs or leaves the ground

5-'Do up' means...

a)     Repair and renovate            b)Make someone exhausted

b)    Open a particular computer program that requires a name and password

5) Quiz for Verb: 'To Fill'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Fill out' means...

a)     Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way

b)    Include in things you like              c)Complete a form

2-'Fill in on' means...

a)     Give someone information

b)    Register in a hotel                  c)Leave

3-'Fill in for' means...

a)     Wait for something better or refuse something now for something better in the future

b)    Cause trouble or pain             c)Substitute

4-'Fill in' means...

a)     Complete a form           b)Keep as long as possible

c)Keep a distance from something

5-'Fill in' means...

a)     Substitute someone at work

b)    Get someone talking about something            c)Inherit

6-'Fill up' means...

a)     Perform a task                    b)Fill something completely

c)Be received by people, in terms of their reaction

6) Quiz for Verb: 'To Go'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Go back on' means...

a)     Break a promise      b)Continue with something         c)Search

2-'Go down' means...

a)     Return quickly             b)Sing or shout unpleasantly loudly

c)Be received by people, in terms of their reaction

3-'Go over' means...

a)     See a difference between two things

b)    Affect badly                        c)Be approved or accepted

4-'Go down' means...

a)     Connect to something     b)Sink   c)To cut a line of cocaine

5-'Go up to' means...

a)     Continue doing                            b)Reach

c)Wait for something to happen without making any effort

6-'Go up to' means...

a)           Approach   b)Complete successfully  c)Return something you've borrowed

7-'Go off' means...

a)     Be accepted somewhere, but only just  b)Be out of bed     c)Go bad

8-'Go in for' means...

a)     Stop liking and start disliking         b)Like, have an interest in

c)Sleep somewhere less comfortable than normal

9-'Go down' means...

a)     Be eaten or swallowed                 b)Support

c)Do some exercises to warm up before playing a sport or other physical activity

10-'Go off with' means...

a)     Criticise severely or attack someone              b)Steal

c)Force someone out of their job or position

7) Quiz for Verb: 'To Look'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Look out' means...

a)     Change to something different  b)Leave a place    c)Be careful

2-'Look into' means...

a)     Get nearer                 b)Spend a lot of money buying something

c)Research, investigate

3-'Look over' means...

a)     Have too much work      b)Remove or tidy      c)Inspect

4-'Look up to' means...

a)     Rob someone at gunpoint             b)Kill         c)Respect

5-'Look forward to' means...

a)     Become established or successful over time

b)    Wait for or anticipate something pleasant             c)Form groups or teams

6-'Look up' means...

a)        Happen in a certain way  b)Improve  c)Ingratiate yourself with someone

 

7-'Look after' means...

a)     Pay someone illegally as part of the price                b)Take care

Move through somewhere where there is little space or there are obstacles

8-'Look on' means...

a)     Check with someone that something is OK

b)     Sleep somewhere temporarily because you don't go home

c)     Watch something like a crime without helping

9-'Look down on' means...

a)     Have a low opinion of           b)Masturbate someone

c)Extend your middle finger as a gesture of contempt

10-'Look up' means...

a)     Connect to something          b)Find, trace an old friend

b)    Finish a relationship

 

8) Quiz for Verb: 'To Peg'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Peg away' means...

a)     Find an answer to a problem

b)    Move closer together

c)     Keep working at something

2-'Peg down' means...

a)     Fasten something to the ground             b)Pass slowly (time)

c)To keep a mother and baby together after the birth

3-'Peg out' means...

a)  Not be forgotten       b)Pass easily, succeed    c)Put washing outside to dry

4-'Peg it' means...

a)     Go away on a bike, horse, etc       b)Die          c)Annoy, bother

5-'Peg out' means...

a)     Die                    b)Quit something        c)Leave a place

 

9) Quiz for Verb: 'To Send'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Send out for' means...

a)     Order takeaway food by phone

b)    Read something that is difficult or takes a lot of time

c)     Think of a solution, excuse, etc.

2-'Send up' means...

a)  Meet by chance       b) Unwind          c) Imitate/impersonate for comic effect

3-'Send off' means...

a)     Post a letter         b)Discuss or argue an issue to improve a situation

c)Have sex

4-'Send for' means...

a)     Make a statement (meant negatively)

b)    Ask someone to come and help     b)Prevent something bad happening

5-'Send back' means...

a)     Test something to see if you like it or want to buy it

b)    Block a road, etc                 c)Return something

6-'Send off for' means...

a)     Offer or submit for judgement, approval    b)Order something by post

b)    Waste time doing silly things, or unsuccessful things

7-'Send in' means...

a)     Begin a speech or description      b)Leave a place for a very short time

c)Order people into a place to handle a problem

8-'Send off' means...

a)     Expel a sports player from a match                b)Like something

c)Become or do something unplanned

9-'Send in' means...

a)     Write to get information                       b)Have sex

c)Close a shop, branch or business permanently

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10-Send out' means...

a)        Retreat, move backwards b)Appear  c)Send something to a lot of people

10) Quiz for Verb: 'To Stack'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Stack up' means...

a)     Be logical, make sense      b)Encounter problems, often unexpected

c)Annoy

2-'Stack up' means...

a)     Proceed      b)Move a plant outside     c)Increase, accumulate something

3-'Stack up' means...

a)     Put things in a pile                       b)Choose

b)     Contact someone because you need or want them to do something

4-'Stack up against' means...

a)     Cause someone to spend all their money

b)    Kill                                  c)Be as good as something

5-'Stack up' means...

a)     Check in at a hotel              b)Explode           c)Accumulate

6-'Stack up' means...

a)     Have a low opinion of                  b)Hold in front of you

c)Build up the number of planes waiting to land at an airport

11) Quiz for Verb: 'To String'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'String along' means...

a)     An imperative used to attract people to a public event

b)    Wait somewhere doing nothing

c)     Deceive someone for a long time

2-'String together' means...

a)     Put words together into a coherent text

b)    Respond rudely to a person in authority

c)     Change to something different

3-'String along' means...

a)     Accompany someone because you haven't got anything better to do

b)    Sell, distribute               b)Become extinct

4-'String up' means...

a)     Do or make something very quickly

b)    Get full information from someone         c)Hang somebody

5-'String out' means...

a)     Close a business, shop, etc

b) Make something last as long as possible           c)Cut into smaller pieces

 

12) Quiz for Verb: 'To Toy'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Toy with' means...

a)     Pretend        b)Relax    c)Consider something, but not very seriously

2-'Toy over' means...

a)     Think about something       b)Tidy         c)Visit briefly

3-'Toy at' means...

a)     Inform authorities about someone's wrongdoings

b)    Visit a place without stopping or only stopping briefly

c)     Pretend to think about or think about in a casual way

4-'Toy with' means...

a)     Blush         b)Try to find someone for a task or requirement

c)Move or play with something to occupy your hands

5-'Toy with' means...

a)     Not eat much of a meal        b)Support a plan, opinion or decision

c)Stop burning, be extinguished

 

13) Quiz for Verb: 'To Whip'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Whip up' means...

a)     Inject non-medical drugs              b)Make food quickly

b)    Sign something to show you have borrowed something

2-'Whip through' means...

a)     Stop (imperative)                b)Do something quickly

c)Try not think about or feel something because it is upsetting or painful

3-'Whip out' means...

a)     Remove quickly   b)Leave a place or disappear       c)Support

4-'Whip up' means...

a)     Mix liquid food quickly to make it thick and creamy

b)    Leave a place                     b)Be as good as something

5-'Whip up' means...

a)     Make people feel more strongly about something

b)    Destroy slowly             c)Criticise something strongly

14) Quiz for Verb: 'To Break'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Break in' means...

a)     Train a horse to be ridden       b)End or finish somewhere

b)    Stop people (often police or military) going where they are needed

2-'Break through' means...

a)     Not go to school when you should      b)Pass a barrier or obstacle

c)Avoid doing something because you lack confidence

3-'Break away' means...

a)     Make something happen                       b) Return

c)Leave an organisation, usually to form a new one

4-'Break in' means...

a)     Spend a lot of money on luxuries    b)Not show emotion

c)Go into a building to steal something

5-'Break off' means...

a)     Organise, supply             b)Move in front of       c)End a relationship

6-'Break down' means...

a)     Approach without someone realizing

b)          Start crying                b)Tighten the spring in a watch or clock to make it work

7-'Break off' means...

a)     Break a piece from something   b)Produce    c)Behave in a silly way

8-'Break in' means...

a)     Marry someone of the same ethnicity, religion, etc

b)    Interrupt something       c)Lower the top half of your body

9-'Break out of' means...

a)     Take place, follow a plan or pattern

b)    Have the right to make a decision        c)Escape

10-'Break up' means...

a)     Resist       b)Break into many pieces     c)Enter a bus, train, plane, etc

15) Quiz for Verb: 'To Chuck'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Chuck out' means...

a)     Dispose of something you no longer need or want

b)     Sink                          c)Be or have enough of something

2-'Chuck in' means...

a)     Be logical, make sense         b)Give away legal or property rights

c)Make a comment

3-'Chuck up' means...

a)     Vomit, be sick             b)Be at a disadvantage

c)Stop people (often police or military) going where they are needed

4-'Chuck away' means...

a)     Put things in the correct place in a room

b)    Dispose of something you no longer need or want    c)Win easily

5-'Chuck in' means...

a)     Quit something         b)Spend time with        c)Get used to

6-'Chuck up' means...

a)     Quit something        b)Confess, admit reluctantly to something

c)Fall asleep

 

16) Quiz for Verb: 'To Draw'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Draw back' means...

a)     Slowly cease to be close to or friends with someone

b)    Compete or force to compete             c)Retreat, move backwards

2-'Draw on' means...

a)     Resist                     b)Inhale smoke from a cigarette, cigar, etc

c)Exchange something old as part of the price of something new

3-'Draw in' means...

a)     Arrive at a station (for trains)       b)Leave somewhere quickly

c)Emphasise how bad a situation is to make someone feel worse

4-'Draw into' means...

a)     Get involved in something unpleasant

b)    Cause mental, physical or emotional problems

c)     Start to have a negative feeling

5-'Draw out' means...

a)     Make something continue longer than needed

b)    Stop working, especially computers

c)     Entertain people in your home

6-'Draw on' means...

a)     Make someone confess or tell the truth        b)Pass slowly (time)

c)Leave somewhere safe or comfortable

7-'Draw down' means...

a)     Get funding      b)Have an idea          c)Use more authority than usual

8-'Draw in' means...

a)     Help someone improve        b)Get dark earlier    c)Help someone to sit

9-'Draw up' means...

a)     Find a new enthusiasm for something

b)    Be dedicated or devoted               c)When a vehicle stops

 

10-'Draw out' means...

a)     Emit                  b)Try to get           c)Make a shy person more outgoing

17) Quiz for Verb: 'To Fire'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Fire off' means...

a)     Send quickly, angrily or many (letter, emails, etc)

b)    Betray, report to authorities                 c)Fit

2-'Fire up' means...

a)     Excite, become excited             b)Hit and injure someone

c)Fail to keep a promise

3-'Fire away' means...

a)     Ask questions              b)Destroy, break into many pieces

c)Save money

4-'Fire off' means...

a)     Censor text so that words cannot be read

b)     Shoot, fire a gun (usually repeatedly)       c)Deal with a problem

5-'Fire up' means...

a)     Start a computer          b)Persuade or convince someone

b)    Have a good relationship

18) Quiz for Verb: 'To Grow'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Grow up' means...

a)  Accompany a guest to your front door when they are leaving your house

b)    Chase somebody or something away

c)     Mature, become adult

2-'Grow out of' means...

a)     Grow too large for clothes             b)Leave at high speed

c)Commit someone in such a way that they cannot leave

3-'Grow apart' means...

a)     Stop noticing something               b)Receive news

c)Become distant, stop having a close relationship because time, distance, interests, etc, have changed

4-'Grow out of' means...

a)     Lose interest as you grow older or become more mature

b)    Extinguish a cigarette     c)Prevent something bad happening

5-'Grow away from' means...

a)     Go to the airport, station, etc., to say goodbye to someone

b)    Become less friendly with

c)     Try to understand something by taking a different perspective

6-'Grow into' means...

a)     Develop or change over time to fit something

b)    Get very cloudy              c)Be out of bed

7-'Grow into' means...

a)     Mature or change into       b)Leave a place

c)Borrow money from a bank or other official lender

8-'Grow back' means...

a)     Not be serious, not use something properly

b)     Grow again                    c)To invite someone for a date

9-Grow into means

a)     Take to another place quickly          b)Grow to fit large clothes

c)Support

10 – Grow from means:

a)     Expel       b)Exit a computer system      c)Result from a process

19) Quiz for Verb: 'To Kick'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Kick down' means...

a)     Break something with your feet             b)Meet by accident

c)The words represented by certain initials

2-'Kick off' means...

a)     Make a cheque payable to somebody             b)Die

c)Make people compete against each other so that you benefit

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3-Kick off' means...

a)  Hold tightly        b)To cut a line of cocaine     c)Start a game of football

4-'Kick in' means...

a)     Have a good time by spending a lot of money

b)    When a drug starts to take effect             c)Turn a computer off

5-'Kick in' means...

a)     Break something with your feet

b)     Get lost, go away (used as imperative)             c)Save money

6-'Kick around' means...

a)     Get lost, go away (used as imperative)

b)    Have an arrangement                  c)Discuss

7-'Kick about' means...

a)     Take illegal drugs                   b)Release or publish     c)Discuss

8-'Kick off' means...

a)     Argue, protest and refuse to co-operate

b)    Be on a committee                          c)Assess

9-'Kick up' means...

a)     Cause trouble or pain                   b)Blush

c)Help someone avoid doing something

10-'Kick out' means...

a)     End a relationship                b) Expel

c)When the wind forces something to fall

20) Quiz for Verb: 'To Set'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Set up' means...

a)     Remove, get rid of      b)Be nearly a certain period of time

c)Prepare equipment, software, etc., for use

2-'Set off' means...

a)     Attend a university              b)Explode a bomb

b)    Make something bigger or produce bigger products

3-'Set forth' means...

a)     Move backwards, of a tide    b)Start a journey   c)Visit many places

4-'Set in' means...

a)     Contact              b)Stop people or animals fighting

c)Change season noticeably

5-'Set about' means...

a)     Continue walking         b)Relax, do nothing   c)Start doing something

6-'Set off' means...

a)     Ask for money            b)Start a journey

b)    Start functioning (machines, etc)

7-'Set up' means...

a)     Have sex with someone, especially casual sex

b)     Start a company           c)Get work, etc, up to date

8-'Set out' means...

a)     Check something very carefully             b)Display, show

c)Be received by people, in terms of their reaction

9-'Set off' means...

a)     Come to nothing, produce no results

b)    Ring an alarm                         c)Make very secure

10-'Set forth' means...

a)     State or outline an opinion

b)    When floods or waves completely remove a structure, building, etc

c)     Start a machine, originally with a handle

21) Quiz for Verb: 'To Stand'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Stand aside' means...

a)     Clear a table in a restaurant          b)Attack

c)Leave a position so that someone else can take it

2-'Stand up to' means...

a)     Not pay attention        b)Grow too large for clothes

c)Keep your principles when challenged by an authority

3-'Stand for' means...

a)     Don't touch, leave alone                  b)Accept or tolerate behaviour

c)Connect machines to the electricity supply

4-'Stand up' means...

a)     Stop light from entering or leaving

b)    Punish someone after they have been doing something wrong for a long time

c)     Move from a sitting or lying down to a vertical position

5-'Stand up to' means...

a)     Give as an explanation         b)Resist damage

c)Wait till something has finished, usually something unpleasant

6-'Stand back' means...

a)     Be less serious                    b)Waste time

c)Try to understand something by taking a different perspective

7-'Stand down' means...

a)     Finish being asked questions in a court

b)    Behave in a silly way              c)Retreat or go backwards

8-'Stand back' means...

a)     Continue                    b)Make a copy of computer data

c)Keep a distance from something

9-'Stand by' means...

a)     Be ready and waiting for something to happen

b)    Change TV channels repeatedly     c)Treat someone badly or unfairly

10-'Stand up' means...

a)     Fail to keep an appointment                  b)Return

c)Not be noticed (problems, errors, etc

22) Quiz for Verb: 'To Take'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Take on' means...

a)     Keep as long as possible      b)Spend a lot of money buying something

b)    Allow passengers on a ship or plane

2-'Take back' means...

a)     Make something straight       b)Move at the same rate

c)Retract a statement, admit that something was wrong

3-'Take back' means...

a)     Go on a journey            b)Make someone nostalgic

c)Control negative emotions

4-'Take off' means...

a)     Change to something different

b)    Make great progress                        c)Give assistance

5-'Take off' means...

a)     Reduce the price of an item

b)    Become excited and lose control              c)Form groups or teams

6-'Take out' means...

a)     Not go home              b)Avoid, not come

c)Borrow money from a bank or other official lender

7-'Take in' means...

a)     Display, show                      b)Make clothes smaller

c)Have a good relationship with someone

8-'Take up' means...

a)     Take medication or drugs, especially when they affect the person badly

b)    Make clothes shorter

c)     Wait for something better or refuse something now for something better in the future

9-'Take out' means...

a)     Irritate someone or increase their stress level, especially if done deliberately

b)    Obtain insurance           c)Persuade, convince

10-'Take up' means...

a)     Affect people of different groups, classes, etc

b)    Put as line through some writing to show it is wrong

c)     Start a new hobby, pastime, etc.

23) Quiz for Verb: 'To Wind'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

1-'Wind down' means...

a)     Cause someone to remember          b)Relax  c)Fulfill an ambition or fantasy

2-'Wind down' means...

a)     Become unfashionable           b)Slowly close a business or rganization

c)Wait for something to happen without making any effort

3-'Wind up' means...

a)     Force someone out of a place, job, position, etc              

b)    Reduce expenditure

c)     Irritate someone or increase their stress level, especially if done deliberately

4-'Wind up' means...

a)  Close a company because it's unprofitable    b)Visit a place to check something

b)                   Employ someone for something specific           

5-'Wind up' means...

a)     Precede                     b)Have a certain result

c)Tighten the spring in a watch or clock to make it work

6-'Wind on' means...

a)     Make an attempt to get something     b)Keep something near you

c)Forward a film or tape to a certain point

  

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