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Quiz for Verb: 'To Bang'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Bang out' means...

a) Employb) Retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an argument
c) Play a musical instrument loudly

 

'Bang up' means...

a) Destroy, ruin                                  b) Damage badly
c) Start doing or taking something

 

'Bang around' means...

a) Try to improve something, usually making things worse
b) Die                             c) Move in a place making a lot of noise

 

'Bang about' means...

a) Move away                                     b) Move in a place making a lot of noise
c) Move quickly to where someone is

 

'Bang on about' means...

a) Keep talking about something                   b) Get someone into trouble
c) Divide into groups

 

'Bang up' means...

a) Retreat from a position                                       b) Put someone in prison
c) Travel abroad, leave a place


 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Buy'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

 

'Buy in' means...

a) Destroy, break into many pieces               b) Be or have enough of something
c) Force a CD or record into the charts by buying lots of copies

 

'Buy off' means...

a) Pay someone to stop them causing trouble
b)Progress                                                  c) Find a solution

 

'Buy out' means...

a) Buy somebody's share in a company        b) Slow the progress of something
c) Have a sexual relationship outside marriage or a permanent relationship

 

'Buy up' means...

a) Say something angrily          b) Use something to your advantage
c) Buy all of something

 

'Buy into' means...

a) Look in different places for something                b) Accept an idea
c) Buy all of something

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Close'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

 

'Close up' means...

a) Control someone or something to stop them causing more trouble
b) Move closer together            c) Shoot, fire a gun (usually repeatedly)

 

'Close in upon' means...

a) Get near someone                b) Result or develop from           c) Visit

'Close in on' means...

a) Gradually become attached, united or close                 b) Avoid
c) Get near someone

'Close out' means...

a) Bring something to an end              b) Leave somewhere safe or comfortable
c) State your opinions about something, especially when talking for a long time and boringly

'Close down' means...

a) Stop an opponent being a challenge                   b) Return something
c) Pay someone illegally as part of the price

'Close up' means...

a) Try to destroy an opponent             b) Completely close something
c) Criticise harshly or punish someone for something

'Close in' means...

a) Approach, get near               b) Hoist, raise a flag                 c) Pun

'Close off' means...

a) Comment on something said earlier in a conversation
b) Wrap or tie things together             c) Block a place to stop people entering

'Close out' means...

a) Become a candidate, apply for something
b) Close or stop using                        c) Make a quick note

'Close down' means...

a) Waste time                           b) Close a shop, branch or business permanently
c) Become very disturbed or angry

Quiz for Verb: 'To Drop'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Drop round' means...

a) Deliver                                 b) Head in a certain direction
c) Want something a lot, especially if you shouldn't want it or can't have it

'Drop out' means...

a) Quit a course
b) Stay at home because someone is going to visit
c) Force an animal or someone to leave a place

'Drop someone in it' means...

a) Increase support or interest                      b) Get someone into trouble
c) Mark something on a list as done

'Drop around' means...

a) Push an attacker away                   b) Increase quickly, grow                   c) Deliver

'Drop back' means...

a) Force a person to leave or go away b) Have an electronic device switched on
c) Move towards the back of a group

'Drop off' means...

a) Take something or someone to a place and leave it or them there.
b) Give or contract work to someone else
c) Marry someone of the same ethnicity, religion, etc

'Drop off' means...

a) Sell a house or business to move somewhere or do something different
b) Decrease in number or amount                           c) Feel strange

'Drop in' means...

a) Visit without having made arrangements             b) Collide into at speed
c) Enter one's mind

'Drop by' means...

a ) Start doing something, usually without planning
b) Put something back in the correct place                       c) Pay a brief visit

'Drop off' means...

a) Fall asleep             b) Cause mental, physical or emotional problemsc) Ruin, spoil

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Fly'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Fly about' means...

a) Become extinct or disappear                    b) Resolve a problem   c) Circulate (rumours, etc)

'Fly at' means...

a) Introduce people, hoping they will start a relationship
b) Criticise or shout angrily                 c) Pay a short visit, call

'Fly into' means...

a) Change emotion quickly        b) Eat very small amounts         c) Offer help

'Fly at' means...

a) Rob with violence or threats thereof
b) Have a certain weight (in sports like boxing)                c) Attack

'Fly by' means...

a) When time appears to move quickly                   b) Lie or deceive someone
c) Bring something with you when you visit

'Fly around' means...

a) Reduce or remove                          b) Circulate (rumours, etc)
c) Repeat something over a period of time to make someone remember it

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Hand'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Hand in' means...

a) Submit work for appraisal               b) Place or ranking in a competition, etc.
c) Start eating

'Hand back' means...

a) Return               b) Follow a belief system to guide your behaviour             c) Research

'Hand over' means...

a) Give                  b) Leave a place for a very short time                     c) Deceive

'Hand on' means...

a) Transmit knowledge to the next generation
b) Stop talking on the phone                                   c) Go away

'Hand down' means...

a) Start functioning                                       b) Give a formal decision c) Have an electronic device switched on

'Hand out' means...

a)Distribute           b)Pay for drinks              c)Give away legal or property rights

'Hand down' means...

a) Leave a place, escape                    b) Pass on to the next generation
c) Talk to someone you are sexually interested in to get them interested in you

'Hand on' means...

a) Accept whatever is available                    b) Give to someone else
c) Look in a place to try to find something

Quiz for Verb: 'To Knock'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Knock around' means...

a) Discuss casually                                      b) Discuss
c) Be sexually unfaithful when away from home

'Knock up' means...

a) Destroy, ruin     b) When something in the sea or river is left on the shore or bank
c) Become or get someone pregnant.

'Knock down' means...

a) Prevent someone from leaving                           b) Hit and injure someone
c) Open into a place, for a door or window

'Knock out' means...

a) Disturb or trouble someone       b) Hit and make somebody unconscious   c) Cost

'Knock out' means...

a) Stay somewhere until you die                   b) Wait for a result before being able to make a decision            c) Sell, distribute

'Knock down' means...

a) Demolish           b) Improve a skill quickly                    c) Sell, distribute

'Knock about' means...

a) Spend time in a place waiting or doing nothing or very little
b )Make or persuade someone to accept something of lower quality than they wanted
c) Beat someone

'Knock off' means...

a) Explain quickly    b) Finish work for the day          c) Agree, be connected or support

'Knock up' means...

a) Play a bit before a match to get ready       b) Face up to someone, withstand criticism      c) Continue past a certain point

'Knock it off!' means...

a) Stop doing something annoying                b) Keep company, normally bad
c) Criticise strongly or angrily

Quiz for Verb: 'To Mark'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Mark down' means...

a) Target, focus                                 b) Prepare someone mentally
c) Reduce the price of something

'Mark up' means...

a) Increase the price of something                b) Display, show             c) Scold

'Mark down as' means...

a) Consider someone or something to be of a certain group, type, etc.
b) Accompany someone into an office                    c) Applaud

'Mark out from' means...

a) Behave indecisively                        b) Start eating enthusiastically
c) Stand out because of certain qualities

'Mark out for' means...

a) Waste time                           b) Be defeated                 c) Show promise for the future

'Mark down' means...

a)Give a student a lower grade for a particular reason
b) Retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an argument
c) Pay a brief visit

'Mark out' means...

a) Slow make progress                       b) Draw lines to enclose an area
c) Open a particular computer program that requires a name and password

'Mark off' means...

a) Give ownership or responsibility to someone                          b) Get fat
c) Tick, cross out or otherwise mark something to show that it has been dealt with

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Play'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Play along' means...

a) Get ready for a busy period                      b) Delay when travelling
c) Pretend to agree or accept something in order to keep someone happy or to get more information

'Play with' means...

a) Begin life, a career or existence      b) Consider something, but not seriously
c)Become covered with ice (lake, river, pond, etc)

'Play up to' means...

a)Start eating greedily                                  b) Wait
c) Flatter someone

'Play up' means...

a) Behave badly              b)Make a quick visit                           c)Make a request

'Play on' means...

a) When the wind moves something from a place
b) Continue playing a sport though there might be a reason to stop
c) Meet or find accidentally

'Play out' means...

a) Be unnecessarily long           b) Progress, often till it finishes           c) Look at something, revise

'Play out' means...

a) Begin life, a career or existence               b) Fall asleep
c) Pretend that something is real and reduce its effect

'Play upon' means...

a) Exploit a weakness               b) Read aloud rather than silently        c) Fall

'Play off' means...

a) Make people compete against each other so that you benefit
b) Massage or rub someone to help them relax                          c) Employ

'Play away' means...

a) Try not think about or feel something because it is upsetting or painful
b) Put things in the correct place in a room  
c) Be sexually unfaithful when away from home

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Root'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Root around' means...

a) Postpone                    b) Look in a place to try to find something
c) Visit many different places

'Root up' means...

a) Exchange something old as part of the price of something new
b) Dig a plant out of the ground                     c) Write something completely

'Root for' means...

a) Kiss and pet                b) Annoy                         c) Support

'Root about' means...

a) Look in a place to try to find something
b) Worry or trouble                                       c) Finish

'Root out' means...

a) Assess a situation or person carefully.
b) Find the source of a problem and remove it                  c) Be submitted, arrive

'Root out' means...

a) Rain so heavily that an event has to be cancelled         b) Look for and find
c) Allow or give away a run while pitching (baseball)

  

Quiz for Verb: 'To Settle'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Settle up' means...

a) Go out for a short time          b) Pay a debt                  c) Accumulate

'Settle down' means...

a) Start living a fixed and routine life
b) Act in a dangerous or reckless way, especially when driving fast
c) Change emotion quickly

'Settle in' means...

a) Provide information               b) Open a business                   c) Get used to

'Settle for' means...

a) Go to someone                     b) Persuade or convince someone
c) Accept whatever is available

'Settle on' means...

a) Agree                b)Begin life, existence or a career       c) Think about an issue

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Start up' means...

a) Continue with something difficult or unpleasant
b)Open a business                    c) Slow the progress of something

'Start on' means...

a) To target b) Confirm that something is correct             c) Criticise angrily

'Start over' means...

a) Extend your middle finger as a gesture of contempt
b) Begin something again                             c) Look for something hurriedly

'Start up' means...

a) When an engine starts working
b) Accept something less satisfactory because there's no alternative
c) Cut off funding for a project

'Start up' means...

a) Sit or stand upright because someone has surprised you
b) Ruin, spoil                                      c) Fulfill an ambition or fantasy

'Start off' means...

a) Begin life, a career or existence
b) Break the surface of soil                                    c)Damage a car badly

'Start on' means...

a) Convince something that something is real
b) Begin to use or consume                          c) Sleep somewhere for the night

'Start off' means...

a) Commit to make a payment                      b) Make someone laugh
c) Start to suspect

'Start out' means...

a) Give someone a name to remember another person     b) Begin a journey
c) Accept something less satisfactory because there's no alternative

'Start off on' means...

a) Help someone to start a piece or work or activity                             b) Trick
c) Do something out of a car

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Talk'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Talk into' means...

a) Stop someone or force them to change direction
b) Persuade someone to do something                  
c) Change to something different

'Talk down to' means...

a) Talk in a way to show your superiority not communicate
b) Form a group against something or someone
c) Take something or someone to a place and leave it or them there.

'Talk over' means...

a) Discuss                                b) Look for something hidden or secret
c) Charge more for something

'Talk up' means...

a) Try to communicate and establish good relations with people
b) Make something appear more important or significant than it really is
c) Behave in a reckless way

'Talk through' means...

a) Start to dislike                      b) Look for something hidden or secret
c) Guide someone through an issue

'Talk down' means...

a) Be bad (of food)          b) Want to leave a relationship or arrangement
c) Try to make something sound less important

'Talk back' means...

a) Abuse someone because you're angry                b) Be at home or at work
c) Respond rudely to a person in authority

'Talk out of' means...

a) Persuade someone not to do something    b) Buy larger or more expensive items
c) Not go to bed because you are waiting

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Try'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Try for' means...

a) Leave somewhere safe or comfortable
b) Open a computer program that requires a name and password
c) Make an attempt to get something

'Try back' means...

a) Talk to someone to try to attract them sexually
b) Compete or force to compete                             c) Phone back

'Try out' means...

a) Put a mark on an item in a list when it has been dealt with
b) Test                                                        c) Not change

'Try it on' means...

a) Target                                            b) Extend part of your body
c) Provoke someone by being annoying or behaving badly

'Try out' means...

a) Have a good relationship
b) Test something to see if you like it or want to buy it               c) Accept eagerly

'Try it on' means...

a) Catch fire very quickly                             b) Develop a company
c) Attempt to get something, usually by deceit, without great hopes of success

'Try out for' means...

a) Make or persuade someone to accept something you don't want
b) Be tested for a sports team                                c) Add

'Try on' means...

a) Put clothes on to see if they fit                  b) Take to another place quickly
c) Move through somewhere where there is little space or there are obstacles

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Try'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Try for' means...

a) Leave somewhere safe or comfortable
b) Open a computer program that requires a name and password
c) Make an attempt to get something

'Try back' means...

a) Talk to someone to try to attract them sexually
b) Compete or force to compete                             c) Phone back

'Try out' means...

a) Put a mark on an item in a list when it has been dealt with
b) Test                                                        c) Not change

'Try it on' means...

a) Target                                  b) Extend part of your body
c) Provoke someone by being annoying or behaving badly

'Try out' means...

a) Have a good relationship
b) Test something to see if you like it or want to buy it               c) Accept eagerly

'Try it on' means...

a) Catch fire very quickly                             b) Develop a company
c) Attempt to get something, usually by deceit, without great hopes of success

'Try out for' means...

a) Make or persuade someone to accept something you don't want
b) Be tested for a sports team                                          c) Add

'Try on' means...

a) Put clothes on to see if they fit                  b) Take to another place quickly
c) Move through somewhere where there is little space or there are obstacles

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Be'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Be on about' means...

a) Put something back in the correct place                       b) Mean, try to say
c) Arrive somewhere, especially if late

'Be snowed under' means...

a) Have too much work                                b) Harass, bully
c) Eat a food as part of an animals diet

'Be off' means...

a) Appear              b) Depart, leave              c) Make someone less confident

'Be not on' means...

a) Make clothes bigger              b) Be unacceptable          c) Disapprove or be scornful

'Be taken with' means...

a) Exploit, use to your advantage        b) Like something  c) Appear unexpectedly

'Be up' means...

a) Be out of bed               b) Vomit, be sick             c) Damage a car badly

'Be taken aback' means...

a) Cause someone to feel attraction or pleasure
b) Escape                                 c) Be shocked or surprised

'Be out' means...

a) Waste time doing unimportant things                  b) Cheat, treat badly
c) Be absent from a place

'Be in on' means...

a) Be involved in                                          b) Begin a journey
c) Abuse someone because you're angry

'Be out to' means...

a) Fall silent                    b) Cause trouble or pain                      c) Attempt

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Write'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Write down' means...

a) Kiss, pet or have sex with someone          b) Make notes                 c) Finish

'Write up' means...

a) Make complete written version        b) Do badly or fail            c) Have sex

'Write off' means...

a) Destroy a car in an accident                     b) Fail to keep an appointment
c) Ingratiate yourself with someone

'Write in' means...

a) Think about an issue or problem               b) Appear to have a negative quality
c) Send a letter to a TV station, etc.

'Write out' means...

a) Write something completely            b) A phrase that was used a greeting
c) Be less successful

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Call'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Call up' means...

a) Telephone                   b) Not treat someone well, not keep agreements, etc
c) Talk to someone to try to attract them sexually

'Call in' means... a) Get someone to come and do a job                     b) Remove, get rid of
c) Leave a place

'Call in' means...

a) Make something disappear quickly                     b) Stop and visit
c) Report someone to a person in authority

'Call for' means...

a) Require                                b) When a plane departs or leaves the ground
c) Talk boringly for a long time

'Call off' means...

a) Score a goal or point when losing                       b) Cancel
c) To do the same activity for a very long time

'Call for' means...

a) Find the answer or solution                       b) Become less friendly with
c) Telephone for something

'Call for' means...

a) When a vehicle stops                     b) Demand                      c) Block light

'Call back' means...

a) Break or damage                            b) Look in a place to try to find something
c) Return a phonecall

'Call for' means...

a) Park a car and obstruct another car          b) Go to collect something
c) Start doing something new and different

'Call on' means...

a) Help someone to sit                                 b) Stand straight
c) Ask someone to do something, especially to speak in public. (Formal)

Quiz for Verb: 'To Call'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Call up' means...

a) Telephone                   b) Not treat someone well, not keep agreements, etc
c) Talk to someone to try to attract them sexually

'Call in' means...

a) Get someone to come and do a job           b) Remove, get rid of       c) Leave a place

'Call in' means...

a) Make something disappear quickly                              b) Stop and visit
c) Report someone to a person in authority

'Call for' means...

a) Require                                b) When a plane departs or leaves the ground
c) Talk boringly for a long time

'Call off' means...

a) Score a goal or point when losing                                b) Cancel
c) To do the same activity for a very long time

'Call for' means...

a) Find the answer or solution                       b) Become less friendly with
c) Telephone for something

'Call for' means...

a) When a vehicle stops                     b) Demand                      c) Block light

'Call back' means...

a) Break or damage                            b) Look in a place to try to find something
c) Return a phonecall

'Call for' means...

a) Park a car and obstruct another car          b) Go to collect something
c) Start doing something new and different

'Call on' means...

a) Help someone to sit                                 b) Stand straight
c) Ask someone to do something, especially to speak in public. (Formal)

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Eat'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Eat in' means...

a) Rob using weapons                                  b) Eat at home
c) Derive pleasure or benefit from something

'Eat up' means...

a) Consume something you don't want to be consumed
b) Travel abroad, leave a place                     c) When a computer stops working

'Eat up' means...

a) Eat all of something              b) Find something be smell (usually for dogs)
c) Cause someone to remember

'Eat away' means...

a) Destroy slowly                      b) Cause someone to feel attraction or pleasure
c) Start doing something new and different

'Eat up' means...

a) Make trouble for someone, fail to keep promises          b) Consume
c) Keep an eye on something or someone to check that there's no trouble

'Eat into' means...

a) Take something to pieces     b) Use something valuable when you don't want to
c) Lock a place to stop someone leaving

'Eat out' means...

a) Want something a lot, especially if you shouldn't want it or can't have it
b) Make someone feel sick or ill                                       c) Eat in a restaurant

  

Quiz for Verb: 'To Fob'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Fob off with' means...

a) Like something that you didn't like at first                     b) Include or involve
c) Make or persuade someone to accept something of lower quality than they wanted

'Fob off on' means...

a) Make or persuade someone to accept something you don't want
b) Hit with a vehicle        
c) Approach a footballer illegally to get them to change teams

'Fob off' means...

a) Force to retire or withdraw from membership, a job, etc
b) Criticise                                         c) Lie or deceive someone

'Fob off' means...

a) Make or persuade someone to accept something
b) Criticise                                         c) Fail to keep a promise

'Fob off onto' means...

a) Spend time doing very little or being unproductive
b) mprove a skill quickly
c) Make or persuade someone to accept something you don't want

'Fob off with' means...

a) Make or persuade someone to accept something of lower quality than they wanted
b) Avoid                                    c) Make people feel more strongly about something

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Hang'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Hang back' means...

a) Not move forwards to avoid doing something
b) Get to the bottom of something, get detailed data
c) To deplete by consumption or heavy spending

'Hang out' means...

a) Extinguish candles, matches, etc.                      b) Spend time socially
c) Force someone out of their job or position

'Hang up on' means...

a) Betray, report to authorities                                b) Arrive      c) End a phone call with someone

'Hang about!' means...

a) Get involved in something unpleasant       b)Make something disappear quickly
c) Stop what you're doing and pay attention to me

'Hang together' means...

a) Yield, surrender, retreat                            b) Substitute someone temporarily
c) Work together when things are difficult

'Hang over' means...

a) Worry or trouble                             b) Simplify, reduce to the essentials
c) Treat someone badly or unfairly

'Hang onto' means...

a) Lie or deceive someone        b) Lower the top half of your body       c) Keep

'Hang around' means...

a) Stay somewhere when on a journey
b) Stay in a place                      c) Not go home

'Hang up' means...

a) End a phone call                   b) Behave in a silly way            c) Perform a task

'Hang on' means...

a) Exclude a possibility             b) Wait                           c) Make something happen

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Lash'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Lash out on' means...

a) Not include                  b) Spend a lot of money buying something              c) Blush

'Lash down' means...

a) Be blocked with ice                                  b) Fall heavily (rain)                  c) Signal at a vehicle to get it to stop

'Lash down' means...

a) Stay near someone                                  b) Turn upside down
c) Secure something with ropes or cords

'Lash out at' means...

a) Exclude             b) Become calm or regain control of your emotions
c) Criticise someone or shout at them

'Lash out against' means...

a) Suddenly experience a strong emotion      b) Make something happen
c) Criticise something strongly

'Lash out' means...

a) Suddenly become violent                          b) Reach inside something quickly
c) Sing something loudly

'Lash out' means...

a) React angrily                                           b) Repulse, force back
c) When a plane departs or leaves the ground

'Lash into' means...

a) Change a system                                     b) The passing of time
c) Criticise someone strongly

'Lash out at' means...

a) End in an unsuccessful way                               b) Improve (weather)
c) Hit someone suddenly, usually without warning, or try to hit them

'Lash out' means...

a) Do badly or fail                               b) Spend a lot of money on luxuries
c) Enter a bus, train, plane, etc.

Quiz for Verb: 'To Measure'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Measure up' means...

a) Keep an eye on something or someone to check that there's no trouble
b) Begin a romantic relationship
c) Be good enough, meet the required standard

'Measure against' means...

a) Surrender, accept defeat                          b) Evaluate or judge by comparison
c) Make photocopies

'Measure out' means...

a) Start doing something after stopping for some time
b) Reduce by a small amount              c) Measure or weigh the amount needed

'Measure off' means...

a) Measure something and mark the point where it ends or will be cut
b) Shut out or exclude by unfriendly treatment
c) Think of someone or something in a particular way

'Measure up' means...

a) Buy somebody's share in a company
b) Demolish                                        c) Find the size of something


Quiz for Verb: 'To Plough'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Plough through' means...

a) Move through somewhere where there is little space or there are obstacles
b) Keep                                                        c) Annoy

'Plough into' means...

a) When the wind forces something to fall                        b) Collide into at speed
c) Consider all the possibilities and outcomes of a situation

'Plough through' means...

a) Consume                                       b) Cope without having something
c) Read something that is difficult or takes a lot of time

'Plough up' means...

a) Close or stop using                                  b) Break the surface of soil
c) Convince something that something is real

'Plough back' means...

a) Re-invest money you have made into a business
b) Try hard to find or get something
c) Pretend something is better than it is in order to sell it

'Plough through' means...

a) Decide not to do something or not to be involved with it any longer
b) Eat a big meal                      c) Obstruct an exit to prevent people from leaving

'Plough on' means...

a) Fall                             b) Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc.
c) Continue doing something you don't want to

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Rub'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Rub out' means...

a) Look after children while their parents are out
b) Delete ink or pencil with an eraser                               c) Relax, do nothing

'Rub up on' means...

a) Revise                                  b) Stop being angry with someone
c) Perform something with actions and gestures.

'Rub off on' means...

a) Pass a quality or characteristic to people           b) Order someone to stop attacking
c) Disappoint, fail to keep an arrangement

'Rub down' means...

a) Dry or clean something with a cloth
b) Bring someone or something to certain place
c) Rob with violence or threats thereof

'Rub out' means...

a) Kill                              b) Sleep somewhere less comfortable than normal
c) Reduce to zero, cancel, remove

'Rub up against' means...

a) Finally understand what is going on
b) Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way       
c) Maintain a safe distance

'Rub along' means...

a) Talk more loudly                             b) Have a reasonably good relationship
c) Become known

'Rub down' means...

a)Emit                             b) Massage or rub someone to help them relax
c) Become dimmer

'Rub it in' means...

a) Emphasise how bad a situation is to make someone feel worse
b) Ring an alarm                                 c) Ask for help

'Rub in' means...

a) Surrender, give in                           b) Get involved in something unpleasant
c) Apply a substance like cream or ointment and rub it until it is absorbed

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Shoot'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Shoot up' means...

a) Raise a car to be able to do mechanical work
b) Increase quickly                                                c) Become

'Shoot off' means...

a) Consider something, but not seriously
b) Go into a building to steal something                  c) Leave promptly and quickly

'Shoot up' means...

a) Continue or start doing something            b) Damage with gun-shots
c) Arrange the sheets, duvet or blankets to make someone, usually a child, comfortable in bed

'Shoot up' means...

a) When an engine or motor stops
b) Criticise, when you can't take criticism in return          
c) Increase quickly, grow

'Shoot back' means...

a) When a feeling can be seen despite attempts to conceal it
b) Be small enough to wear something                                      c) Return quickly

'Shoot out' means...

a) Pass a barrier or obstacle                                  b) Go out for a short time
c) The minimum expected

'Shoot away' means...

a) Begin to use or consume                                             b) Come somewhere
c) Leave somewhere quickly

'Shoot up' means...

a) Return a phonecall                          b) Take (illicit) drugs intravenously.
c) Try to make something sound less important

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Stay'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Stay out' means...

a) Not go home               b) Finish                         c) Simplify, reduce to the essentials

'Stay up' means...

a) Sew something so that it is closed            b) Tie or fasten something securely
c) Not go to bed

'Stay on' means...

a) Cause a problem to occur                         b) Remain longer than anticipated
c) Experience different times

'Stay away from' means...

a) Open your eyes wide in surprise               b) When an engine or motor stops
c) Avoid, not come

'Stay in' means...

a) Enjoy something a lot                               b) Not go out
c) Start doing something again after an interruption

'Stay over' means...

a) Stay overnight                                b) Fail to keep an appointment
c) Not go to school or work, or leave early when you shouldn't

'Stay away' means...

a) Move backwards, of a tide                                 b) Not come
c) Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way

Quiz for Verb: 'To Stay'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Stay out' means...

a) Not go home               b) Finish                         c) Simplify, reduce to the essentials

'Stay up' means...

a) Sew something so that it is closed
c) Tie or fasten something securely                                 b) Not go to bed

'Stay on' means...

a) Cause a problem to occur                         b) Remain longer than anticipated
c) Experience different times

'Stay away from' means...

a) Open your eyes wide in surprise               b) When an engine or motor stops
c) Avoid, not come

'Stay in' means...

a) Enjoy something a lot                                        b) Not go out
c) Start doing something again after an interruption

'Stay over' means...

a) Stay overnight                                         b) Fail to keep an appointment
c) Not go to school or work, or leave early when you shouldn't

'Stay away' means...

a) Move backwards, of a tide                                 b) Not come
c) Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Tuck'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Tuck in' means...

a) Be involved in                                 b) Leave work or school early
c) Start eating enthusiastically

'Tuck in' means...

a) Eat a big meal                                b) Explain quickly
c) Tidy the ends of items of clothing by placing them inside something

'Tuck away' means...

a) Read something that is difficult or takes a lot of time
b) Put something in a safe place                            c) Help a baby or child sleep

'Tuck away' means...

a) Quote figures rapidly                                b) Eat a lot
c) Light or start smoking a cigarette

'Tuck in' means...

a) Kill                                       b) Forward a film or tape to a certain point
c) Arrange the sheets, duvet or blankets to make someone, usually a child, comfortable in bed

'Tuck into' means...

a) Discard something when no longer needed
b) Blush                                             c) Start eating something

'Tuck up' means...

a) Arrange the sheets, duvet or blankets to make someone, usually a child, comfortable in bed
b) Go bad                                           c) Spend money

Quiz for Verb: 'To Bear'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Bear up under' means...

a) Become established or successful over time      b) Remove by burning or similar process
c) Cope with something difficult or stressful

'Bear out' means...

a) Sunset                                  b) Confirm that something is correct
c)Decline an invitation or opportunity

'Bear down on' means...

a) Destroy a car in an accident           b) Move towards             c)Spend time with

'Bear up' means...

a) Arrive home                b) Resist pressure           c) Become friendly with, ingratiate with

'Bear with' means...

a) Be patient                                                          b) Leave somewhere
c) Continue doing something despite difficulties

'Bear out' means...

a) Follow someone closely, normally when they don't want your company
b) Prepare a contract                                   c) Confirm that something is correct

'Bear on' means...

a) Manage to pass                    b) Move away                 c) Influence, affect

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Crack'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Crack up' means...

a) Return something                                              b) Cheat, treat badly        c) Have bad reception on a mobile phone

'Crack on' means...

a) Be small enough to wear something
b) Continue doing something with energy                         c) Leave a place

'Crack up' means...

a) Damage a car badly                                 b) Go away!
c) Not disclose information or make it public

'Crack up' means...

a) Make someone unhappy or upset                       b) Have a nervous breakdown
c) Visit someone, often without making an arrangement

'Crack down on' means...

a) Mean, try to say                             b) Add something that wasn't planned
c) Use more authority than usual

'Crack up' means...

a) Finally understand what is going on                    b) Burst out laughing
c) Spend time doing very little or being unproductive

 

Quiz for Verb: 'To Carry'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Carry forward' means...

a) Make something progress                        b) Pretend to be something
c) Stop someone doing something

'Carry forward' means...

a) Sell a house or business to move somewhere or do something different
b) Depart, leave                                  c)Include a figure in a later calculation

'Carry out' means...

a) Do a lot to try to help or please someone
b) Food bought from a restaurant to take away
c) Damage something inside a machine

'Carry through' means...

'Carry on' means...

a) Go away on a bike, horse, etc                                      b) Continue
c) Start (conversation, relationship)

'Carry out' means...

a) Land (planes)                                           b) Perform a task
c) Notice something that most people don't

'Carry off' means...

a) Place a golf ball on a short plastic or wooden stick before hitting it at the start of a hole.
b) Win, succeed                                 c) Stop noticing something

'Carry off' means...

a) Die of a disease          b) Stab or wound deeply with a knife, sword, etc.
c) Produce, usually quickly or in large amounts without much regard to quality

'Carry over' means...

a) Continue past a certain point
b) Stop increasing, reach the highest point             c) Put something in a safe place

'Carry on with' means...

a) Remove or tidy            b) Have an affair    c) Be late or near an arranged time


 

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