21606 intemediate phrasal verbs test

A – REPLACE THE WORDS IN BRACKETS WITH THE FOLLOWING PHRASAL VERBS.
Don’t forget to make any necessary changes:
TO BE ABOUT TO – TO BE OVER – TO BREAK DOWN (2) – TO BREAK INTO – TO BREAK OUT –
TO BRING UP (2) – TO BUMP INTO – TO CALL BACK – TO CALL OFF
a.
b.
c.
d.

I ____________ ( be going to ) to leave my flat when my friends arrived.
As the lift ___________ (stop working) , we had to walk up the stairs.
When the football match ____________ (finish) , we went to a pub to have a drink.
The tournament was __________ (cancel) because they feared further riots in the

area.
e. I ____________ (meet unexpectedly) Susan on the underground the other day
f. A tall man in his forties ___________ (enter a building by force) the school and
burnt all the exams.
g. My grandmother ___________ (start crying) when she heard that a fire
___________ (start) in her house while she was on holidays in Italy.
h. My parents ________ me ______ (raise) strictly.
i. The baby was crying so much that I thought she´d ____________ (vomit) her
j.

breakfast.
Sandra phoned while you were out and she asked me to tell you to (return a
phone call ) _________ her _______ ASAP.

B – REPLACE THE WORDS IN BRACKETS WITH THE FOLLOWING PHRASAL VERBS.
Don’t forget to make any necessary changes:
TO CALL ON – TO CALM DOWN – TO CHECK OUT – TO CHOP UP – TO COME IN(TO) – TO

COUNT ON – TO CUT DOWN ON – TO DO AWAY WITH – TO DO WITHOUT – TO DO UP
a. On our way back home, we could _________(visit) my parents if we have time.
b. A lot of restrictions on imports will be ________________ (get rid of / eliminate )
c. _____________ (cut in pieces) the onions and the pepper and then fry them for 2
minutes.
d. You can always __________(rely on) him for good advice.
e. After crashing into a tree, Susan managed to ____________ (make sbd feel more
f.
g.
h.
i.

relaxed) his son.
I had lost my keys so I couldn’t ___________ (enter) the house until Sam arrived.
I was 6 before I knew how to __________ (arrange / tie..) my shoelaces.
The supermarkets are shut, so we´ll have to ___________ (manage without) milk
You´ll have to ______________ (reduce the amount ) pork sausages or you´ll have

j.

a heart attack
I was asked to ___________ (leave) before 10:00 but I was allowed to leave my
luggage at the hotel until pick-up time.

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C – REPLACE THE WORDS IN BRACKETS WITH THE FOLLOWING PHRASAL VERBS.
Don’t forget to make any necessary changes:
TO DROP OFF – TO END UP DOING STH – TO FALL OUT WITH – TO FIGURE OUT – TO GET

ACROSS – TO GET AWAY WITH – TO GET OVER – TO GIVE IN – TO GIVE UP – TO GO AHEAD –
TO HAND IN – TO HANG UP – TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH – TO LET DOWN – TO LOOK
DOWN ON – TO LOOK FORWARD TO – TO LOOK INTO
a. What´s “a wiki”? “I´m not sure but I think it __________ something _________ (be
related to ) internet sites.
b. You´ll put on weight if you don´t __________ (stop doing sth) eating so many
hamburgers and stuff like that.
c. My ex-girlfriend ___________ (end a phone call) when I phoned her over the car
we used to share
d. I´m driving into town. Can I ___________ (take to a place) somewhere?
e. I expected the weekend to be wonderful but I ____________ (eventually do )
f.

sleeping at the airport surrounded by rubbish bags and lunatics .
The families of the victims feel that the justice system _________ them _____

(disappoint, fail to support)
g. Sally __________ (despise, consider less important) her classmates because her
parents are well-off and she has the latest gadget whereas they can´t afford
them.
h. I´m really _____________ (be excited about) working with you on this new project.
i. “It´s boiling hot here. May I open the window? “ __________ (do sth) “
j. Sam ___________ (become angry with )his girlfriend because she wouldn´t go to
last week´s football match with him
k. The police ___________ (investigate) last week´s disturbance
l. She was trying to convince me to go with her for half an hour and although I didn
´t want to, in the end I __________ (reluctantly agree)
m. I really tried hard but I found it impossible to __________ the message ______
(communicate )
n. At six o´clock , all the students had to _________ (give) their exams

o. Let´s ____________ (discover, decide) a way to help
p. He was lucky, he ______________ (escape the consequences of ..) cheating at the
exam.
q. It was hard at the beginning but he eventually ___________ (recover from) the
divorce.

D – REPLACE THE WORDS IN BRACKETS WITH THE FOLLOWING PHRASAL VERBS.
Don’t forget to make any necessary changes:
TO LOOK OUT – TO LOOK UP – TO LOOK UP TO – TO MAKE UP – TO PASS OUT – TO PICK UP –
TO PUT OUT – TO PUT UP – TO PUT UP WITH – TO RUN INTO – TO RUN OUT OF – TO SET OFF

a. We ____________ (have nothing left) petrol, so we had to go to work by bus
b. She has always ___________ (admire) her mother for her determination and good
will
c. We had to ___________ (accept without complaint) the inconvenience

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d.
e.
f.
g.

Guess who I _________ (meet unexpectedly) at the cinema yesterday?
We __________ (start on a journey) to Barcelona at six o´clock to avoid the traffic
__________ (be careful , take care)! The road is icy and you might slip and fall
He spent two weeks in Paris and he __________ (learn unconsciously) a lot of

French words.

h. When I went to Egypt last year, I __________ (lose consciousness) twice because
i.

of the heat.
When I went to Madrid, my cousin ______me ____ (provide lodging for) for the

night
j. Please _______ that cigarette _______. Smoking is forbidden inside the museum
k. When you don´t know how to say a word in English, do you _______ it _____ in a
l.

dictionary or on the Internet?
If you __________ an excuse, we can go to the tennis match instead of going
shopping with her.

E – REPLACE THE WORDS IN BRACKETS WITH THE FOLLOWING PHRASAL VERBS.
Don’t forget to make any necessary changes:

TO SET UP – TO SHOW OFF – TO STICK TO – TO SPLIT UP – TO TAKE OFF – TO TAKE ON – TO
TAKE UP- TO TELL OFF – TO TURN OUT TO BE -TO TURN DOWN (2)- TO TURN UP – TO USE
UP

a. Emily´s boyfriend ____________ (become something in the end) a polygamist
who preyed on rich women.
b. We ____________ (start a business, organization…) a fund to buy food for the
needy.
c. I was so mad at Bob that I _______ him _______ (scold someone) for scratching
my new car
d. She ____________ (not accept, reject sth or sbd) John´s invitation.
e. This restaurant normally ____________ (hire) two or three waiters during the

summer.
f. Pam , _____________ (diminish the intensity, volume …) the radio, will you?
g. I couldn´t ___________ (remove clothes ) my coat in the hospital since the
central heating didn´t work and it was very cold.
h. She _________ (finish the supply) the olive oil and I had to fry the potatoes in
i.

sunflower oil.
We said we´d give her the cash on Friday and we have to ___________ (do as you
promised /believe..) our agreement.

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j.

Many old friends ___________ (arrive) at my 25 th birthday party, some of them

uninvited.
k. “Why is he saying that? “ “he´s just ____________ (say things or behave in such
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a way as to make an impression) to impress her.
I remember crying my eyes out when the Beatles ____________ (separate from

one another)
m. He ___________ (start a hobby) DIY when he inherited his grandfather´s tools.

A
a. Has

a. Was about to
b. Had broken
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

i.
j.

something to
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

had

down
g. Looks down

broken

C

Ran out of
Looked up to

Put up with
Ran into
Set off
Look out
Picked up
Passed out
Put me up
Put
the

cigarette out
k. Look it up
l. Make up

on
h. Looking

me

up
Bring up
Call her back

forward to
i. Go ahead
j. Fell out with
k. Are looking

B
a.

b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

do with
Give up
Hung up
Drop off
Ended up
Has let them

down
Was over
Called off
Bumped into
Broke into
Broke down /

out
h. Brought

a.
b.
c.

d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

into
l. Gave in
m. Get

Call on
Done away with
Chop up
Count on
Calm down
Come into
Do up
Do without
Cut down on
Check out

the

message
across
n. Hand in
o. Figure out
p. Got

away
with
q. Got over

E
a. Turned out to
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.

be
Set up
Told him off
Turned down
Takes on
Turn down
Take off
Used up
Stick to
Turned up
Showing off

Split up
Took up

D

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