Exercises on phrasal verbs [bài tập về cụm động từ]

EXERCISES ON PHRASAL VERBS 
[BÀI TẬP VỀ CỤM ĐỘNG TỪ] 
1. It was the third time in six months that the bank had been held _____ . 
A. over 	B. down 	 	C. up 	D. out 
2. I always run _____ of money before the end of the month. 
A. out 	B. back 	C. up 	D. down 
3. It's taking me longer to get _____ the operation than I thought. 
A. through 	B. by 	C. up from 	D. over 
4. I've just spent two weeks looking _____an aunt of mine who's been ill. 
A. at 	B. for 	C. out for 	D. after 
5. I've always got _____ well with old people. 
A. off 	B. on 	C. in 	D. through 
6. It's very cold in here. Do you mind if I turn _________ the heating? 
A. down 	 	B. away 	C. off 	D. on 
7. They've _____ a new tower where that old building used to be. 
A. put up 	B. put down 	C. pushed up 	D. pushed down 
8. Stephen always wanted to be an actor when he ________ up. 
A. came 	B. grew 	C. brought 	D. settled 
9. The bus only stops here to ________ passengers. 
A. alight 	B. get on 	C. get off 	D. pick up 
10. If anything urgent comes _____, you can contact me at this number. 
A. across 	B. by 	C. up 	D. round 
11. Your daughter's just started work, hasn't she? How's she getting _____? 
A. by 	B. on 	C. out 	D. in 
12. We had to turn _______ their invitation to lunch as we had a previous engagement. 
A. over 	B. out 	C. up 
13. While driving to work, we ran out____ gas. 
D. down 
A. up 	B. of 	C. in 
14. He died ____ heart disease. 
D. to 
A. from 	B. because 	C. of 
15. The elevator is not running today. It is ________ order. 
D. in 
A. to 	B. out 	C. out of 
16. I explained ____ him what it meant. 
D. in 
A. to 	B. about 	C. over 
D. from 
17. Pasteur devoted all his life _______ science. 
A. for 	B. in 	C. on 	D. to 
18. House cats are distantly related ___ lions and tigers. 
A. in 	B. to 	C. of 	D. about 
19. Is this type of soil suitable ___ growing tomatoes ? 
A. for 	B. about 	C. in 	D. at 
20. Were you aware _____ the regulations against smoking in this area ? 
A. in 	B. with 	C. of 	D. about 
21. One meter is approximately equal _____ a yard. 
A. about 	B. on 	C. to 	D. with 
22. Jane doesn't spend much money _____ clothes. 
A. over 	B. about 	C. at 	D. on 
23. She always takes good care _____ her children. 
A. for 	B. in 	C. of 	D. with 
24. William insists _____ getting up early, even on weekends. 
A. on 	B. to 	C. toward 	D. for 
25. What does this symbol refer_____ ? 
A. on 	B. to 	C. for 	D. toward 
26. The accident resulted _____ several minor injuries. 
A. on 	B. in 	C. of 	D. at 
27. Congratulations _____ your success! 
A. to 	B. on 	C. in 	D. up 
28. Mrs. Liz was accused _____ having stolen the car. 
A. of 	B. with 	C. in 	D. upon 
29. We are here to provide you _____ the best service possible. 
A. of 	B. with 	C. to 	D. for 
30. He has been absent _____ school very often lately. 
A. from 	B. on 	C. in 	D. with 
31. Vehicles also account _____ air pollution in the cities. 
A. on 	B. at 	C. for 	D. in 
32. Last night I was invited _____ a formal get-together and I enjoyed myself a great deal. 
A. to 	B. at 	C. for 	D. about 
33. The police blamed the mother_____ neglecting her child. 
A. to 	B. for 	C. with 	D. of 
34. They prevented me _____ talking to that woman . 	 
A. from 	B. on 	C. with 	D. at 
35. Take the number 7 bus and get __________ at Forest Road. 
A. up 	B. down 	 	C. off 	D. outside 
36. If you want to join this club, you must__________ this application form. 
A. make up 	B. write down 	C. do up 	D. fill in 
37. The water company will have to_______ off water supplies while repairs to the pipes are carried ___________. 
A. take/in 	B. cut/out 	C. set/up 	D. break/to 
38. He wanted to______ off all his work before he came to the cinema with us. 
A. finish 	B. stop 	C. end 	D. put 
39. They were 30 minutes later because their car _______ down. 
A. got 	B. put 	C. cut 	D. broke 
40. That problem is _______ them. We can’t make _______ our mind yet. 
A. out off/on 	B. up to/up 	C. away from/for 	D. on for/off 
41. Brian asked Judy________ to dinner and a movie. 
A. out 	 	B. on 	 	C. for 	 	D. of 
42. My wife backed me _______ over my decision to quit my job. 
A. down 	 	B. up 	 	C. of 	 	 	D. for 
43. The racing car _______ after it crashed into the fence. 
A. blew out 	 	B. blew over 	C. blew up 	 	D. blew down 
44. Our car ________ at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. 
A. broke into 	B. broke away 	C. broke in 	 	D. broke down 
45. Mike _________ Alaska, so he's used to cold weather. 
A. comes over 	B. comes in 	 	C. comes across 	D. comes from 
46. Jane had a difficult childhood. She _______ a broken home. 
A. came from 	B. came over 	C. came in 	 	D. came up with 
47. The woman _______ when the police told her that her son had died. 
A. broke down 	B. broke away 	C. broke in 	 	D. broke into 
48. Our teacher broke the final project _______ into three separate parts. 
A. in 	 	 	B. into 	 	C. away 	 	D. down 
49. Somebody _______ last night and stole our stereo. 
A. broke off 	 	B. broke in 	 	C. broke out 	 	D. broke up 
50. The firemen had to break _______ the room to rescue the children. 
A. off 	 	B. up 	 	C. out 	 	D. into 
51. The bomb_______ when he rang the bell. 
A. went over 	B. went on 	 	C. went out 	 	D. went off 
52. No one really believed it when the news came through that the "Titanic" had _______ on her maiden voyage. 
A. gone over 	B. gone on 	 	C. gone down 	D. gone off 
53. Does this jacket_______ my trousers? 
A. go with 	 	B. go through with 	C. go ahead 	 	D. go off 
54. He _______ about his new car all the time. 
A. goes over 	B. goes on 	 	C. goes out 	 	D. goes off 
55. Do you think you could _______ this work with me some time, Peter? 
A. go over 	 	B. go on 	 	C. go out 	 	D. go off 
56. We have permission to_______ with the plan. 
A. go ahead 	B. go over 	 	C. go on 	 	D. go off 
57. I know you find the course boring, Pauline, but since you've started it, you might as well _____ it. 
A. go with 	 	B. go through with C. go ahead 	 
58. The building of the new bridge will_______ as planned. 
D. go off 
A. go up 	 	B. put up 	 	C. go out 	 
59. I see the price of bread has _______ again. 
D. go ahead 
A. gone up 	 	B. put up 	 	C. gone out 	 
D. fallen out 
60. He was caught shop - lifting but since this was his first offence he was_______ with a warning. 
A. gone out 	 	B. gone ahead 	C. fallen out 	 	D. let off 
61. She _______ her father; everyone says how alike they are! 
A. takes after 	B. takes off 	C. falls out 	D. lets off 
62. There was a power cut and all the lights _______. 
A. went up 	B. put up 	C. went out 	D. went ahead 
63. You look upset, Sven. Have you and Niger _______ again? 
A. gone out 	B. gone grey 	C. fallen out 	D. let off 
64. Paul, do you think you could ____ me ____ for the night? It's a bit too late to go home now. 
A. let me off 	B. go me out 	C. fall me out 
65. Children made their hair_______. 
D. put me up 
A. go out 	B. go grey 	C. fall out 
66. The doctor asked me to _______ my shirt. 
D. let off 
A. put off 	B. take off 	C. take out 
67. Shall we go somewhere _______ a drink? 
D. put out 
A. for 	B. from 	C. to 
68. Everyone can _______ in this school activity. 
D. of 
A. take off 	B. take on 	C. take part 
69. Do you want to stop in this town, or shall we _______? 
D. take 
A. turn on 	B. turn off 	C. go on 
70. Who will ________ the children while you go out to work? 
D. look after 
A. look for 	B. look up 	C. look after 
D. look at 
71. Please ________ the light, it’s getting dark here. 
A. turn on 	B. turn off 	C. turn over 
72. The nurse has to _________ at the midnight 
D. turn into 
A. take care 	B. take on 	C. take over 
73. There is an inflation. The prices __________. 
C. take off 
A. are going on 	B. are going down 	C. are going over 
74. Remember to _______ your shoes when you are in a Japanese house. 
D. are going up 
A. take care 	B. take on 	C. take over 
75. You can __________ the new words in the dictionary. 
C. take off 
A. look for 	B. look after 	C. look up 
76. It’s cold outside. __________ your coat. 
D. look at 
A. Put on 	B. Put down 	C. Put off 
77. Frank never turns up on time for a meeting. 
D. Put into 
A. calls 	B. arrives 	C. reports 
78.Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. 
D. prepares 
A. do 	B. let 	C. delay 
79. My father still hasn’t really recovered from the death of my mother. 
D. leave 
A. looked after 	B. taken after 	C. gone off 
D. got over 
80. The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town. 
A. went on 	B. went out 	C. went off 	D. went away 
81. John, could you look after my handbag while I go out for a minute. 
A. take part in 	B. take over 	C. take place 	D. take care of 
82. Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn’t get _______ his boss. 
A. up to 	B. on for 	C. on well with 	D. in with 
83. Why do they ______ talking about money all the time? 
A. keep on 	B. give up 	C. take after 	D. stop by 
84. My father gave up smoking two years ago. 
A. liked 	B. continued 	C. stopped 	D. enjoyed 
85. The government hopes to _________ its plans for introducing cable TV. 
A. turn out 	B. carry out 	C. carry on 	D. keep on 
86. When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to _____ the gas supply to the flat. 
A. cut down 	B. cut out 	C. cut off 
87. I was born in Scotland but I ________ in Northern Ireland. 
D. cut up 
A. grew up 	B. raised 	C. brought up 
88. Both Ann and her sister look like her mother. 
D. rose 
A. take after 	B. take place 	C. take away 
89. I’ll be back in a minute, Jane. I just want to try out my new tape recorder. 
D. take on 
A. resemble 	B. test 	C. arrive 
D. buy 
90. She got angry when they started to. her private life. 
A. ask for 	B. enquire after 	C. ask about 
91. She ran in a marathon last week but. after ten kilometers. 
D. enquire with 
A. dropped out 	B. closed down 	C. broke up 
92. Gertrude takes.her mother; she has blue eyes and fair hair too. 
D. made up 
A. in 	B. up 	C. after 
93. It took him a long time to . the death of his wife. 
D. down 
A. take away 	B. get over 	C. take off 
D. get through 
94. There were so many kinds of cameras., and I didn't know which to buy. 
A. to choose 	B. choosing from 	 
C. chosen 	D. to choose from 
95. Billy hasn't been working; he won't. his examinations. 
A. get off 	B. get through 	C. keep up 
96. They arrived. the airport. good time for the plane. 
D. keep off 
A. in - on 	B. to - in 	C. at - in 
97. Did Mr. Tan. the class while Miss Fiona was ill in hospital? 
D. to - for 
A. take away 	B. take over 	C. take up 
98. Paula applied for the post but she was.. 
D. take off 
A. turned down 	B. checked out 	C. kept under 
99. If orders keep coming in like this, I'll have to. more staff. 
D. pushed ahead 
A. give up 	B. add in 	C. gain on 
100. Why do they. talking about money all the time? 
D. take on 
A. keep on 	B. side with 	C. take after 
D. work off 
101. In addition to Mr. Thomas and Miss White, the principal. attend the school party. 
A. is likely 	B. is going to 	C. are likely 	D. are going to 
102. We were too tired to wash ________ after the meal. 
A. over 	B. out 	C. up 
103. Do you want to stop in this town, or shall we _______? 
D. on 
A. turn on 	 	B. turn off 	 	 	C. go on 	 
104. Who will ________ the children while you go out to work? 
D. look after 
A. look for 	 	B. look up 	 	 	C. look after 
105. Please ________ the light, it’s getting dark here. 
D. look at 
A. turn on 	 	B. turn off 	 	 	C. turn over 
106. The nurse has to _________ at the midnight. 
D. turn into 
A. take care 	B. take on 	 	 	C. take over 
107. There is an inflation. The prices __________. 
D. take off 
A. are going on 	B. are going down 	 	C. are going over 
 	D. are going up 
108. Remember to _______ your shoes when you are in a Japanese house. 
A. take care 	B. take on 	 	C. take over 
109. You can __________ the new words in the dictionary. 
D. take off 
A. look for 	 	B. look after 	C. look up 	 
110. It’s cold outside. __________ your coat. 
D. look at 
A. Put on 	 	B. Put down 	C. Put off 	 
111. Frank never turns up on time for a meeting. 
D. Put into 
A. calls 	 	B. arrives 	 	C. reports 	 
112. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. 
D. prepares 
A. do 	 	B. let 	 	C. delay 	 
D. Leave 
113. My father still hasn’t really recovered from the death of my mother. 
A. looked after 	B. taken after 	C. gone off 	 	 	D. got over 
114. The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town. 
A. went on 	 	B. went out 	 	C. went off 	 	 	D. went away 
115. John, could you look after my handbag while I go out for a minute. 
A. take part in 	B. take over 	C. take place 	 	D. take care of 
116. Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn’t get _______ his boss. 
A. up to 	 	B. on for 	 	C. on well with 
117. Why do they ______ talking about money all the time? 
D. in with 
A. keep on 	 	B. give up 	 	C. take after 
118. My father gave up smoking two years ago. 
D. stop by 
A. liked 	 	B. continued 	C. stopped 	 
D. enjoyed 
119. The government hopes to _________ its plans for introducing cable TV. 
A. turn out 	 	B. carry out 	C. carry on 	 	 	D. keep on 
120. When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to _____ the gas supply to the flat. 
A. cut down 	B. cut out 	 	 	C. cut off 	 	 	D. cut up