PHRASAL VERBS-CUTTING EDGE ADVANCED

1. I’m trying to _______________ all this new technology. (try to understand)
1. catch up on
2. catch up with
3. catch off
4. catch in
Could you _________ at Sarah’s and pick up my books for me? (short visit)
1. drop in
2. come up
3. come in
4. drop up
Would you mind ______ your cigarette _____, please?
1. put off
2. put out
3. put over
4. put on
Are you planning to ____ to university after you finish school ?
1. go over
2. go out
3. go in
4. go on
No one in this singing group should ______ as a separate voice. (be noticeable)
1. stand on
2. come out
3. stand out
4. come off
_________ any clothes you want to throw away and give them to me. (organise)
1. clear out
2. work out
3. go over
4. sort out
When I was sent to prison I really felt I had ____ my parents _____ (disappoint)
1. let down
2. let off
3. get down
4. get off
Do you think many people will _________ at the exhibition? (appear)
1. turn off
2. turn up
3. turn out
4. turn on
She ________ really well on television. (creates a positive image, impression)
1. comes across
2. comes off
3. comes out
4. comes over
Hardly a day _______ when I don’t think about her. (pass)
1. goes over
2. goes off
3. goes by
4. goes past
We don’t have much time so I’ll quickly ______ the main points of the document. (look at, check)
1. come over
2. go over
3. go to
4. come to
We were ________ Wellington when our track broke down. (go)
1. heading to
2. going over
3. getting to
4. heading for
Have you ______ your history essay yet? (give)
1. handed in
2. handed out
3. handed off
4. handed away
I can’t _______ going to the dentist any longer. (postpone)
1. put out
2. put off
3. call off
4. call out
What points ___ at the meeting? (mention, discuss)
1. came out
2. went up
3. went out
4. came up
Could you look at this list of names and check that I haven’t ______ anyone ______? (omit)
1. miss out
2. miss off
3. leave off
4. let off
The council has planned to _____the old factory_____ a residence for poor children. (change)
1. turn out
2. turn into
3. turn off
4. turn over
They__________ the old warehouse to build a new supermarket. (demolish)
1. pulled out
2. pulled off
3. pulled down
4. pulled over
When you live in a country you soon _______ the language. (learn)
1. pick up
2. pick out
3. take out
4. take up
We’ve _______ paper for the photocopier. (use all)
1. run over from
2. run out of
3. run out
4. run off
She ________ with his boyfriend over his ex-girlfriend and they split up. (quarrel)
1. fell out
2. fell off
3. fell over
4. fell in
Why did you have to ____ me ____ in front of everyone like that? (criticise)
1. put out
2. put over
3. put off
4. put down
I’d like to ____things ____ with my wife first. (discuss)
1. talk off
2. talk over
3. go over
4. go on
Every time I ask John about his feelings for Kate he just______ (not to show emotions)
1. closes down
2. closes up
3. closes off
4. closes out
How does Gina _________ her colleagues?(to have a friendly relationship with somebody)
1. get up with
2. get on about
3. get on
4. get on with
I _______her moodiness _________to the stress she was under. (to explain the reason for something, especially when you are only guessing)
1. put down
2. put off
3. put up
4. put over
They claimed they had been beaten up by the muggers after leaving the restaurant (to hurt someone badly by hitting them)
1. beat off
2. beat on
3. beat over
4. beat up
Who will _________ now Ellis has resigned? (to take control of something)
1. take up
2. take over
3. take on
4. take in
She _____ her first teaching job in 1950. (to start a new job or responsibility)
1. take up
2. take on
3. take in
4. take over
She'll chat away happily for hours on the phone. (to talk in a friendly way, especially about things that are not important, for a period of time)

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