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)
1. chat up
2. chat on
3. chat off
4. chat away
Don't forget to ________ your immigration card before we land. (to complete an official document such as an application form or a questionnaire)
1. fill out
2. fill in
3. fill over
4. fill away
Could you _________ these books to the other students? (to give something by hand to each member of a group of people)
1. hand out
2. hand in
3. hand up
4. hand over
Stop __________ and help me move this furniture.(to behave in a silly way when you should be working or paying attention)
1. messing around
2. handing around
3. messing up
4. hanging up
You can ________ the answer by adding these figures together.(to calculate an answer, amount, value or result)
1. work on
2. work out
3. work in
4. work up
My dad came to ____ me ____at the bus station.(to go to the airport, station etc. to say goodbye to somebody)
1. see up
2. take off
3. see off
4. take up
We found Doug in a bar trying to _________ a waitress.(to talk to someone in a way that shows you are sexually attracted to them)
1. chat up
2. chat away
3. talking up
4. talking away
I'm sure you'll have no problems ______ once you get to know your new colleagues. (to be accepted by other people in a group because you have the same attitudes and interests)
1. chatting up
2. fitting in
3. going on
4. growing up
If you live in a city as big as this, you just have to _____huge traffic jams at rush hour. (to accept an unpleasant person or situation without complaining)
1. come up with
2. get away with
3. miss out on
4. put up with
After three hours, he still hadn't appeared. I was forced to _____an excuse for him. (invent)
1. do up
2. make up
3. put up
4. turn up
I'm very fond of Hugo, but he's a non-stop talker. I wish he'd _____ occasionally. (stop talking)
1. close down
2. close up
3. shut down
4. shut up
Unfortunately, I failed to _____ the signs that Mary was about to resign from her job. (to notice something that other people have not noticed)
1. come across
2. get on with
3. pick up on
4. take on
I'm afraid Mr. Dawson isn't in the office today. I'll _____you____to Caroline, his personal assistant. (to connect someone to another person by telephone)
1. get through
2. put through
3. go through
4. come through
Dave Kay introduces a new phone-in, where members of the public have the chance to _______about the issues of the day. (to express strong emotions about something, especially when you are complaining very angrily)
1. sound on
2. sound off
3. talk away
4. chat away

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