Choose a verb in column A with a preposition in column B to make a phrasal verb to complete the sentence:

1. Someone called my name, and I ................. to see who it was.

2. Janice ................... one problem after another at work yesterday.

3. He pulled and pulled, but the blowing ball did not ............................

4. We haven't ....................... Linda for ages.

5. I don't really .............. for wiinter sports very much.

6. The principal told me you'd been ..................... the test.

7. They should be ...................... the meeting in a few minutes.

8. Young people think that drugs are harmless, but they'll ................... their foolishness someday.

9. After he started drinking heavily, their marriage stared to ..................

10. People who live in the city ....................... their car braked faster than people who live in the countryside.

Choose a verb in column A with a preposition in column B to make a phrasal verb to complete the sentence:

1. Someone called my name, and I ................. to see who it was.

2. Janice ................... one problem after another at work yesterday.

3. He pulled and pulled, but the blowing ball did not ............................

4. We haven't ....................... Linda for ages.

5. I don't really .............. for wiinter sports very much.

6. The principal told me you'd been ..................... the test.

7. They should be ...................... the meeting in a few minutes.

8. Young people think that drugs are harmless, but they'll ................... their foolishness someday.

9. After he started drinking heavily, their marriage stared to ..................

10. People who live in the city ....................... their car braked faster than people who live in the countryside.

I.B.  Choose a verb and a preposition from the boxes and write phrasal verbs in their correct form to complete the sentences below. (5 marks)

1.  I ........................................ some interesting information about John the other day.

2.  Who’s going to ....................................... the children while you’re away?  

3.  I'm going to ........................................... with my homework until it's finished.

4.  I couldn’t understand the lecture so I just ..............................................  

5.  I am trying to ................................................. chips and other fast food, but it isn't easy! 

III. Choose the correct form of a phrasal verb from the box to replace the words in italics in the sentences below. Put the verbs in the correct tense.

            work out    get up       turn off      put on       go out       take off       wake up

 1. I (1) stopped sleeping …………………………………..very early this morning.

2. I (2) stop sleeping and get out of bed ……………..…………………..at 7 o’clock during the week.

3. She (3) removed ……………………………….……..her jacket as she came in.

4. I (4) donned ………………………………….…a coat and left the house.

  5. He (5) left the house for a social activity ……………………………………….with some friends.

  6. She (6) does physical exercise ………………………………….in the local gym every day.

7. Is the computer turned on? Will you (7) stop it working by pressing a button, please?

Part 5. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each once only. There is one extra phrasal verb which you do not need to use. 

56. That woman certainly tried hard to ..... her abilities.

57. When I was looking through my papers, I .........this picture.

58. Did the workers ............the foreman’s instructions carefully?

59. Is the committee going to ...........his application for admission?

60. Should we ..........the lesson now or ...it .....until later tonight?

Part 6. Fill in each gap with a correct preposition. 

61. When you join a club, you have to abide ………… its rules.

62.  The student was punished for acting ………… in class.

63. It suddently came ………… her that she should become a teacher.

64. If we can’t afford a car, we’ll just have to do ………… one.

65. We all burst ………… laughing when the monitor hid his imitation of our English teacher.

IV. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make sentences. ( 1.5 points)

*Complete each of the following sentences with a phrasal verb from the box. Change the form of the verbs if necessary.

   go on    set up       take off       find out          get over       dress up  cheer up          apply for                  turn back                   pull down

39. It took me a few days to ……………………my flu.

40. They ……………………the old cinema to build a new shopping mall.

41. You need to ……………………your shoes before going inside the house.

42. Mary was very unhappy last week, but she has ……………………now.

43. We’ve ……………………a really good restaurant near the central station.

44. A committee has been ……………………to organize social events for the students

45. The mountain climbers had to ……………………because they were exhausted.

46. We really can’t ……………………living like this – we’ll have to find a bigger house.

47. Professor Colin Evers ……………………a job at a famous university in Sydney.

48. You don’t need to ……………………to go to the mall – jeans and a T-shirt are fine.