EX1:

1.       Hundreds of people _______ to see the stone sculpture at the foot of the mountain.

A. brought out                           B. closed down                    C. saw through                    D. turned up

2.       The weather was perfect when we _______ but it was raining when we got back.

A. brought out                           B. got on                               C. turned up                         D. set off

3.       A few days ago, I ______ a very rare CD while I was looking for a gift to give my friend.

A. came across                          B. brought up                      C. took off                             D. blew up

4.       In Viet Nam, you shouldn’t _____ at somebody’s house on the l ^st day of the New Year unless you have been invited by the house owner.

A. show up                                  B. get up                               C. put up                               D. go up

5.       If you're not sure what something means, _____ in your dictionary or use your electronic dictionary for help.

A. check up                 B. look up                             C. pick up                              D. turn up

6.       If you're not sure what something means, _____ in your dictionary or use your electronic dictionary for help.

A. check up                 B. look up                             C. translate                          D. interpret

7.       Do you know what CFC ____?

A. stand up                                 B. get on                               C. stands for                         D. gets down

8.       Ecotourism means travel to areas of natural or ecological interest to ______ wildlife and learn about the environment.

A. look at                                     B. look up                             C. look into                           D. look down

9.       Ecotourism means travel to areas of natural or ecological interest to ______ wildlife and learn about the environment.

A. look at                                     B. look up                             C. look into                           D. look down

10.   Fish, poultry, beans or nuts ____ half of their dinner plate.

A. join in                                      B. hurried up                        C. make up                           D. hang up

11.   Many elderly people have to live on the money they _______ when they were working.

A. laid up                                     B. put back                           C. set up                                D. put aside

12.   Our school _______ for the summer holidays on the 10^th of July.

A. Breaks up                               B. breaks down                   C. breaks off                         D. breaks in

13.   He tried to join the army but he was ________ because of his poor health.

A. tried out                                 B. put out                             C. turned off                        D. turned down

1.       We _______ at six in the morning on our drive to the Grand Canyon.

A. set off                                      B. take off                             C. go off                                D. run off

2.       Unfortunately, I _______ Bob for his poor performance.

A. smiled at                B. shouted at                       C. stared at                          D. talked to

3.       I am late because my alarm clock didn’t _______ this morning.

A. come on                 B. ring out                            C. go off                 D. turn on

4.       A new study group has been _______ by the United Nations.

A. set up                                      B. set on                               C. put up                               D. put on

5.       He kept his marriage a secret for years, but eventually the truth ______ .

A. went in                                   B. went off                           C. came out                         D. came through

6.       The bomb exploded in the garage; fortunately, no one hurt.

A. put on                                     B. went off                           C. go out                               D. kept up

7.       It took me a very long time to recover from the shock of her death.

A. turn off                                   B. take on                             C. get over                            D. keep up with

8.       He did not particularly want to play any competitive sport.

A. Use up                                     B. do with                             C. take up                             D. go on

9.       I am tired because I went to bed late last night.

A. stayed up                               B. kept off                            C. put out                             D. brought up

10.   Our parents have raised us to be good citizen.

A.      grown up                             B. depend on                       C. brought up                      D. kept in

11.   Candidates are requested to _______ the form to the admissions officer by July 25th.

A. fill out                                      B. show up                           C. pass over                          D. hand in

12.   Peter is disappointed at not getting the job, but he will _______ it soon.

A. take on                                    B. get over                            C. go through                       D. come over

13.   A lot of research in medical science has been _______ to improve human health.

A. made up                 B. carried out                       C. taken up                           D. given off

14.   A lot of research in medical science has been _______ to improve human health.

A. made up                 B. carried out                       C. taken up                           D. given off

15.   Many parents tend to make their children study hard in the belief that good education will enable them to _______ in the future.

A. turn up                                    B. get on                               C. get out                              D. turn away

16.   I want to lose weight so I am _______ on cakes and sweets.

A. cutting down                         B. keeping down C. turning off                       D. giving up

17.   I really want to become a pilot when I _______ .

A. grow up                                  B. talk about                        C. agree with                       D. get up

18.   What chemical is this? It’s _______ a horrible smell.

A. giving over                             B. giving off                          C. giving down     D. giving up

19.   We _______ with a swim in the lake.

A. got out                                    B. took up                             C. cooled off                        D. gave in

20.   We need to send to the conference a representative that we can _______.

A. find out                                   B. count on                           C. catch on                           D. stand for

EX 2:

1.       I'll ______ the name of the shop for you.

A. look after                 B. find out                            C. work out                          D. turn down

2.       It took her a long time to _______ illness.

A. move in                                    B. give in                               C. get over                            D. go on

3.       She is always nervous when the plane ______.

A. moved out                               B. set off                               C. goes back                         D. takes off

4.       Can you ______ this order, please?

A. set out                                      B. switch off                         C. run out                             D. deal with

5.       He was driving his new sports car very fast just to show off. ______ a minute!

A. Get off                                     B. Carry out                          C. Run up                              D. Hold on

6.       Sue has ______ smoking, but now she can’t stop eating junk food!

A. closed down                          B. put out                             C. given up                           D. crossed out

7.       Harvey didn’t want to tell his boss the real reason why he was late, so he ______ a story about a crash having blocked up the road.

A. made up                 B. look for                             C. spoke for                          D. watched out

8.       Since more than 50 percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce, about half of the children in America must ______ in single-parent homes.

A. grow up                                  B. bring up                            C. come out                         D. go off

9.       Hardly a day ______ when I don’t think about her.

A. goes through                         B. goes back                         C. goes down                       D. goes by

10.   It’s high time you decided to ______ the post or not.

A. look at                                     B. put up                               C. apply for                           D. make up

11.   Charles Dickens was born near Portsmouth, Hampshire on 7 February 1812, but relocated to and ______ in Camden Town in London.

A. grew up                                  B. came back                       C. brought up                      D. left out

12.   Bernard Trevisan was born in 1406 but didn’t ______ until 1490; living to the age of 84 was unusual in the period of the Italian Renaissance.

A. set back                                  B. pass away                        C. kill off                                D. die out

13.   During his long life, Trevisan never ______ looking for a way to turn base metals into gold.

A. pulled off                                B. held down                        C. gave up                             D. put up

14.   Such approaches should be supported and mainstreamed in health interventions in order to _______ positive behavior change.

A. put off                                     B. bring about                     C. hold up                             D. set off

15.   “What ______ your flight?” “There was a big snowstorm in Denver that delayed a lot of flights”.

A. delayed up                             B. postponed up                 C. held up                             D. hung up

16.   This is Bob speaking. I need my pocket calculator. Can I have it back tomorrow? I can’t _______ it.

A. do with                                   B. do without                       C. deal with                          D. deal without.

17.   She promised to _______ her cigarette smoking to five a day.

A. cut down                                B. give up                             C. give away                        D. cut up

18.   The bus only stops here to _______ passengers.

A. get off                                     B. pick up                              C. take away                        D. get on

19.   The lorry ______ the boy on the safety crossing in the main street.

A. fell down                                B. knocked down                C. put down                         D. ran across

20.   We’d better stop soon. Otherwise, we’ll _______ of gas.

A. run out                                    B. go off                                C. get off                               D. get on

EX 1: Choose the best answer.

31. We_______ at six in the morning on our drive to the Grand Canyon.

A. Set off / out                                    B. take off                             C. go off                                D. run off

32. When I was staying in German last year, I_______ quite a lot of German.

A. Picked up                                         B. picked over     C. picked out                       D. picked on

33. After Joe’s mother died, he was _______ up by his grandmother.

A. Brought                                            B. taken                                C. grown                               D. drawn

34. Unfortunately, I had to _______ Bob for his poor performance.

A. Tell off                                              B. shout at                            C. tell about                         D. talk to

35. We are going for a drink now. Why don’t you _______?

A. Follow up                                        B. follow after                    C. come along                     D. come with

36. Don’t worry about trying to catch the last train home, as we can easily _______ you up for the night.

A. Take                                  B. set                                     C. put                                     D. keep

37. I am late because my alarm clock didn’t _______ this morning.

A. Come on                                          B. ring out                            C. go off                 D. turn on

38. He furiously told the beggar to ________.

A. Clear up                                           B. clear off                            C. clear away                       D. clear after

39. He tried to join the army but he was ________ because of his poor health.

A. Tried out                                          B. put out                             C. turned off                        D. turned down

40. I was very unlucky. My car was _______ on my way home.

A. Broke                                                B. broken off                       C. broken                              D. broken down