Unit 4

Phrasal Verbs


Choose the best answer.

1. Which of the following is a phrasal verb?

breakfast

breakdown

break into

break-dance

2. Max and his dog Charlie _______ for Sandy Desert to find out the secret behind the gem.

set back

set off

set up

set over

3. Peter _______ an excuse for breaking Dad’s vase.

made up

made out

made for

made with

4. Which phrasal verb can best replace the underlined word in the sentence below?
‘Without my help, the big bad wolf cannot escape from the witch’s house successfully.’

get away

got away

get into

got into

5. My sister almost _______ when she saw the dragon appeared in the film.

gives out

gets up

looked after

passed out

6. Mrs Cheng was angry because her car _______ on her way back home.

broke up

broke out

broke away

broke down

7. Karen: What are you doing here, Jason?
Jason: I am _______ Tom. Do you know where he is?

looking after

finding out

calling off

looking for

8. Which phrasal verb can best replace the underlined words in the sentence below?
‘I want to be a nurse because I want to take care of patients.’

look out

look up

look through

look after

9. Which phrasal verb can best replace the underlined word in the sentence below?
‘The inspector is examining the reason of his death.’

looking into

looking out

looking back

looking after

10. I asked my cousins a challenging riddle. After ten minutes, they _______ guessing and asked me for the answer.

gave up

looked into

looked forward to

broke down

11. My brother _______ receiving his pen pal’s letter every week.

looks up

looks up to

looks forward

looks forward to

12. Mary suggested _______ today because she wanted to try a new restaurant.

eating off

eating up

eating in

eating out

13. Last night, I dreamt of _______ Spiderman and fighting a gang.

getting into

making up

giving up

turning into

14. _______! A car is coming.

Look off

Look up

Look out

Look over

15. ‘Don’t touch Miss Wong’s file or you will _______ trouble,’ Sam told me.

get with

get into

get back

get in