This grammar exercise tests your understanding of common phrasal verbs.
1Pull hard and the two pieces will come ...............
Wrong!
Use "apart" when things separate into pieces.
2I came ............... an old friend of mine yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "across" to mean meet or find someone unexpectedly.
3I came ............... with typhoid last month.
Wrong!
Use "down" in "come down with" to mean become ill with something.
4The watchman came ............... with all the evidence he could collect.
Wrong!
Use "forward" when someone offers information or help.
5If you want to lose weight, you should cut ............... cheese and burgers, not stop eating them completely.
Wrong!
Use "down on" to mean reduce the amount of something you eat or use.
6We had to cut many trees ............... to build the house.
Wrong!
Use "down" when trees are cut so that they fall.
7Julie cut ............... while I was chatting with her friend.
Wrong!
Use "in" to mean interrupt someone who is speaking.
8The air conditioner will cut ............... when the room temperature rises above 26 degrees Celsius.
Wrong!
Use "in" when a machine starts operating automatically.
9The doctors had to cut ............... his badly injured leg to save his life.
Wrong!
Use "off" to mean remove something by cutting.
10The utility company cut ............... our power supply because we hadn’t paid the bill.
Wrong!
Use "off" to mean stop the supply of something.
11His parents cut him ............... when he married against their wishes.
Wrong!
Use "off" to mean stop supporting or providing money to someone.
12I cut these pictures ............... of a magazine.
Wrong!
Use "out" to mean remove something from paper with scissors.
Answers
- Pull hard and the two pieces will come apart.
- I came across an old friend of mine yesterday.
- I came down with typhoid last month.
- The watchman came forward with all the evidence he could collect.
- If you want to lose weight, you should cut down on cheese and burgers, not stop eating them completely.
- We had to cut many trees down to build the house.
- Julie cut in while I was chatting with her friend.
- The air conditioner will cut in when the room temperature rises above 26 degrees Celsius.
- The doctors had to cut off his badly injured leg to save his life.
- The utility company cut off our power supply because we hadn’t paid the bill.
- His parents cut him off when he married against their wishes.
- I cut these pictures out of a magazine.