This grammar exercise tests your understanding of phrasal verbs.
1. I dropped ..................... on my grandmother yesterday.
To drop in or to drop by is to make a short informal visit.
2. Why don't you drop ....................... for a coffee sometime?
3. I promised to go with her. Now I can't ................................. out of it.
4. Have you ................................ your differences yet?
5. Things didn't really work ............................ between them. So they got divorced shortly after getting married.
6. He went to college but dropped ......................... after a few months.
7. They ............................ the house on fire.
8. She keeps on criticizing me. I am fed ............................... her.
9. Why do you ............................. interrupting me while I am speaking?
10. My battery is dying but there is nowhere to plug it ............................
11. The thieves broke ........................... while we were away.
12. Leave the lights ...........................
Answers
1. I dropped in on my grandmother yesterday.
2. Why don’t you drop in/by for a coffee sometime?
3. I promised to go with her. Now I can’t get / back out of it.
4. Have you sorted out your differences yet?
5. Things didn’t really work out between them. So they got divorced shortly after getting married.
6. He went to college but dropped out after a few months.
7. They set the house on fire.
8. She keeps on criticizing me. I am fed up with her.
9. Why do you keep / keep on interrupting me while I am speaking?
10. My battery is dying but there is nowhere to plug it in.
11. The thieves broke in while we were away.
12. Leave the lights on.
