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Phrasal Verbs in Everyday Situations
Phrasal verbs across different areas of daily life: everyday life, work, study, travel, health, technology, relationships and money
Phrasal Verbs in Everyday Situations
Phrasal verbs across everyday life, work, study, travel, health, technology, relationships and money
About Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs — a verb with a particle, like give up, look after or turn down — are everywhere in natural English, and their meaning is rarely the sum of their parts. These exercises train you to pick the one that fits the sentence.
What it tests
Each exercise has eight sentences with a gap and four phrasal verbs to choose from. The options share a verb or a particle (turned down, turned up, turned over, turned in), so only knowing what each one means gets you the answer.
How it appears on the exam paper
Upper-intermediate exams test phrasal verbs across the paper — in the multiple-choice cloze, the open cloze (the particle) and the key word transformations — rather than in a part of their own, so knowing the common ones by meaning pays off in every part.
Exam-style tips
- Learn phrasal verbs in sentences, not lists — the object and the context fix the meaning.
- Group them by particle: up often means completing or increasing (use up, speed up); off often means leaving or stopping (set off, call off).
- Check whether the verb can be split: you can say 'turn the offer down', but not 'look the cat after'.
- Read the whole sentence before you choose — two options can look right until its last words.
A ready-to-print Phrasal verbs — free worksheet with the answer key and explanations at the back. Download the PDF worksheet.
Frequently asked questions
What is a phrasal verb?
A verb with one or two particles (up, off, out, with…) that together have their own meaning, such as give up (stop) or put up with (tolerate).
How many phrasal verbs should I know?
At upper-intermediate level, the few hundred most common ones used in everyday, work and study situations.
Are phrasal verbs informal?
Many are neutral and used everywhere; a few are informal, so in formal writing a one-word verb is sometimes better.
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