Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Since Carl was unable to pay his bill, after a couple of months, his telephone was _____.
| A. cut off | B. broken up | C. dropped off | D. rung up |
2. I can _____ the house being messy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.
| A. lead up to | B. come up with | C. go down with | D. put up with |
3. Belinda Harrell _____ taking her driving test until she finally passed it on her twenty-first attempt.
| A. kept on | B. cleared off | C. used up | D. wore out |
4. James is now too old to live on his own, so he is being _____ by his daughter.
| A. found out | B. brought up | C. moved on | D. looked after |
5. We arranged to meet at the station, but she didn’t _____.
| A. get through | B. turn up | C. walk out | D. wait on |
6. Don’t worry we’ll have to wait a little longer because I’m sure he will _____.
| A. turn down | B. turn in | C. turn into | D. turn up |
7. When they _____ for the beach the sun was shining, but by the time they arrived it had clouded over.
| A. went out | B. went off | C. set off | D. left out |
8. When Mr. Spendthrift ran out of money, he _____ his mother for help.
| A. fell back on | B. fell upon | C. fell behind | D. fell in with |
9. If you can’t remember his phone number, you can always _____ it _____ in the phone book.
| A. take / down | B. look / up | C. find / out | D. bring / about |
10. The train to the center of the city was _____ by a heavy snowfall.
| A. held up | B. took back | C. put off | D. given out |
11. My hat has just _____ behind the sofa although I thought I had lost it.
| A. turned up | B. gone away | C. run into | D. come across |
12. Jim’s _____ flu again. That’s the third time this year.
| A. gone down with | B. put up with | C. led up to | D. come up with |
13. Considering how little they have got in common, it’s surprising how well they _____ together.
| A. get through | B. get on | C. get down | D. get up |
14. Her brother was offered the manager’s job, but he ________. He said he didn’t want the responsibilities.
| A. turned it off | B. turned it down | C. threw it away | D. put it off |
15. Roger Federer couldn’t ________ the possibility of withdrawing from the championship because of injury.
| A. rule out | B. pass over | C. come off | D. do without |
16. He is disappointed at not being offered the job, but I think he will ________ it.
| A. turn off | B. fill in | C. get over | D. take after |
17. Lucy was late for school this morning because the alarm didn’t ________ as usual.
| A. ring off | B. go off | C. get off | D. take off |
18. His son ________ him so much that we can’t see any differences between them.
| A. takes after | B. looks up | C. takes in | D. looks over |
19. My sister-in-law is beloved by all my relatives for she can ________ all right after getting married.
| A. get on well with | B. get up | C. get over | D. get out of |
20. I know we had an argument, but now I’d quite like to ________.
| A. look down | B. make up | C. fall out | D. bring up |
21. Don’t worry about trying to catch last train home, as we can easily ________ you ________ for the night.
| A. keep / off | B. put / up | C. take / out | D. set / off |
22. The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm ________.
| A. went out | B. went on | C. went off | D. went |
23. Boys! Put your toys ________. It is time to go to bed. Don’t stay ________ late.
| A. around / for | B. away / up | C. down / off | D. off / to |
24. At present, we are ________ an anti-drug campaign.
| A. setting up for | B. taking part | C. joining with | D. carrying out |
25. You should have ________ those shares when they were cheap.
| A. taken out | B. sold off | C. bought up | D. taken over |
26. I’ll ________ you ________ to our research department. Please hold on.
| A. put – away | B. put – out | C. put – through | D. put – up |
27. He is disappointed at not winning the competition, but he will soon ________ it.
| A. take after | B. get over | C. look after | D. go over |
28. Though considered the king sport in many parts of the world, soccer has never really ________.
| A. caught on | B. carried out | C. taken off | D. put through |
29. When the manager of our company retires, the deputy manager will ________ that position.
| A. stand for | B. take over | C. catch on | D. hold on |
30. The company management decided to ________ more workers to meet the production schedule.
| A. take on | B. make out | C. take over | D. make up |
31. Jane’s very modest, always ________ her success.
| A. playing down | B. turning around | C. keeping down | D. pushing back |
32. Those companies were ________ due to some seriously financial problems.
| A. taken off | B. set up | C. wiped out | D. gone over |
33. Deborah is going to take extra lessons to ________ what she missed while she was away.
| A. catch up on | B. cut down on | C. put up with | D. take up with |
34. Mrs. Moore waited for the class to ________ before she continued.
| A. bring up | B. pass away | C. settle down | D. bring on |
35. I haven’t ________ my mind where to go for our holiday this year.
| A. turn up | B. made up | C. break up | D. changed |
36. If a machine stops moving or working normally, you can say that it has ________.
| A. cut off | B. wiped out | C. seized up | D. go off |
37. Many people ________ television as their main source of information and entertainment.
| A. rely on | B. try on | C. put on | D. hold |
38. It was so foggy that the driver couldn’t ________ the traffic signs.
| A. make out | B. break out | C. keep out | D. take out |
39. It is very important for a firm or a company to keep ________ the changes in the market.
| A. pace of | B. track about | C. touch with | D. up with |
40. The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have ________ by 2015.
| A. taken over | B. caught up | C. used off | D. run out |
41. We intend to ________ with the old system as soon as we have developed a better one.
| A. do up | B. do in | C. do away | D. do down |
42. Put your shoes on properly or you’ll ________ over.
| A. get | B. turn | C. fall | D. bend |
43. The teacher made a difficult question, but at last, Joe ________ a good answer.
| A. came up with | B. came up to | C. came up against | D. came up for |
44. Unexpectedly the lights ________ and we were left in darkness.
| A. turned down | B. went out | C. put off | D. gave away |
45. It took me 10 years to ________ enough money to travel around the country.
| A. set out | B. put away | C. put by | D. save aside |
46. I think I should have ________ your mother while I was passing.
| A. dropped in on | B. come up with | C. got on with | D. run into |
47. They thought they could deceive me but they were wrong. I could ________.
| A. see them off | B. see off them | C. see through them | D. see them through |
48. I’m sorry I offended you. I ________ what I said.
| A. take back | B. get back | C. come back | D. get away |
49. I hope I can ________ you to be there if I need any help.
| A. let know | B. make out | C. get through | D. count on |
50. I don’t know what we are going to ________ if I lose this job.
| A. get by | B. live on | C. give away | D. grow up |
