phrasal verbs

Question 1

support an explanation

Answer 1

back something up

Question 2

eat something very quickly

Answer 2

bolt something down

Question 3

take care of child until they become an adult

Answer 3

bring someone up

Question 4

cause

Answer 4

bring something about

Question 5

continue

Answer 5

carry on (doing) something

Question 6

do some work or research

Answer 6

carry out something

Question 7

become popular or fashionable

Answer 7

catch on

Question 8

being to understand

Answer 8

catch on

Question 9

do something that you didn’t do enough of before

Answer 9

catch up on something

Question 10

become / male (someone) less sad

Answer 10

cheer (someone) up

Question 11

find / meet something/ someone by chance

Answer 11

come across something / someone

Question 12

visit someone in the place where they are, especially their house

Answer 12

come over

Question 13

think of

Answer 13

come over

Question 14

prepare and write (a plan)

Answer 14

draw something up

Question 15

stop being friendly with someone because you have had an argument

Answer 15

fall out with someone

Question 16

discover

Answer 16

find something up

Question 17

travel around

Answer 17

get about (a place)

Question 18

manage to survive / live

Answer 18

get by

Question 19

have a good relationship with someone

Answer 19

get on with someone

Question 20

recover from (superare)

Answer 20

get over something

Question 21

tell information that should be kept secret

Answer 21

give away information

Question 22

hand homework to the teacher

Answer 22

give homework in

Question 23

agree to something after initial resistance

Answer 23

give in (to someone’s requests)

Question 24

allow oneself to be arrested

Answer 24

give oneself up

Question 25

distribute something to several people

Answer 25

give out ( books/paper)

Question 26

give information to a lot of people

Answer 26

give out information

Question 27

return something

Answer 27

give something back

Question 28

stop do something you do regularly

Answer 28

give something up

Question 29

enter (a competition)

Answer 29

go in for ( a competition)

Question 30

happen

Answer 30

go on

Question 31

continue

Answer 31

go on (with something)

Question 32

visit a person or a place

Answer 32

go round

Question 33

change to be a child to be an adult

Answer 33

grow up

Question 34

drink something very quickly

Answer 34

gulp something down

Question 35

go somewhere

Answer 35

head for somewhere

Question 36

like each other on a first meeting

Answer 36

hit it off with someone

Question 37

force someone to leave a place or organisation, expel

Answer 37

kick someone out

Question 38

disappoint

Answer 38

let someone down

Question 39

feel happy about something that is going to happen

Answer 39

look forward to something

Question 40

admire and respect

Answer 40

look up to someone

Question 41

invent an explanation for something

Answer 41

make something up

Question 42

decide

Answer 42

make up one’s mind

Question 43

stop discussing something and being discussing something different

Answer 43

move on to something

Question 44

talk more about your personal feelings

Answer 44

open up to someone

Question 45

admit or confess that you have done something wrong

Answer 45

own up to something

Question 46

buy something (cheap)

Answer 46

pick up (a bargain)

Question 47

make something increase

Answer 47

push something up

Question 48

place clothes on your body

Answer 48

put clothes on

Question 49

organise an event

Answer 49

put on an event

Question 50

increase prices

Answer 50

put prices up

Question 51

distract someone

Answer 51

put someone off

Question 52

discourage someone

Answer 52

put someone off something

Question 53

accommodate someone

Answer 53

put someone up (for the night)

Question 54

postpone something

Answer 54

put something off

Question 55

produce ( by combining several different things)

Answer 55

put something together

Question 56

get something ready to listen to

Answer 56

put something/ music on

Question 57

tolerate something/ someone

Answer 57

put up with something/ someone

Question 58

gain weight

Answer 58

put weight on

Question 59

raise your hand into the air

Answer 59

put your hand up

Question 60

reach a particulate number or amount

Answer 60

run into (thousand of pounds)

Question 61

use all of something so that none is left

Answer 61

run out of something

Question 62

sell all of something

Answer 62

sell out of something

Question 63

start going somewhere

Answer 63

set off for somewhere

Question 64

start a business

Answer 64

set something up

Question 65

being living in a place

Answer 65

set up home

Question 66

live a quieter life by staying permanently in one place and perhaps getting married

Answer 66

settle down

Question 67

behave in a way that is intended to attract people's attention and make them admire you

Answer 67

show off

Question 68

agree to do; book

Answer 68

sign up for something

Question 69

solve a problem

Answer 69

sort out a problem

Question 70

end a romantic relationship with someone

Answer 70

split up with someone

Question 71

be easy to notice

Answer 71

stand out

Question 72

resemble

Answer 72

take after someone

Question 73

start to become successful

Answer 73

take off

Question 74

gain control

Answer 74

take over

Question 75

move someone away from other people to talk

Answer 75

take someone aside

Question 76

employ someone

Answer 76

take someone on

Question 77

return something

Answer 77

take something back

Question 78

accept something as true

Answer 78

take something in

Question 79

start to like something

Answer 79

take to something / someone

Question 80

start doing a new sport / hobby

Answer 80

take up a new sport / hobby

Question 81

criticise someone angrily for doing something wrong

Answer 81

tell someone off

Question 82

put on a piece of clothing to see how it looks and whether it fits

Answer 82

try something on

Question 83

go somewhere to take part in an event

Answer 83

turn out

Question 84

become ( a success )

Answer 84

turn out (to be a success)

Question 85

end (well/badly)

Answer 85

turn out (well / badly )

Question 86

reject something

Answer 86

turn something down

Question 87

make something change into something different

Answer 87

turn something into

Question 88

go to someone for help

Answer 88

turn to someone

Question 89

arrive

Answer 89

turn up