Phrasal verbs for study & everyday life worksheet
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Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________
Please ___ the meaning in a dictionary.
look up / look after / look out
My answer: ________________________________________
The alarm is loud. Please turn ___.
off it / it off / it of
My answer: ________________________________________
We need to ___ why the experiment failed.
find out / give up / put on
My answer: ________________________________________
I will ___ your plants while you are away.
look up / look after / look into
My answer: ________________________________________
Do not ___ just because the first question is difficult.
give up / set off / take off
My answer: ________________________________________
The music is too loud. Please ___.
turn it on / turn it down / turn down it
My answer: ________________________________________
I don’t know this word. I’ll ___ in a dictionary.
look it up / look up it / look it after
My answer: ________________________________________
Who will ___ your cat while you travel?
look up / look into / look after
My answer: ________________________________________
The match was ___ because the pitch was flooded.
called on / called off / called up
My answer: ________________________________________
We have ___ milk. Could you buy some?
run out of / run into / run after
My answer: ________________________________________
Answer key & explanations
- look up — Look up means find information in a reference source.
- it off — With a pronoun object, use turn it off.
- find out — Find out means discover information.
- look after — Look after means take care of.
- give up — Give up means stop trying.
- turn it down — With this separable phrasal verb, the pronoun it goes between turn and down. Down reduces the volume.
- look it up — Look up means find information. A pronoun object goes between look and up.
- look after — Look after means take care of someone or something.
- called off — Call off means cancel an event.
- run out of — Run out of means have none left.
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- Infer meaning from the situation
- Recognise useful everyday combinations
- Choose the right form in context