Sreedhar’s CCE PHRASAL VERBS

PHRASAL VERBS

B FALL OFF
BRING UP

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BRING OUT G
BRING DOWN GO UP
BRING FORWARD GO DOWN
BREAK UP GO BY
BREAK DOWN GO THROUGH
BREAK THROUGH
ha GIVE UP
BREAK INTO GIVE IN
BREAK OUT

E GIVE AWAY
GET ON
d
C GET OVER
CUT IN GET THROUGH
CUT OFF GET UP
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CUT DOWN GET INTO

CARRY ON GET OFF
C
CARRY OUT GET DOWN
CARRY FORWARD GET OUT
COME ACROSS GEAR UP
Sr

D H
DO AWAY WITH HOLD ON
HOLD OUT
E HOLD UP
C
EAT IN HOLD UP
EAT OUT HOLD BACK
EAT UP HANG ON
EAT AWAY HANG OUT
HANG UP
F
FAIL IN K
FALL OUT KEEP UP
FALL THROUGH KEEP DOWN
FALL DOWN KEEP AWAY
FALL BACK KEEP BACK

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Sreedhar’s CCE PHRASAL VERBS

S
L
SET IN
LOOK FOR
SET OFF
LOOK OUT FOR
SET OUT
LOOK TO
SEE OFF
LOOK UPTO
SEE THROUGH
LOOK DOWN UPON
SEND OFF
LOOK FORWARD
LOOK INTO
T

r’s
LOOK TO
TAKE ON
LOOK AFTER
TAKE OFF
TAKE OUT
M
TAKE OVER
MAKE UP
MAKE OUT
haTAKE AFTER
TAKE DOWN
MAKE AWAY WITH
TAKE UP
MAKE

P
THROUGH

ETURN ON
TURN OFF
d
TURN DOWN
PUT ON
TURN UP
PUT OFF
ee

TURN OVER
PUT DOWN
PULL IN
W
PULL OUT
C
WRITE OFF
R
Sr

RUN OUT
RUN AFTER
RUN DOWN
RUN INTO
RUN THROUGH
C

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EXERCISE
1. If you want to stay at this school, you must ____________ the rules.
1) Bear down 2) Act on 3) abide by 4) Act on
2. I hope you can ____________ the money you spent!
1) account for 2) Act on to 3) Bear away 4) Bear out
3. Her story just doesn't ____________.
1) add up 2) Bear up 3) Bear down upon 4) Bear through
4. The doctor ____________ him ____________ carrying heavy loads.
1) Come by 2) Bear upon 3) Break down 4) advise against

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5. I ____________ you. I think she deserves the award too.
1) agree with 2) Break into 3) Call on 4) Come round
6. The policeman ____________ his gun ____________ the hijacker.
1) Call at 2) Break open 3) aimed at 4) Come to
7.
1) allow for
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You'd better leave early to ____________ heavy traffic.
2) Break with 3) Call upon 4) Come upto
8. Don't ____________ your mother!

9.
1) Break out 2) answer back

E 3) Call in
1) The organizers ____________ the crowd to stay calm.
4) Cut down
d
1) Call for 2) Break off 3) appealed to 4) Cut out for
10. He ____________ the job advertised.
ee

1) applied for 2) Broke 3) Called back 4) Cut short

11. When the company is privatized, you should ____________the opportunity and buy
some shares.
C
1) avail yourself of 2) Bring about 3) Call forth 4) Cut in
12. When he saw the dog, he ____________away.
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1) backed 2) brought out 3) Called off 4) dropped in

13. Local authorities ____________ on their plans to demolish the cinema.
1) drop off 2) Bring down 3) Call up 4) backdown
14. 1) If I tell the boss we've got too much work, will you ____________ me ____________?
1) back up 2) Bring up 3) Carry off 4) Drop out
15. 1) When he was arrested, his family refused to ____________ him____________.
1) Carry on 2) Bring round 3) bail out 4) do up
C
16. Don't forget the date. I'm ____________ your help.
1) banking on 2) on 3) Carry through 4) To doing away with
17. He ____________ his presentation with diagrams and statistics.
1) beefed up 2) Bring under 3) carried away 4) Done
18. When he fell off the horse, he ____________it.
1) was done for 2) brought in 3) come round 4) blacked out
19. The area was ____________ during the demonstration.
1) blocked off 2) Beat down 3) Come off 4) Dealt with
20. 1) The terrorists said the bomb would ____________at 9 o'clock.
1) blow up 2) Come of 3) To fall off 4) Deal out
21. The problem ____________ to a lack of money.
1) boils down to 2) falls in with 3) begins 4) happens
22. Just give me a few minutes to____________the computer.
1) booted up 2) fell back upon 3) brightened 4) revived

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23. A few horses ____________ from the paddock.
1) break away 2) fell back 3) reduced 4) appear
24. 1) John's car ____________ on the way to the airport.
1) broke down 2) fell through 3) cleaned 4) dashed
25. The burglars ____________ the house around midnight.
1) lent 2) fell to 3) increased 4) broke into
26. Riioting ____________ as a result of the strike.
1) fallen off 2) fell on or upon 3) Worked out 4) broke out

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27. Three prisoners ____________jail.
1) broke out of 2) fell out 3) Turned down 4) Worked up
28. After her marriage ____________, Emma went to live in London.
1) cut down 2) got through 3) broke up 4) drew up
29.
ha
She stopped working in order ____________her children.
1) to break in 2) To get at 3) to bring up 4) to come out
30.
1) brush up on 2) get on

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Mary decided to ____________ her Spanish before going to South-America.
3) give in 4) take over
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31. Pedro ____________his English teacher at the supermarket.
1) bumped into 2) got on with 3) worked off 4) turned against
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32. 1) The fuse has ____________.

1) burnt out 2) got off 3) stood by 4) looked down on
33. It's rude to____________ a conversation.
C
1) butt in on 2) get hold of 3) make out 4) throw out
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34. I'll____________ you ____________ as soon as possible.

1) call back 2) get into 3) give in 4) put up
35. The meeting was ____________ because of the strike.
1) called off 2) got over 3) put up with 4) ran through
36. I now ____________ the President to address the assembly.
C
1) call upon 2) get round 3) set about 4) work on
37. He was angry at first, but he eventually ____________.
1) calmed down 2) gave up 3) Spoke up 4) threw out
38. He ____________gardening in spite of the rain.
1) carried on 2) gave in 3) shruged off 4) triggered off
39. 1) The plan was ____________to perfection.
1) carried out 2) gave way 3) gave up 4) reckoned on
40. As regards holiays, can we ____________ days from one year to the next?
1) carry over 2) give away 3) depend on 4) fire up

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