English Form 3: Grammar – Phrasal Verbs & Idiomatic Expressions

Exercise 1

1. (i) talk something out

(A) to discuss something thoroughly (B) to persuade someone to do something
(C) to answer someone back rudely (D) to bring someone out for a talk

2. (ii) went off on

(A) to refuse to speak to someone (B) to stammer when speaking to someone
(C) to speak to someone in an angry way (D) to get angry at someone for no reasons

3. (iii) get out of

(A) to leave the house immediately (B) to stop doing something
(C) to make one's mother irritated (D) to have everyone out of the house

4. (iv) kept on
(A) to watch over something carefully (B) to continue doing something
(C) to have a lot of things (D) to buy a lot of things for keeps

5. (v) picking on
(A) to criticise someone unfairly (B) to choose someone
(C) to like someone (D) to hate someone

6. (vi) put up with

(A) to place everything in place
(B) to bring a person with you wherever you go
English Form 3: Grammar – Phrasal Verbs & Idiomatic Expressions
Exercise 1
(C) to keep up with the latest news
(D) to accept an unpleasant situation or person without complaining

7. (vii) stand up
(A) to defend a person or idea when being attacked
(B) to be independent
(C) to be easily noticed
(D) to stand very closely behind someone

8. (viii) calm down

(A) to soothe yourself with a massage (B) to scold someone
(C) to quiet down and relaxed (D) to be happy about everything

9. (ix) blow up
(A) to become very angry with someone (B) to blow birthday cake candles
(C) to have everything switched off (D) to light something up

10. (x) face up to

(A) to be prepared for everything (B) to remember to meet a friend
(C) to pretend not to know anything
(D) to accept and deal with a difficult problem

11. (xi) figure things out

(A) to think about a problem until you found the answer
(B) to know the consequences of something
(C) to see figures in everything
(D) to throw things out of a room

12. (xii) gets across

(A) to cross to the other side of the road successfully
(B) to see someone clearly
(C) to communicate an idea successfully to someone.
(D) to use your sight cautiously

13. (xiii) growing up

(A) to grow slowly (B) to be biggger in size
(C) to be childish
(D) to develop from being a child to being an adult

14. (xiv) took after

(A) to have something given to you
(B) to acquire the characteristics or behaviour of someone else
(C) to steal something
(D) to get something by force

15. (xv) mixed up

(A) to change something
(B) to follow that of or be influenced by
(C) to like someone more than you normally do
(D) to make sure everything will be alright