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© 2013 Paul-Gerhard Woolcock

Test your knowledge of some of the basic phrasal verbs

The test contains a few translations to help Portuguese speakers.

  1. What time do you usually ----- during the week? (levantar-se)

    put up

    wake up

    stand up

    get up

  2. Get ----- and I'll give you a lift. (lift / ride = carona)

    up

    into

    on

    in

  3. This where I have to get ----- the bus. (desembarcar / descer)

    out

    off

    on

    down

  4. What's the answer? I don't know. I give -----. (Desisto)

    on

    up

    off

    away

  5. I woke ----- at 5.30 this morning, but I didn't get up until 8.00. (acordar)

    over

    off

    up

    out

  6. John returns from New York on Friday = John ----- from New York on Friday.

    gets back

    gets around

    gets off

    gets down

  7. If you don't know the meaning of the word, you'll have to look it ----- in the dictionary.

    up

    for

    at

    into

  8. Peter tried to stop smoking last year. = Peter tried to ----- smoking last year.

    give out

    give off

    give up

    give in

  9. She said she would call again later = She said she would ----- later.

    call after

    call back

    call up

    call off

  10. We still haven't discovered who was responsible for the accident = We still haven't ----- who was repsonsible for the accident.

    put out

    known about

    found out

    known of