Each sentence given below contains an incomplete phrasal verb. Complete the expression by supplying an adverb or preposition.

1. His request for promotion was turned …………………….. (down / out / off)

2. We picked …………………… the ripe mangoes from the basket. (on / out / off)

3. When we reached the airport, the plane was about to take ………………….. (over / off / on)

4. If you do not understand the meaning of a word, you should look it ………………….. (up / on / in)

5. The firemen put …………………. the fire with great difficulty. (off / out / up)

6. The officer promised to look …………………….. the matter. (into / at / on)

7.  I will think …………………… your offer. (over / off / up)

8. They put …………………… the tent. (on / up / out)

9. I cannot make ……………………. what you are saying. (up / out / over)

10. She broke ……………………… while narrating her ordeal. (up / out / down)

11. The meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been put …………………….. (off / out / up)

12. His grandmother passed …………………… last night. (off /away / up)

13. The doctor advised him to give ………………….. smoking. (in / up / out)

14. It took her several months to get …………………… the death of her husband. (off / over / out)

15. The guide told the tourists to keep …………………….. from the edge of the forest. (back / out / up)

16. I came ……………………. an old friend of mine yesterday. (across / at / into)

17. If you go …………………… talking like this, you will lose all friends. (off / on / over)

18. I called …………………… a friend of mine yesterday. (on / in / up)

19. Children usually take ……………………… their parents. (after / on / up)

20. She was not taken ……………………. by his sweet words. (in / up / out)

21. She came ………………….. a lot of money when her father died. (up / into / over)

22. The travelers got …………………….. very early in the morning. (in / up / on)

23. It was your carelessness that brought …………………… the accident. (off / on / about)

24. The doctor advised him to cut ……………………. on fatty food. (out / down / up)

Answers

1. turned down (Turn down = reject)

2. picked out (Pick out = choose)

3. take off (When a plane takes off, it becomes airborne.)

4. look it up (To look a word up is to find its meaning in a dictionary.)

5. put out (Put out = extinguish)

6. look into

7.  think over (Think over = ponder)

8. put up (Put up = erect)

9. make out (Make out = grasp the meaning of)

10. broke down (Break down = cry, become emotional)

11. put off. (Put off = extinguish)

12. passed away (Pass away = die)

13. give up (Give up = stop)

14. get over (Get over = recover from a sense of loss or grief)

15. keep back from (Keep back = stay away)

16. came across (Come across = meet)

17. go on (Go on = continue)

18. called on (Call on = visit)

19. take after. (Take after = resemble)

20. taken in (Taken in = be deceived)

21. came into (To come into money is to inherit it.)

22. got up .

23. brought about

24. cut down on (Cut down = reduce)