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

1. Please fill ……………………… this form. (out / in / up)

2. He rushed out without even doing ………..…………… the buttons on his shirt. (on / up / out)

3. I tripped on the cat and fell ………………………… (up / in / over)

4. What will you do if she finds ………………………….? (in / up / out)

5. It took her a long time to get ……………………………. the loss. (on / off / over)

6. The brave journalist didn’t give ………………………… to threats. ( out / up / in)

7. You will face many difficulties in life but never give …………………………. (up / in / off)

8. When she started singing we all joined ………………………….. (out / in / up)

9. Though he was in good form, he was left ………………………… of the team. (out / over / off)

10. Thank you so much for agreeing to look ………………………… my dogs while I am away. (up / after / on)

11. She is quite good at making ………………………….. stories. (out / up /on)

12. We have run ………………………… of rice. (up / over / out)

Answers

1. fill in / out (To fill out or fill in a form is to write information in the spaces on a form.)

2. doing up (To do something up is to fasten it.)

3. fell over (If a person falls over, they fall to the ground.)

4. finds out (To find out is to learn the facts about something.)

5. get over (To get over is to become happy again after an unhappy experience.)

6. give in (To give in is to agree to do something although you are not happy about it.)

7. give up (To give up is to stop trying to do it.)

8. joined in (To join in something is to take part in an activity with other people.)

9. left out (To leave somebody out is to not include them.)

10. look after (To look after someone is to take care of them.)

11. making up  (To make something up is to invent something.)

12. run out (To run out of something is to have no more of something.)