Phrasal Verbs and Idioms MCQ Exercise 1

I was very relieved when all the trouble died down.

She stood out among the crowd.

In order to get ahead in life, one must study in school and not be afraid to work hard.

Please hold on. I'll call Tom to the phone.

The lorry broke down in the middle of the road and stopped traffic for hours.

The teacher waited for the class to settle down before starting the lesson.

It took me three hours of explanation before the new1 assistant caught on to how the machine worked.

All the students decided to pitch in and give the teacher a going-away present.

I believe in Joe. He’s never disappointed me.

I ran into an old friend the other day. We haven't seen each other since high school.

The only person he could turn to was his mother.

He got over the flu in a week.

After the plane crash the surviving passengers had to go without food or water for days.

He has had to put up with the neighbour's noise for two years now.

We wanted to play a joke on him so we led him on with a silly story that he believed.

I had to do over the report because my instructor did not think it was up to my standard.

Some people have a great deal of difficulty trying to tell apart the twins.

We went to the airport to see off Jane.

George refused to get married because he didn’t want to be tied down.

I've been considering taking up the sport of horseback riding.

We expected her to carry on, even after the loss of her father.

I want to give up smoking but I don’t know how to.

The skunk gives off a most unpleasant odour.

I haven’t been able to find out where Jonas went.

Don't hold it against me if you can't solve this problem. I’ve tried to help you as well as I could.