Phrasal Verbs MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 05

Do you ever pick ______ hitch-hikers?

A: He still sucks his thumb, darling.

B: Yes, I know. It’s strange. I thought he’d have ______ it by now.

He ran for the bus but it pulled ______ from the stop just as he got there.

I try to keep ______ the latest fashions by going lots of shows in London.

Manchester United’s chances of going to the final of the F.A. Cup were ended when they were knocked ______ by Liverpool in the semi-final.

Sales were down so they had to ______ some of their staff.

It took the soldier a long time to ______ the death of his comrade.

The fact is, doctor, I just can’t ______ this dreadful cough.

It’s an excellent story, and in the end it turns ______ that everyone had a part in the murder.

The car ______ after the crash but fortunately no one was killed.

In court, she was so upset that she broke ______.

I think I’ll have to sell my car. It keeps ______.

I think she’s coming ______! Thank God for that! I thought she was dead!

It took him a long time to come ______ our way of thinking.

Birthdays seem to ______ much quicker nowadays than when I was a child.

Sorry I’m late but I was ______ by traffic.

A: I thought you said you weren’t going to let Sally go to that pop concert in Brighton.

B: Yes, but you know Sally - she always finds a way to get ______ me in the end.

He was going to reply her letter, but for various reasons he never got ______ it.

It was a very difficult problem - one which no one could see a way of ______.

You look very unhappy, Dorris. What’s the matter? Is something getting you ______?