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PICTIONARY OF COMMON PHRASAL VERBS - set 1
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SUPER ENGLISH VERBS! PART 1:GET - 1 PAGE GRAMMAR-GUIDE (top 10 uses of ´get´; ´get´ as a phrasal verb with meanings and examples and collocations with ´get´)
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Phrasal Verbs & Key
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PICTIONARY OF COMMON PHRASAL VERBS - Set 2
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PICTIONARY OF COMMON PHRASAL VERBS - Set 3
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PHRASAL VERBS

1)        
It is known that moving parts in engines much more quickly than stationary parts.
A)blow out          
B)get out
C)give off
D)check out
E)wear out
2)         I believe fire-fighters should have been called to the fire in the city centre just after it started.
A) put out
B)catch on
C)come away
D)go over
E)hang up
3)         When I heard some strange sounds from outside, I looked through the window towhat was going on outside.
A)drop in
B)find out
C)put on
D)look in
E)keep on
4)         I couldn't understand the question in the test because I didn't know that "GMT" Greenwich Mean Time.
A)puts forward
B)lives on
C)crosses out
D)comes along
E)stands for
5)         They the possibility of merging the two departments but did not find it feasible.
A)looked into
B)came by
C)got over
D)drew back
E)wore off
6)         As it was getting late, we decided tothe discussion at some other time.
A)put down
B)make out
C)lookup
D)carry on
E)point out
7)         I was happy to see that I wasby my friends throughout the court case.
A)pulled down
B)let off
C)carried out
D)hung up
E)backed up
8)         I knew I could never guess the answer so I and stopped thinking about it.
A)came off
B)got at
C)put across
D)gave in
E)looked in
9)         You have too much work and I am afraid you will make yourself ill.
A) taken on
B) turned back
C) paid off
D) cleared up
E) called off
10)       With both my hands full of shopping bags, I tripped and fell down just as I was the bus.
A) drawing back
B) bringing up
C) going for
D) getting off
E)  putting down
11)       I won't go to school to my history essay as I have got an extension from the professor.
A)pull out
B) hand in
C) rundown
D)pass out
E)layoff
12)       We have to for the station at nine o'clock tomorrow not to be late.
A)wear off
B)  come before
C) set off
D) call on
E) break away
13)       She was able to buy that house after she some money when her grandfather died.
A) handed over
B) heard about
C)got over
D) came into
E)  made for
14)       I believe we have to making a decision until next week, when we will have more information.
A)  put forward
B)  look on
C)  pick up
D)  put through
E)   hold off
15)       I my old photographs in the attic, which made me very happy.
A) put aside
B)gave up
C) called off
D)came upon
E)  broke in
 
16)       A gentleman me to hand me some papers I had dropped.
A)came out
B)went off
C)ran after
D)fell to
E) dropped off
17)       Just after the accident, the crew of the sinking tanker were by helicopter.
A) given away
B) figured out
C)  wound up
D)tried on
E) picked up
18)       I don't think it is a good idea to now because you can easily finish the course.
A)try out
B)drop out
C)turn off
D) make out
E) get off
19)       After the refugee crisis, the two governments diplomatic relations.
A) came away
B) passed away
C) looked after
D) broke off
E) kept up
20)       We were _at the entrance to the cinema because we hadn't got tickets.
A) turned away
B) put out
C) cheered up
D) brought out
E)  dropped off
21)       As I have taken a pill, the pain in my shoulder is .
A) backing up
B)  checking out
C) wearing off
D)getting at
E) going for