English Phrasal Verbs Matching Quiz

Phrasal Verbs

• Account for: explain
• Bring in: provide
• Bring on: bring about
• Blow about: rumor
• Call at: stop or inquire
• Come about: happen
• Die out: extinct
• Do up: decorate
• Get off with sb: begin a sexual relationship

Idioms and Expressions

• Hit the nail on the head: do something exactly right
• Have egg on one's face: feel embarrassed
• Get butterflies in one's stomach: feel nervous
• In hot water: in trouble
• Good egg: trustworthy person
• Pour cold water on something: lessen enthusiasm
• Fly off the handle: get angry easily
• Blow one's trumpet: show off
• Make up one's mind on something: make a decision
• Give a thought about: think about
• Put a stop to something: end it
• Be rushed off one's feet: very busy
• Pat yourself on the back: praise yourself
• Put someone off something: make someone lose interest
• Take/have priority over something: give importance

Vocabulary

• Mortgage: loan
• Crisis: disaster
• Alter: modify
• Rodent: type of mammal
• Embed: implant
• Blueprint: plan
• Defect: weakness
• Cleft: divided
• Punctual: on time
• Postgraduate: after graduation
• Administer: manage
• Client: customer
• Dissolve: liquidfy
• Coastal: relating to the coast
• Precipitation: rain
• Prolong: extend
• Crop: produce
• Mount: climb
• Indeed: truly
• Function: utility
• Seminar: meeting
• Tournament: competition
• Cope with: deal with
• Attach: connect
• Instinct: natural ability
• Operate: run
• Procrastinate: delay
• Prehistoric: before written records
• Tremendous: incredible
• Exploit: use for an advantage
• Consumer: user
• Expertise: skills
• Filament: thin thread
• Steady: regular
• Latter: second
• Absorb: soak up
• Shelter: protect
• In turn: in sequence
• Agricultural: relating to farming
• Surplus: excess
• Efficient: effective
• In the nick of time: just in time
• Beyond belief: unbelievable
• Provided that: as long as
• Evacuate: leave a place
• Determine: ascertain
• Epidemic: widespread disease
• Renovate: repair
• Splendor: grandeur
• Call the shot: control
• Knock it off: stop annoying
• Draw the line: set limits
• Put up with: tolerate
• Keep pace with: catch up with
• Get on someone's nerves: annoy
• Its up to O: it depends on
• Declared for/against: support/object
• Come up with: handle
• Take down with: knock down
• Give in: submit
• Give off: radiate
• Give out: end
• On account of: because of
• In place of: instead of
• On behalf of: represent
• On one's own: alone
• Come round: visit
• Come about: happen
• Come away: leave
• By far: until now
• By all means: certainly
• Out of (number): one of (number)