English Phrasal Verbs Quiz

Phrasal Verbs with "Set"

• See off: to accompany someone to the point of departure, e.g., "I saw her off at the airport."
• See through: to discover someone's hidden intentions or to understand something clearly, e.g., "Man has grown so clever that it is difficult to see through his tricks."
• Send for: to ask someone to come to a place, e.g., "She sent for a doctor when her husband fell ill."
• Set about: to start doing something, e.g., "As soon as she reached home, she set about calling up her friends."
• Set aside: to allocate or reserve something, e.g., "The high court set aside the verdict of the lower court in this sensitive matter."
• Set in: to begin, e.g., "As soon as the summer sets in, the reptiles come out of hibernation."
• Set off: to start a series of events or to improve something, e.g., "Cosmetics set off the natural grace."

Phrasal Verbs with "Break"

• Break out: to spread or erupt, e.g., "Corona broke out in almost every part of the country."
• Break through: to achieve a significant breakthrough or to discover something, e.g., "There is no hope of break through in the murder case."
• Break up: to terminate or discontinue, e.g., "The college will break up next week for summer vacation."
• Break up with: to end a relationship, e.g., "After long and fruitful friendship, the two friends broke up with each other."

Phrasal Verbs with "Bring"

• Bring about: to cause something to happen, e.g., "The administration helped to bring about a peaceful settlement."
• Bring out: to explain or publish, e.g., "When asked to explain, she could not bring out the meaning of the poem."
• Bring round: to make someone agree or to bring someone to senses, e.g., "I was able to bring my mother round to my views with great difficulty."
• Bring up: to rear or educate, e.g., "Fathers are beginning to play a bigger role in bringing up their children."

Phrasal Verbs with "Call"

• Call at: to visit a place, e.g., "I called at the residence of my boss yesterday."
• Call for: to require or demand, e.g., "For the unity of the country, discipline among the people is called for."
• Call in/call out: to send for help, e.g., "The police were called in without delay by the residents."
• Call off: to suspend or abandon, e.g., "We decided to call off the strike."
• Call on: to visit someone, e.g., "It is a tradition for the prime minister to call on the President."
• Call out: to ask for help, e.g., "The NSG team was called out to control the situation."
• Call up: to telephone or recall, e.g., "Many of my friends called me up to congratulate me."
• Call upon: to appeal or exhort, e.g., "He was called upon to prove the correctness of the press reports."

Phrasal Verbs with "Carry"

• Carry away: to lose control or be swept away, e.g., "On hearing the news of success, he was carried away by joy."
• Carry on: to continue, e.g., "Now it is difficult to carry on this business in the teeth of stiff competition."
• Carry out: to perform or execute, e.g., "We are carrying out market survey."

Phrasal Verbs with "Cast"

• Cast away: to throw away, e.g., "We usually give our servants the old clothes which we cast away."
• Cast down: to feel dejected or cast down, e.g., "Now-a-days he is cast down as a result of his failure in the examination."
• Cast off: to release or remove, e.g., "Organization must cast off old-fashioned practices in order to survive."

Phrasal Verbs with "Catch"

• Catch up with: to make up for deficiency or to overtake, e.g., "He remained ill for many days but caught up with the pending work very soon."
• Catch up: to learn or understand, e.g., "It took her some time to catch up with the new technology."

Phrasal Verbs with "Come"

• Come about: to happen, e.g., "It is not good that such an unfortunate accident came about."
• Come across: to meet by chance, e.g., "I came across my old friend in the market yesterday."
• Come by: to get or acquire, e.g., "How have you come by such a precious diamond?"
• Come off: to take place as arranged or to fade, e.g., "I was surprised to see that plaster had come off the walls."
• Come over: to get over or overcome, e.g., "You can come over your problems by honest means."
• Come round: to agree or recover from illness, e.g., "My father at first refused to let me continue study but he came round in the end."

Phrasal Verbs with "Cope"

• Cope with: to manage or deal with, e.g., "They coped with all their problems cheerfully."

Phrasal Verbs with "Cut"

• Cut down: to curtail or reduce, e.g., "Since you are out of job these days, you must cut down your expenditure."
• Cut off: to discontinue or die, e.g., "Gas supplies have now been cut off."
• Cut out: to be suitable for, e.g., "He is cut out for an administrative career."
• Cut out: to take a piece from the whole, e.g., "He cut out a piece of the cake and put it in my plate."

Phrasal Verbs with "Drop"

• Drop in: to visit someone, e.g., "I dropped in at my friend's home and continued to college."
• Drop out: to retire or withdraw, e.g., "She could not qualify for the selection as she dropped out while the race was in progress."

Phrasal Verbs with "Fall"

• Fall back: to retreat or depend on, e.g., "The rioters fell back when the police arrived."
• Fall back on: to rely on, e.g., "You must save money to fall back on it in old age."
• Fall off: to decrease or get separated, e.g., "In the wake of pandemic, the admissions in the school have fallen off."
• Fall out: to quarrel, e.g., "The two friends appear to have fallen out over a minor issue."
• Fall in with: to agree with, e.g., "Instead of challenging the lie, she fell in with their views."
• Fall through: to remain incomplete or fail, e.g., "For want of sufficient funds, your new project is likely to fall through."

Phrasal Verbs with "Follow"

• Follow up: to pursue or investigate, e.g., "The idea has been followed up by a group of researchers."

Phrasal Verbs with "Get"

• Get ahead: to go forward or make progress, e.g., "You can get ahead of your rivals only by hard work."
• Get along: to be friendly, e.g., "They just can't get along together because of temperamental differences."
• Get at: to reach or understand, e.g., "It is very difficult to get at the truth."
• Get away: to escape or leave, e.g., "They got away on a scooter."

Phrasal Verbs with "Take"

• Take down: to write, e.g., "She was busy in taking down the dictation which the teacher was giving."
• Take off: to remove or improve, e.g., "It is difficult for Indian economy to take off in the absence of heavy investment."
• Take over: to take responsibility, e.g., "The agency tried to take over another company."
• Take up: to start a hobby or occupation, e.g., "He has taken up modelling as a career."

Phrasal Verbs with "Tell"

• Tell upon: to affect adversely, e.g., "I have warned him that heavy work will tell upon his health."
• Take in: to deceive, e.g., "For all your intelligence, you are likely to be taken in by impostors."
• Take for: to suppose or identify, e.g., "I took the scoundrel for a noble person."
• Take aback: to be surprised, e.g., "I was taken aback to hear of the news of his failure."

Phrasal Verbs with "Talk"

• Talk over: to discuss a matter, e.g., "I agreed to go home and talk over the matter."

Phrasal Verbs with "Turn"

• Turn down: to reject or refuse, e.g., "I turned down the request of my friend to go to Shimla."
• Turn off: to stop or switch off, e.g., "Please make it a point to turn off the water tap before you go out."
• Turn on: to switch on or start, e.g., "She turned on the shower to take a bath."
• Turn over: to change or capsize, e.g., "The boat turned over and ten people were drowned."