22 English Phrasal Verbs and Verb Forms Quiz Quizzes

1. The old lady was ____________ down when she crossed the street

A. knocked

B. broken

C. go

D. put

2. I ____________ my cousin, Peter, when I was on the way to school yesterday

A. ran out

B. run out

C. ran into

D. took on

3. The boy ____________ off his jacket and put it

A. took / away

B. take / on

C. kept / away

D. took / off

4. They ____________ my suggestion, which made me upset

A. turn down

B. look up to

C. run into

D. turned down

5. I (watch) ____________ TV when the lights (go) ____________ out

A. were watching / went

B. was watching / went

C. was watched/ went

D. had watched/ go

6. The coach warned the boys (not, swim) ____________ out too far

A. not to swim

B. to not swim

C. not swimming

D. swim

7. The fireworks went ____________ in all their colors and ____________ up the sky

A. on / lit

B. off / lit

C. on/ turn

D. off / turn

8. The bank robber threatened (shoot) ____________ the clerk if he moved

A. shooting

B. to shoot

C. shot

D. will shoot

9. Mr Pike is very good at making ____________ story to tell his children at bedtime

A. in

B. up

C. on

D. at

10. Her mother ordered her (not go) ____________ out with him the night before

A. not to go

B. to not go

C. do not go

D. not going

11. If you ____________ down something, you try to make people believe that it is not important

A. turn

B. write

C. play

D. put

12. The only teacher I ever ____________ to at school is my old English teacher

A. made up

B. look down

C. look up

D. look for

13. Whole villages have been ____________ by the floods

A. wiped out

B. turned down

C. lit up

D. urged on

14. She leans ____________ her husband for advice

A. into

B. in

C. at

D. on

15. After he (find) ____________ the key, he (open) ____________ the door

A. found/ was opening

B. has found/ was opening

C. had found / opened

D. was finding/ open

16. After he (finish) ____________ school, he (start) ____________ to work in a factory

A. had finished / started

B. finished /had started

C. was finishing / had started

D. finished / was started

17. You made me disappointed I would like you not to ____________ me ____________ any more

A. let/down

B. break/ up

C. slow /down

D. go/ down

18. We’d better ____________ if we want to get there in time

A. sped up

B. take up

C. speed up

D. turn down

19. I advised her (think) ____________ about that example again because it needed (correct)

A. to think/ corrected

B. to think/ correcting

C. think/ corrected

D. thinking/ correcting

20. She reminded me (phone) ____________ the police