Phrasal Verbs Basic

Respuesta correcta: A) hold on

• A) hold onCorrect. 'Hold on' means to wait briefly, which matches the request to wait until the meeting ends.
• B) hold offWrong. 'Hold off' means to delay something or to keep away, which is a different meaning.
• C) hold upWrong. 'Hold up' means to delay or to raise, which does not mean waiting.
• D) hold outWrong. 'Hold out' means to resist or to extend something, neither of which fits waiting.

Respuesta correcta: B) be put off

• A) be put onWrong. 'Put on' means to wear or to switch on, which has nothing to do with postponing.
• B) be put offCorrect. 'Put off' means to postpone, and with a passive 'will be put off' the delay is described precisely.
• C) be put inWrong. 'Put in' means to insert or to submit, which does not express postponement.
• D) be put upWrong. 'Put up' means to erect or to display, which is unrelated to a delay.

Respuesta correcta: C) She gave up her violin lessons last year.

• A) She gave in her violin lessons last year.Wrong. 'Give in' means to surrender or to yield, which is not the same as stopping an activity by choice.
• B) She gave off her violin lessons last year.Wrong. 'Give off' is not a standard phrasal verb in this meaning.
• C) She gave up her violin lessons last year.Correct. 'Give up' means to stop doing something, which matches stopping the lessons.
• D) She gave out her violin lessons last year.Wrong. 'Give out' means to distribute or to emit, which does not fit.

Respuesta correcta: D) gone off

• A) gone fromWrong. 'Gone from' would work in some constructions but is incomplete without a stated reference point.
• B) gone atWrong. 'Gone at' is not used to describe someone leaving.
• C) gone inWrong. 'Gone in' is not a standard expression for leaving a place.
• D) gone offCorrect. 'Gone off' means to have left the place, which fits a person who was present and is now absent.

Respuesta correcta: A) The trip cost me more than I had expected.

• A) The trip cost me more than I had expected.Correct. 'Cost me more' is the correct collocation, with the comparative 'more' rather than 'than' standing alone.
• B) The trip cost more me than I had expected.Wrong. 'More me' misplaces the indirect object, which must come directly after the verb.
• C) The trip cost me more what I had expected.Wrong. 'What' cannot replace the comparative 'more' in this structure.
• D) The trip cost me than I had expected.Wrong. 'Than' cannot follow 'cost' without a comparative element before it.

Respuesta correcta: B) I still have to finish the report.

• A) I still have finish the report.Wrong. 'Have finish' omits the infinitive marker after the modal-like 'have to'.
• B) I still have to finish the report.Correct. 'Have to' plus the infinitive expresses an outstanding obligation, which is the intended meaning.
• C) I still have the report to finish it.Wrong. 'To finish it' adds a redundant object pronoun after an infinitive that already has its complement.
• D) I still have to finishing the report.Wrong. 'Have to finishing' uses a gerund where the infinitive is required.

Respuesta correcta: C) Please turn off the lights when you leave.

• A) Please turn off them when you leave.Wrong. A pronoun object must precede the particle, so 'off them' is incorrect.
• B) Please turn the lights off when you leave.Wrong. The particle form is possible with a noun object but is avoided when the object is a pronoun.
• C) Please turn off the lights when you leave.Correct. 'Please' selects the type form, in which the noun object comes before the particle, which is the standard and safer position.
• D) Please turn the lights off it when you leave.Wrong. 'Off it' repeats the pronoun reference and does not fit the imperative request.

Respuesta correcta: D) I look after my younger brother every weekend.

• A) I look my after younger brother every weekend.Wrong. This scatters both the particle and the noun and produces no readable clause.
• B) I look after my younger brother every weekend is true.Wrong. The clause cannot be completed with 'is true' because it already contains its own structure.
• C) I look my younger brother after every weekend.Wrong. Separating the particle from the verb is not possible with an inseparable phrasal verb.
• D) I look after my younger brother every weekend.Correct. 'Look after' is inseparable, so the particle must stay directly after the verb and the object follows it.

Respuesta correcta: A) They put the deadline back by two weeks.

• A) They put the deadline back by two weeks.Correct. 'Put back' means to postpone, and with the noun object before the particle the sentence is standard.
• B) They put back by the deadline two weeks.Wrong. This version scatters the adverb and the noun and is not a well-formed sentence.
• C) They put the deadline by back two weeks.Wrong. 'By back' reverses the particle and the adverb that express the delay.
• D) They put back the deadline by two weeks is fine.Wrong. The clause cannot be extended with 'is fine' because 'they put back the deadline' has no direct object left.

Respuesta correcta: B) The trip fell through because of the strike.

• A) The trip fell over because of the strike.Wrong. 'Fell over' means to topple or to turn aside, which is a physical action.
• B) The trip fell through because of the strike.Correct. 'Fall through' means to fail to happen or be completed, which matches an abandoned plan.
• C) The trip fell about because of the strike.Wrong. 'Fell about' means to laugh or struggle, which is unrelated to plans.
• D) The trip fell in because of the strike.Wrong. 'Fell in' means to become enclosed or to arrive at a bad time, which does not mean a plan was cancelled.

Respuesta correcta: C) Could you go over the explanation once more?

• A) Could you go off the explanation once more?Wrong. 'Go off' means to leave or to explode, which is unrelated to reviewing material.
• B) Could you go under the explanation once more?Wrong. 'Go under' means to submerge or to examine in detail, which does not mean repeating something.
• C) Could you go over the explanation once more?Correct. 'Go over' means to review or repeat material, which is exactly what the student requests.
• D) Could you go out the explanation once more?Wrong. 'Go out' means to leave, and combining it with a noun in this way is not valid.

Respuesta correcta: D) I can't go along with this plan.

• A) I can't go in with this plan.Wrong. 'Go in with' means to join in, which does not express disagreement.
• B) I can't go for with this plan.Wrong. 'Go for' is not a phrasal verb in this meaning.
• C) I can't go on with this plan.Wrong. 'Go on with' means to continue, so this would mean to continue the plan instead of opposing it.
• D) I can't go along with this plan.Correct. 'Go along with' means to agree or to cooperate, so 'can't go along with' means to disagree.

Respuesta correcta: A) The power cut out in the middle of the film.

• A) The power cut out in the middle of the film.Correct. 'Cut out' means to stop working or to be switched off, which describes a sudden loss of electricity.
• B) The power cut over in the middle of the film.Wrong. 'Cut over' is not a standard expression for a power failure.
• C) The power cut down in the middle of the film.Wrong. 'Cut down' means to reduce, which would suggest someone deliberately reduced the supply.
• D) The power cut off in the middle of the film.Wrong. 'Cut off' can describe severing a connection but is not the usual verb for a power failure.

Respuesta correcta: B) Please turn down the volume; it is too loud.

• A) Please turn down on the volume; it is too loud.Wrong. 'Turn down on' adds a preposition that is not part of the phrasal verb.
• B) Please turn down the volume; it is too loud.Correct. 'Turn down' means to reduce the intensity of something such as a sound or a flame, which fits the situation.
• C) Please turn down the volume it is too loud.Wrong. The two clauses run together without punctuation, so the sentence is malformed.
• D) Please turn the down volume; it is too loud.Wrong. 'The down volume' separates the adjective from the noun it modifies.

Respuesta correcta: C) I finished the assignment ahead of time.

• A) I finished the assignment ahead of the deadline it was.Wrong. Adding a second clause after the phrase makes the sentence unbalanced and ungrammatical.
• B) I finished the assignment off of time.Wrong. 'Off of' is not part of this phrase and changes the meaning to disconnection.
• C) I finished the assignment ahead of time.Correct. 'Ahead of time' is the fixed phrase for completing something earlier than expected.
• D) I finished the assignment of ahead time.Wrong. 'Of ahead' reverses the two elements of the fixed expression.

Respuesta correcta: D) He has got over the flu at last.

• A) He has got through at the flu at last.Wrong. 'Got through at' is not a valid combination and the preposition is misplaced.
• B) He has got on the flu at last.Wrong. 'Get on' means to board or to manage, neither of which refers to illness.
• C) He has got up the flu at last.Wrong. 'Get up' means to rise from bed, which describes an action rather than a recovery.
• D) He has got over the flu at last.Correct. 'Get over' means to recover from an illness or a difficulty, which matches the meaning of the sentence.

Respuesta correcta: A) The mistake was pointed out by the teacher.

• A) The mistake was pointed out by the teacher.Correct. 'Point out' means to draw attention to something, and 'was pointed out' correctly expresses that in the passive.
• B) The mistake was pointed at by the teacher.Wrong. 'Pointed at' requires a target and is not used with a mistake as its object in this sense.
• C) The mistake was pointed in by the teacher.Wrong. 'Pointed in' has no such meaning in English.
• D) The mistake was pointed over by the teacher.Wrong. 'Pointed over' is not a valid form of this verb; over does not combine with point in this sense.

Respuesta correcta: B) She won the debate and reminded everyone of her seniority.

• A) She won the debate and outranked the room politely.Wrong. 'Outranked the room' is not English and attempts a literal rendering of the idiom.
• B) She won the debate and reminded everyone of her seniority.Correct. The idiom means to demonstrate that someone is less important than they believe, which the first sentence renders naturally.
• C) She won the debate and raised her voice at the end.Wrong. Raising the voice describes volume, not status, so it does not convey the idiom.
• D) She won the debate and lowered the level of the discussion.Wrong. Lowering the level of the discussion describes a different effect entirely.

Respuesta correcta: C) The police are looking into the case.

• A) The police are looking over the case into doubt.Wrong. 'Look over' means to review briefly and 'into doubt' is not a valid continuation.
• B) The police are looking on the case.Wrong. 'Look on' means to watch or to consult, neither of which means investigate.
• C) The police are looking into the case.Correct. 'Look into' means to investigate, which is what an investigation of a case involves.
• D) The police are looking in on the case.Wrong. 'Look in on' means to visit briefly, which is different from investigating.

Respuesta correcta: D) Could you pick up the parcel from the post office?

• A) Could you pick for up the parcel from the post office?Wrong. 'Pick for up' separates a particle that must stay with the verb.
• B) Could you pick up of the parcel from the post office?Wrong. 'Up of' adds a preposition that is not part of the phrasal verb.
• C) Could you pick the parcel up on the post office?Wrong. 'On the post office' would place the parcel on the building, which is a different action.
• D) Could you pick up the parcel from the post office?Correct. 'Pick up' can mean to collect something or to learn a language, and here it means to collect a parcel.