Phrasal verbs 1

phrasal 22 terms 13 questions TOEIC Part 5, Part 6, Part 7

Phrasal verbs are the single biggest gap between a learner's English and the English of the TOEIC listening sections, because speakers use them instead of the formal verb every time: call off rather than cancel, look into rather than investigate, fill in rather than complete. This first set builds them from a table of verbs and particles.

Your task

Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb built from the list. Change the form of the verb where the sentence requires it.

Target vocabulary

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Practice

Word bank

against away call come cut fill do end forward get go look of off out pull run subject through to up with

1 Prices are expected to __________ by 20% next year. ( to rise / increase )

2 Unless we reduce the amount of energy we use, we'll __________ getting a huge bill at the end of the next quarter. ( to finish in a certain situation without wanting or intending to )

3 We were in the middle of negotiations on the phone when we were suddenly __________. ( to have a phone call stopped before it is finished )

4 When you __________ the application form, don't forget to include a daytime telephone number. ( to write information in the empty spaces on an official document )

5 Unless we act soon, we'll __________ options. ( to have nothing left )

6 When the chairman heard about the deal, he ______ it ______. ( to decide not to do something )

7 If the country decides to __________ customs inspections for goods from Canada, it may lead to the market being flooded with surplus goods. ( to get rid of something / remove something )

8 The company was __________ a lot of very difficult questions regarding its operating methods. ( to make somebody or something experience something unpleasant )

9 We had to __________ them the importance of keeping a proper filing system. ( to make someone understand – usually with difficulty – something important )

10 A lot of companies complain that they often __________ unnecessary bureaucracy and red tape when dealing with foreign companies. ( to have to deal with something difficult, often without expecting it )

11 The economic recession almost destroyed a lot of smaller businesses, but thanks to government funding, many are now __________. ( to recover )

12 After looking carefully at the potential advantages and disadvantages of a merger, the directors eventually __________ it. ( to do something you have planned to do )

13 We are very much __________ doing business with you. ( to be happy about something that will happen in the future )