Exercises on phrasal verbs

Exercises on phrasal verbs

Exercise 1: Put the correct preposition in the blanks for combination with COME

come into, come to, come true, Come in useful, come upon,
Do not throw that away, it might come______ ( in useful)
He will come _____ a lot of money one day ( into)
How much does this dress come_____ ( to)
The archaeologists came____ of the tomb of the 6th century A.D ( upon)
I hope your dreams come_____ ( true)

Exercise 2: Put the correct preposition in the blanks for combination with DO

Do with, do for, do in, do well, do into, do away with, do harm, do without,
He has been working hard lately and could do____ a holiday ( with)
As she was getting fat, she decided to do ____ bread and potatoes ( without)
This car is done___ I will have to buy a new one ( for= breakdown)
At the end of the long journey, he was quite done____ ( in)
This generous man has done ___ by all of his old friends ( well)
He intended ___ do this story into verse ( into= turn)
Smoking will do you ____ ( harm)
They need to do ____ useless things in their home ( away with= throw away)


Exercise 3: Put the correct preposition in the blanks for combination with GET
Get along with, get at, get in, get over, get up, get on, get out of
We are good friends, we get____ together ( along with)
How can we get____ the truth( at= understand)
The train get____ at midday ( in= come)
How is Tom getting _____ at school( on= progress)
He quickly got___ of his bad habits and became a famous singer ( out of = )
He caught fever, but he is now getting it_____ ( over= hoi phuc)
The story soon got ___ that the man has been in jail ( round = lan truyen)
I need to get____ the tree to pick the fruits ( up = treo len)


Exercise 4: Put the correct preposition in the blanks for combination with HOLD, KEEP

hold forth, hold by, hold out, hold up, hold over, keep secret, keep away from, keep an eye for, keep one’s word, keep up with, keep in with
The traffic was held ______ by the fog ( hold up: ngung lai)
If we don’t get hope, we do not know how we are to hold____ ( hold out= face with)
He held ____ the principles of labor safety ( hold by: nam chac)
He held ______ on many subjects at the meeting ( hold forth = give)
Due to the heavy rain, the meeting was held____ ( hold over= postpone)
You must walk slowly if you want the children to _______ ( keep up with=duoi kip)
It is very important to keep___ ____ with the neigbors ( keep in with= be in good relationship)
The news must be kept _____ ( keep secret)
Keep children__________ the fire( keep away from= keep off)
The driver kept______ when another cars struck us, thus saving us from the accident ( keep one’s head)
Please keep ______ on my suitcase while I take the ticket ( keep an eye for)
Try to keep _____ promise if you want others to rely upon you ( keep one’s word)

Exercise 6: Put the correct preposition in the blanks for combination with PUT
put aside, put forth, put a stop, put in, put off, put up with, put in

He has put a good deal of money______ ( put aside= save up= lay up= put by)
Never put____ till tomorrow what you can do today ( put off= postpone)
There is a post advertised in the newspaper. Why don’t you put _______ it? ( put in for = claim for = call for= apply for)
He has put______ for a new car , but he will have to wait for it ( put in= install, come into use)
Jack was very troublesome in class, the teacher refuses to put _____ him( put up with= bear up)
I put his rudeness ______ his youth but I don’t like it. ( put down to = attribute to)
I tried o put____ to his usual jokes ( put a stop = put an end to)
Jane put _____ a new theory at the meeting ( put forth = give )