Phrasal Verbs 3

PASSAGE 1:
I (1)________ an old friend by accident the other day. I was going to (2)________ my son from school when suddenly my car broke (3)________. I called (4)________ my husband on my cell phone. While I was waiting for him to (5)________, a truck crashed into my car. The driver (6)________ the truck to check (7)________ the damage. It was my friend Patrick. I hadn’t seen him since I (8)________ college. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. We (9)________ and it was nice to (10)________ the information about other friends while we were waiting for my husband and the tow truck.

1. A. ran into B. came across C. ran across D. A, B, C are correct
2. A. pick on B. pick up C. drop in on D. take out
3. A. down B. off C. up D. away
4. A. up B. in C. away D. on
5. A. turn up B. show up C. come into D. Both A and B are correct
6. A. got away with B. got out of C. went out D. Both A and B are correct
7. A. up B. in C. out D. out of
8. A. gave up B. dropped off C. dropped by D. gave off
9. A. chatted away B. talked into C. spoke up D. fell for
10. A. take back B. deal with C. catch up on D. carry out

PASSAGE 2:
The Terrys were sitting calmly having afternoon tea in their lounge when the van (1)______ up outside. The words ‘Reliable Removals – you can (2)______ us’ were printed on the side of the van in large blue capitals. Soon afterwards, an enormous man covered in tattoos appeared on the doorstep. Tim opened the door. ‘Sorry we’re late, guv,’ sail the tattoo man, ‘we hadn’t (3)______ all the traffic on the motorway, otherwise we’d have been here sooner. Isn’t that right, Lester? His companion, an unshaven man roughly half his size, joined in: ‘We didn’t budge for a good half hour, and we (4)______ up coming off the motorway and going through the villages. I did try and phone, but I couldn’t get (5)______. Anyway, we’re here now, so let’s (6)______ some serious work.’ Tim said, ‘Erm, I think there’s been some sort of misunderstanding, gentlemen.’

1. A. drew B. followed C. cropped D. called
2. A. ask after B. bear out C. count on D. draw up
3. A. got up to B. faced up to C. bargained for D. added up
4. A. brought B. ended C. broke D. came
5. A. down B. across C. over D. through
6. A. do away with B. fall out with C. get down to D. come up against

PASSAGE 3:
When the war (1)______ I must have been (2)______ 18 years of age, and like most boys of my age, I received the news with a kind of naïve enthusiasm, born out of youthful ignorance and inexperience. When I was (3)______, I still had a romantic vision of marching quickly to victory and being home in time for tea. I have an old picture of myself standing proudly in my new uniform – a young man about to (4)______ his responsibilities in life. I look like a boy pretending to be a man – and not quite managing to (5)______ it off. Little did I realise just what I had (6)______.

1. A. came B. bore C. broke D. carried
2. A. getting on for B. falling back on
C. getting round to D. feeling up to
3. A. counted on B. broken up C. called up D. asked after
4. A. draw up B. face up to C. do away with D. bring about
5. A. call B. break C. get D. carry
6. A. come in for B. come up against
C. come down to D. come up with

PASSAGE 4:
The small resort of Palama (1)______ out rather in the 1990s,