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✍️ Phrasal Verbs Exercises: Printable Worksheets with Answers

Level: B1 | Includes: 5 exercises + Answer Keys

Vocabulary Phrasal Verbs phrasal verbs exercises worksheets

Exercise 1: Choose the correct phrasal verb

  1. I need to ______ at 6 AM tomorrow. (get up / give up)
  2. Please ______ the light. It's dark. (turn on / turn off)
  3. Don't ______ on your dreams. (give up / get up)
  4. Can you ______ my cat this weekend? (look after / look for)
  5. We ______ milk. Can you buy some? (ran out of / ran into)
  6. She ______ her mother. They look very similar. (takes after / takes over)
  7. The plane will ______ at 8 PM. (take off / take over)
  8. I can't ______ this noise anymore! (put up with / get up with)
  9. He ______ an interesting book at the library. (came across / came along)
  10. I ______ you at the party. I didn't see you. (looked for / looked after)
Answers:
1. get up | 2. turn on | 3. give up | 4. look after | 5. ran out of | 6. takes after | 7. take off | 8. put up with | 9. came across | 10. looked for

Exercise 2: Correct the pronoun placement

  1. Turn off it. → Turn it off.
  2. Pick up them. → ____________________
  3. Put on it. → ____________________
  4. Take off it. → ____________________
  5. Turn down it. → ____________________
  6. Throw away them. → ____________________
  7. Look up it. → ____________________
  8. Put away them. → ____________________
Answers:
1. Turn it off.
2. Pick them up.
3. Put it on.
4. Take it off.
5. Turn it down.
6. Throw them away.
7. Look it up.
8. Put them away.

Exercise 3: Fill in the blank with the correct particle (up, off, on, out, after, over)

  1. I woke ______ at 7 AM.
  2. Please turn ______ the TV. It's too loud.
  3. She takes ______ her mother.
  4. The plane took ______ at 9 PM.
  5. I need to get ______ this cold.
  6. Look ______ your little brother.
  7. We ran ______ of milk.
  8. Put ______ your jacket. It's cold outside.
Answers:
1. up | 2. down | 3. after | 4. off | 5. over | 6. after | 7. out | 8. on

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verb

  1. I'm looking forward to ______ (see) you.
  2. She gave up ______ (smoke) last year.
  3. He kept on ______ (talk) during the movie.
  4. They ended up ______ (stay) at home.
  5. She put off ______ (call) her mother.
  6. He couldn't help ______ (laugh) at the joke.
Answers:
1. seeing | 2. smoking | 3. talking | 4. staying | 5. calling | 6. laughing

Exercise 5: Replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb

  1. I woke up at 7 AM. → I ______ at 7 AM. (stay the same - correct)
  2. She resembles her mother. → She ______ her mother.
  3. He quit smoking. → He ______ smoking.
  4. Can you take care of my dog? → Can you ______ my dog?
  5. We have no more sugar. → We ______ sugar.
Answers:
1. got up | 2. takes after | 3. gave up | 4. look after | 5. ran out of

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