Phrasal Verbs

1. Before leaving the house, please ________ the lights and ________ your computer.
a) turn off / log off
b) call off / take off
c) cut off / show off

2. The electricity was suddenly ________ during the storm, so the organizers decided to ________ the concert.
a) cut off / call off
b) called off / cut off
c) switched off / put off

3. We ________ early in the morning and ________ the train at the next station.
a) got off / set off
b) set off / got off
c) drove off / dropped off

4. She ________ her jacket because she was hot and ________ the label from her new dress.
a) took off / peeled off
b) put off / wiped off
c) came off / crossed off

5. My alarm ________ at 6:30, and when I checked the fridge, I realized that the milk had ________.
a) wore off / gone off  
b) gone off / worn off
c) went off / gone off

6. The plane ________ at 9:00, and her new business really ________ after she appeared on TV.
a) took off / took off
b) set off / took off
c) took off / set off

7. We had to ________ the meeting until Monday because the bad weather ________ several people from travelling.
a) put off / put off
b) call off / take off
c) cut off / wear off

8. He loves to ________ in front of his friends, but all his hard work eventually ________.
a) doze off / gave off  
b) pay off / showed off
c) show off / paid off

TEST GRILĂ — Phrasal Verbs cu “DOWN”

1. After the meeting, she wanted to (1) ___ before dinner, but her boss asked her to (2) ___ and finish the report first.

a) lie down / sit down

b) burn down / go down

c) fall down / run down

d) shut down / turn down

2. The old factory had to (1) ___ after the fire, and unfortunately the whole building (2) ___ within an hour.

a) close down / calmed down

b) close down / burned down

c) slow down / fell down

d) break down / settled down

3. My car (1) ___ on the highway this morning, so I had to (2) ___ my speed and pull over carefully.

a) broke down / slow down

b) shut down / cut down

c) fell down / turn down

d) came down / settle down

4. He decided to (1) ___ the job offer because the salary kept (2) ___ every year.

a) let down / running down

b) turn down / going down

c) back down / burning down

d) look down on / breaking down

5. The detective finally managed to (1) ___ the missing documents, and immediately (2) ___ all the important details.

a) write down / put down

b) track down / wrote down

c) come down with / took down

d) knock down / settled down

6. I don’t want to (1) ___ my parents, so I promised to (2) ___ and finish university this year.

a) let down / settle down

b) look down on / calm down

c) run down / back down

d) turn down / burn down

7. After years of travelling, they finally (1) ___ in a small town, even though their friends used to (2) ___ people who lived such quiet lives.

a) settled down / look down on

b) backed down / run down

c) calmed down / cut down on

d) came down / knocked down

8. She’s always (1) ___ her colleagues behind their backs, but lately she’s been feeling completely (2) ___ herself, with no energy left.

a) letting down / burned down

b) turning down / settled down

c) running down / run down

d) cutting down / broken down

9. The teacher asked the children to (1) ___ before the lesson, but one boy accidentally (2) ___ while running to his seat.

a) settle down / fell down

b) calm down / broke down

c) sit down / burned down

d) back down / shut down

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