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