This grammar exercise tests your understanding of common phrasal verbs.
1. Pull hard and the two pieces will come …………………..
When things come apart, they separate.
2. I came ………………. an old friend of mine yesterday.
To come across somebody is to meet them unexpectedly.
3. I came ………………. with typhoid last month.
To come down with typhoid is to become sick with typhoid.
4. The watchman came …………….. with all the evidences he could collect.
To come forward is to volunteer for a task.
5. If you want to lose weight, you should cut ……………… cheese and burgers.
To cut back on something is to consume less of it.
6. We had to cut many trees …………….. to build the house.
To cut something down is to make it fall to the ground.
7. Julie cut …………… while I was chatting with her friend.
To cut in is to interrupt.
8. The air conditioner will cut ……………… when the room temperature reaches 26 degree Celsius.
When a machine or engine cuts in, it starts operating.
9. The doctors cut ……………….. his legs to save his life.
10. The utility company cut ……………… our power supply because we hadn’t paid the bill.
To cut off power is to stop providing it.
11. His parents cut him ………….. when he married against their wishes.
To cut somebody off is to take them out of a will.
12. I cut these pictures ………………. of a magazine.
To cut something out is to remove it with scissors.
Answers
1. Pull hard and the two pieces will come apart.
2. I came across an old friend of mine yesterday.
3. I came down with typhoid last month.
4. The watchman came forward with all the evidences he could collect.
5. If you want to lose weight, you should cut back on cheese and burgers.
6. We had to cut many trees down to build the house.
7. Julie cut in while I was chatting with her friend.
8. The air conditioner will cut in when the room temperature reaches 26 degree Celsius.
9. The doctors cut off his legs to save his life.
10. The utility company cut off our power supply because we hadn’t paid the bill.
11. His parents cut him off when he married against their wishes.
12. I cut these pictures out of a magazine.
