1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007
1251000 Phrasal Verb Quiz Questions S s
Complete the sentences so that each includes a phrasal verb beginning with ‘s’...
1 My son is saving for a new car, and he’s already got about $6,000. (2 letters)
2 I was very lazy in university, but I always scraped my exams somehow. (7 letters)
3 Sometimes the poor boy can’t even scrape enough money for his lunch. (8 letters)
4 Jim’s already made a lot of mistakes, and if he screws again he might lose his job. (2 letters)
5 I’m going to the travel agent to about booking tickets for our holiday. (3 letters)
6 Does anyone know what Richard’s doing? I haven’t seen him for a few days. (6 letters)
7 My family will come to see me at the airport when I leave for China. (3 letters)
8 Nostradamus thought he could see the future and he made many predictions. (4 letters)
9 She’s going to see the year in her current job, and then quit and travel for a while. (3 letters)
10 Would you mind our guest out to his car when the meeting is over? (6 letters)
11 We’ll see the job no matter how long it takes. (7 letters)
12 Her parents will see her college, but she’ll be supporting herself after that. (7 letters)
13 Don’t worry. I’ll see it that he gets your message. (2 letters)
14 We were advised to seek the best lawyers we could find to defend our son. (3 letters)
15 The bankrupt company had to off its assets to pay its debts. (4 letters)
16 I went to the shop to buy some milk but they’d sold , so I couldn’t get any. (3 letters)
17 The camera I ordered arrived in the mail, but it was damaged so I sent it . (4 letters)
18 Why didn’t anyone send the fire brigade when the fire first started? (3 letters)
19 The referee gave him a red card for a dangerous tackle and sent him . (3 letters)
20 We’re going to send ten thousand copies of our new catalog to our customers. (3 letters)
21 Ken didn’t feel like cooking, so we sent out some pizza and salad instead. (3 letters)
22 The new manager set the difficult task of saving the failing company. (5 letters)
23 The war in Iraq set Shi'ite and Sunni Moslems each other and many died. (7 letters)
24 Have you set enough money for your trip to India? (5 letters)
25 The concert tickets set him about two hundred dollars. (4 letters)
26 We need to set the details of our arrangement in writing so everything is clear. (4 letters)
27 The rain looks like it’s set , so I don’t think we’ll be playing tennis today. (2 letters)
28 A bomb was set just as the prime minister was coming out of the building. (3 letters)
29 We have to go a long way tomorrow, so we should set early in the morning. (3 letters)
30 My brother set his own company when he was only 18 years old. (2 letters)
31 Why don’t you up a meeting with our new clients? (3 letters)
32 He travelled for years and didn’t settle and raise a family until he was nearly forty. (4 letters)
33 Despite wanting more, the workers settled a $10 raise and ended their strike. (3 letters)
34 The kids took a while to settle to their new school, but now they like it. (2 letters)
3 5 At first they thought about going to India, but they settled a trip to Italy instead. (2 letters)
36 After winning the lottery, Jerry settled all his debts. (2 letters)
37 David hurt his foot, but he shook it and played out the rest of the game. (3 letters)
38 Even though she wasn’t hurt in the accident, she was really shaken by it. (2 letters)
39 The new manager is going to shake things and try to save the company. (2 letters)
40 Unless we shape and do better in our work, our boss said he’d have to fire us. (2 letters)
41 One of our fighter jets was shot by the enemy. (4 letters)
42 If you want to buy a new phone, shop to find the best price. (6 letters)
43 Many guys at the gym love to show their big muscles. (3 letters)
44 John was angry when his ex-wife showed at his party without being invited. (2 letters)
45 The government tried to shut the illegal drugs trade. (4 letters)
46 Before you try to fix the wiring, make sure you shut the power. (3 letters)
47 It’s too bright in here. Would you mind closing the curtains to shut the light? (3 letters)
48 Their teacher got angry and told the noisy students to shut or get out. (2 letters)
49 He shuts his shop and goes home at six o’clock every day. (2 letters)
50 Jimmy claimed he was tricked by his manager into signing the rights to his music. (4 letters)
51 I usually end my emails with ‘Best regards’. How do you usually sign ? (3 letters)
52 He likes his job, so he’s signed for another one-year contract. (2 letters)
53 The army is using TV commercials to get more people to sign and become soldiers. (2 letters)
54 I’ll only sing a song if everyone else sings with me. (5 letters)
55 When I heard I’d won a scholarship to Oxford University, it took a moment to sink . (2 letters)
56 I can’t just sit and do nothing while everybody else is working hard. (4 letters)
57 They stood up while the judge came in, and then sat . (4 letters)
58 He couldn’t get to the meeting, so he asked his assistant to sit in him. (3 letters)
59 Some trainee teachers sat on the class and watched as Steven taught his students. (2 letters)
60 Since losing his job, Gino has just sat all day watching TV. (6 letters)
61 I find musicals boring but my family wanted to see Cats so I took them and sat it . (3 letters)