Thread: Worksheet: Two-Word Verbs 2

REVIEW Two-word verbs

Circle the correct answer

1. I wish you wouldn’t mention things like that when I am eating.

a. bring in
b. bring up
c. bring out
d. bring about

2. She carries a shopping list and marks the items as she buys them.

a. checks out
b. checks in
c. checks over
d. checks off

3. Please help me learn how to operate this new equipment.

a. check up on me.
b. check me out on it.
c. check in with me.
d. check it over for me.

4. This work was not done correctly. Repeat the exercise.

a. Do it well.
b. Do it correctly.
c. Do it over.
d. Do it now.

5. Please be sure to submit this report before 1500 today.

a. to hand over
b. to hand down
c. to hand up
d. to hand in

6. I don’t know the reason why he didn’t come to the party.

a. can’t figure on c. can’t figure up
b. can’t figure out d. can’t figure at

7. Please put your coat on the hook in the hall.

a. hang down your coat
b. hang on to your coat
c. hang up on your coat
d. hang up your coat

8. You don’t need to take off your coat. You can ______.

a. keep it off
b. keep it on
c. keep it up
d. keep it down

9. If you don’t know what a word means ______.

a. look down on it
b. look through it
c. look after it
d. look it up

10. When we get to Dallas we can find out where Joe is and visit him.

a. look up to Joe
b. look up Joe
c. look down on Joe
d. look through Joe

11. Our students often learn a lot of English at random.

a. pick through a lot of English
b. pick on a lot of English
c. pick over a lot of English
d. pick up a lot of English

12. I always save a little money every month for my vacation.

a. put down
b. put on
c. put aside
d. put in

13. We had to interrupt our work for a while to help Bill fix his car.

a. put on our work
b. put aside our work
c. put out our work
d. put in our work

14. Please hang your clothes in the closet. Don’t leave them on the floor.
a. put on c. put out
b. put aside d. put away

15. Hurry up and get dressed.

a. put away your clothes
b. put down your clothes
c. put on your clothes
d. put aside your clothes

16. Don’t ______. I’m not responsible for your accident.

a. take it up with me
b. take it out on me
c. take it out with me
d. take it back to me

17. Bill has begun tennis lessons. He has ______ tennis.

a. taken on
b. taken out
c. taken down
d. taken up

18. I wish they would remove the wrecked car. It is blocking the road.

a. take off
b. take away
c. take out
d. take down

19. Be sure to remove your hat when you come into the building.

a. take off
b. take away
c. take out
d. take down

20. I’ll help you clean up. You remove this trash while I sweep.

a. take off
b. take away
c. take in
d. take down

21. The man was asked to remove the old Venetian blinds and install new ones.

a. take off
b. take away
c. take out
d. take down

22. Please consider going with us tomorrow.

a. think up
b. think about
c. think through
d. think out

23. Please consider carefully what you plan to say.

a. think up
b. think out
c. think through
d. think over

24. Please consider it carefully and decide what to do about the problem.

a. think up
b. think about
c. think through
d. think over

25. Please plan something we can do to solve this problem.

a. think up
b. think about
c. think through
d. think over


26. The lesson is continued on the back of the page. ______.

a. Turn it off
b. Turn it down
c. Turn it in
d. Turn it over

27. Be sure to give the homework to your teacher. ______.

a. Turn it off
b. Turn it down
c. Turn it in
d. Turn it over

28. I will have to refuse his invitation. I will have to ______.

a. turn it off
b. turn it down
c. turn it in
d. turn it over

29. Stop that machine. ______.

a. Turn it off
b. Turn it down
c. Turn it in
d. Turn it over

30. The engine won’t start. It won’t ______.

a. turn off
b. turn down
c. turn on
d. turn over

31. Bill was sick and he had to ______ the work to me.

a. turn off
b. turn down
c. turn in
d. turn over

32. Bob found my wallet. Where did he ______ it?

a. come to
b. come in
c. come across
d. come along with

33. Bob will accompany us to the movies.

a. come to us
b. come in us
c. come across us
d. come along with us

34. The bill amounted to $73.10. How much did it ______?

a. come to
b. come in
c. come across
d. come along with

35. Bob was unconscious for two hours. When did he ______?

a. come to
b. come in
c. come across
d. come along with

36. Bob entered the room at 6:00. When did he ______?

a. come to
b. come in
c. come across
d. come along with

37. I wanted to register at the hotel. I asked the clerk to ______.

a. check me in
b. check me out
c. check up on me
d. check me over

38. I wanted the doctor to examine me. I asked him to ______.

a. check me in
b. check me out
c. check up on me
d. check me over


39. I plan to leave the base tomorrow. I asked the locator to ______.

a. check me in
b. check me out
c. check up on me
d. check me over

40. The police will investigate my background. They will ______.

a. check me in
b. check me out
c. check up on me
d. check me over

Betty Schrampfer-Azar used to have a really good list of phrasal verbs in the appendices of her grammar books. When I was in Africa I kept building on that list until I had 6 or 7 single-spaced 10-point pages. Then my little Mac Power Book crashed and I was never able to recover them.