25 Good to Have Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

Be into sth

Answer 1

Be very interested in a subject/activity

e.g. I’m into learing new languages

Question 2

Break in

Answer 2

Force entry into a building/vehicle

e.g. Somebody broke into my neighbours’ house

Question 3

Bring sth out

Answer 3

Produce/publish sth

e.g. The band have brought out a new song

Question 4

Call on sb

Answer 4

Visit sb

We called on you last night but you weren’t home

Question 5

Clean/clear sth up

Answer 5

Tidy/clean

e.g. Can you help me to clear up this mess?

Question 6

Cross sth out

Answer 6

Draq a line throught a word/phrase to delete it

e.g. Don’t use the word “Tippete”, just cross it out

Question 7

Do away with sth

Answer 7

Abolish sth, not have it any more

e.g. The local council did aray with telephones boxes

Question 8

Face up with sth

Answer 8

Accept and deal with sth difficult/unpleasant

e.g. She had to face up with the faillure of her exam

Question 9

Feel up to

Answer 9

Have the strenght and energy to do sth

e.g. I didn’t feel up going to he gym after my vacination

Question 10

Get away with sth

Answer 10

Do sth without being noticed/punished

e.g. Get away with murders

Question 11

Get over sth

Answer 11

Recover from illness/ loss/difficulty

e.g. I’ve just got over flu

Question 12

Go for sth

Answer 12

Put effort into sth in order to achive it

e.g. I’m going fot the exam in July, I feel up to it

Question 13

Go on

Answer 13

Continue

e.g. The debate went on for ages

Question 14

Go without sth

Answer 14

Suffer lack/deprivation

e.g. They were so poor that the children often went without unbroken clothes

Question 15

Hand/give/send sth in

Answer 15

Submit

e.g. I sent in my job application by handing in my essay

Question 16

Hold sb/sth up

Answer 16

Delay

e.g. We were held up bu the traffic

Question 17

Keep sth up

Answer 17

Continue at the same level/speed/standard

e.g. Keep up the good work and you’ll pass the exam

Question 18

Log in/on to sth (on/off)

Answer 18

Sign in/out

e.g. I can’t log in/on to my account

Question 19

Look into sth

Answer 19

Investigate

e.g. The police are looking into the missing woman’s social life

Question 20

Pull sth down

Answer 20

Demolish

e.g. That old building has been pulled down

Question 21

Put sb up

Answer 21

Let sb stay at your home

e.g. I can put you up to my place if you have nowhere else to stay

Question 22

Put up with sth

Answer 22

Tolerate

e.g. I barely put up with Gemma and her behaviour

Question 23

Think about sth

Answer 23

Consider/contemplate

e.g. I’m thinking about changing degree course

Question 24

Turn sth into sth else

Answer 24

Trasform

e.g. The palace has been turned into a tourist attraction

Question 25

Turn out

Answer 25

Be discovered/prove to be

e.g. The manager of the palace turned out to be a friend of my mother