Chapter 1 - School Life

Question 1

brush up on ___

brushed up on ___

Answer 1

study again, review, refresh one’s memory about

ex. I brushed on my two-words verbs before the test

Question 2

catch up with __

caught up with __

Answer 2

come to someone from behind, overtake

ex. My mom caught up with me. I was walking fast but she made it to me.

Question 3

check … over …

checked over

Answer 3

take another look at, try to find mistakes, examine

ex. My friend checked over my homework for grammar mistakes.

Question 4

cross … off …

crossed off

Answer 4

mark out, cancel (cross off is often used for the same meaning)
ex. My grandma crosses off each day on her calendar.

Question 5

fall behind

fell behind

Answer 5

fail to do work (or else) by a certain time, move more slowly than (someone else)
ex. Rosalie fell behind in her math class because she forgot to complete her exercises.

Question 6

figure … out …

figured out

Answer 6

find (an answer or a solution), decide, learn, understand

ex. Sherlock figured the puzzle out.

Question 7

find .. out …

found out

Answer 7

discover, learn

ex. My dad lied about Santa Clause, but I found out soon the truth.

Question 8

get along

got along

Answer 8

do (one’s work, etc) well enough, manage, succeed fairly well
ex. In school work, some students get along better than others

Question 9

get away

got away

Answer 9

escape, leave (something dangerous or bad) *often followed by “from”
ex. Get away from me, you evil!

Question 10

give up

gave up

Answer 10

stop trying, surrender

ex. The soldiers would not give up. They could not abandon their comrades.

Question 11

go after __

went after __

Answer 11

go to get (something)

ex. Sarah went to get her books at the Coop Zone.

Question 12

hand … in …

handed in

Answer 12

give to a teacher, pass in, submit (= turn in)
ex. The teacher said we have to hand our paper in on Friday before class starts.

Question 13

head for __

headed for __

Answer 13

go toward
ex. Audrey headed for her next class on the second floor.

Question 14

keep at __

kept at __

Answer 14

continue to try (especially something difficult or tiresome), persist in
ex. Edward would succeed in his verb tests if he kept at it and studied hard.

Question 15

keep up with __

Kept up with __

Answer 15

stay even with, stay beside (in a race, etc.), do what is necessary for (opposite of “fall behind”)
ex. Rosalie keeps up with her math exercises so she doesn’t fall behind in her class.

Question 16

look for __

looked for __

Answer 16

try to find, seek

ex. Elizabeth was looking for her red pencil. It was nowhere around.

Question 17

look … up …

looked up

Answer 17

search for and find (especially in printed matter)

ex. Sine looked up in the dictionary for the meaning of a certain word.

Question 18

make … up …

made up

Answer 18

take or do (an examination, a paper, etc.) that has missed

ex. If you miss a test, you must make it up.

Question 19

pull through

pulled through

Answer 19

succeed or recover after some difficulty, get well after an illness, survive, come to a good ending
ex. David pulled through the hot weather and was able to continue his day at work.

Question 20

put … in …

put in

Answer 20

include, add

ex. Nicole likes to put in many different tasty ingredients in her famous soup.

Question 21

put … off …

put off

Answer 21

delay doing, postpone, avoid doing

ex. Simple Plan put off their concert because of their ill member.

Question 22

put … together …

put together

Answer 22

bring separate parts together, compile, assemble

ex. Sherlock puts the puzzle together while John looks outside of their apartment.

Question 23

read … through …

read through

Answer 23

read all of, read completely

ex. Martin read through the book “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” in one sit.

Question 24

stand for

stood for

Answer 24

mean, represent, symbolize

ex. The “g” in recipes stands for grams.

Question 25

tear … up …

tore up

Answer 25

tear into pieces, destroy by tearing into pieces

ex. François tore up old papers he wrote in High School.

Question 26

try … out on …

tried out on

Answer 26

get (someone else’s) opinion of

ex. Nicole tried out her new recipe on her daughter.

Question 27

turn … in …

turned in

Answer 27

give to a teacher, etc, pass in, submit (= hand in)

ex. I forgot the due date and turned my paper in late.