Phrasal Verbs 1

Question 1

to fall asleep gradually

Answer 1

to nod off

I’m sure nobody will mind if I nod off for a while.

Question 2

go to sleep, especially after some difficulty

Answer 2

to get off

For some reason, he couldn’t get off to sleep.

Question 3

move quietly or secretly, trying not to be seen

Answer 3

slip out

I could slip out through the side door.
But whenever my father’s back was turned, I would slip out of the house and go to meet Gerald secretly.

Question 4

fall or nearly fall

Answer 4

She slipped on a banana skin and sprained her ankle.

Question 5

Nobody else was there.

Answer 5

There was no one about.

There were now lots of people about.

Question 6

if a meeting or other event breaks up, or if you break it up, it ends and people leave

Answer 6

break up

It was half past three and the local school had just broken up for the day.

Question 7

(British English) to turn your head to see somebody/something behind you

Answer 7

look round

She looked round when she heard the noise.

Question 8

looking on all sides

Answer 8

look around

He tiptoed to the front of the cell and looked around. There was no one about.