Phrasal Verbs 2

Question 1

get up

Answer 1

When you get up, you leave your bed.

What time do you usually get up in the morning?

Question 2

look out for

Answer 2

If you look out for someone or something, you watch carefully so you see them approaching.

Roger was standing on the platform at the station looking out for the train.

Question 3

come down

Answer 3

If someone or something comes down the street, they move along it towards you (not always going from a higher level to a lower level).

There’s a big lorry coming down the street.

Question 4

walk on

Answer 4

When someone walks on, they continue to walk.

Susan paused for a moment outside the shop window and then walked on.

Question 5

turn round /

turn around

Answer 5

If you turn round or turn around, you go in the opposite direction.

The car drove to the end of the road, then turned round and came back again.

Question 6

pull up

Answer 6

When a car pulls up, it stops.

The car pulled up at a traffic light.

Question 7

crowd around /

crowd round

Answer 7

When people crowd around something or someone, or crowd round them, they form a large group around them.

We all crowded round to look at Peter’s photographs.

Question 8

get out of

Answer 8

When someone gets out of a car, they leave the car. (Note: You get out of a car. You get off a bus, train or plane.)

The policeman told the driver to get out of the car.

Question 9

meet up with

Answer 9

When you meet up with someone, you spend some time with them.

I had arranged to meet up with Jill after school.

Question 10

grow out of

Answer 10

If you grow out of a piece of clothing, you get bigger. The piece of clothing is now too small for you.

James has only had those shoes for two months and he’s already grown out of them.

Question 11

get on

Answer 11

If you get a piece of clothing on, you succedd in putting it on your body.

I can get this jacket on if I breathe in.

Question 12

do up

Answer 12

When you do up buttons or a zip, you fasten them.

The suitcase is too full. We can’t do up the zip.

Question 13

take off

Answer 13

When you take off a piece of clothing, you remove it from your body.

Take off those wet clothes before you catch a cold.

Question 14

try on

Answer 14

If you try on a piece of clothing, you put it on in a shop. You want to find out if you like it.

I thought you looked nice in the blue jacket. Why don’t you try it on again?

Question 15

pile up

Answer 15

You pile up things, or pile them up, when you put them into a big pile.

We piled up the books on the teacher’s desk.

Question 16

take in

Answer 16

You take in a dress, or take it in, when you make it tighter to fit better.

I’ve got thinner, so I must take my dress in at the waist.

Question 17

grow into

Answer 17

If you grow into a piece of clothing, you become bigger to wear it.

You think those shoes are too big, but Donald will soon grow into them.

Question 18

walk up and down

Answer 18

When you walk up and down, you walk first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.

I walked up and down the street looking for number 32B.

Question 19

put on

Answer 19

When you put on a piece of clothing, or put it on, it covers part of or all of your body.

Jim put on his hat and coat and went out.

Question 20

have on

Answer 20

When someone has on something, or has something on, they are wearing it.

Brian had on blue shorts and a red sweater.