English Vocabulary Exercises - Phrasal Verbs (General - 1) - Exercise 3-5

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. The children all watched with fascination as the old house was _______________.
2. You don't need to _______________ just to go to the pub - jeans and a T-shirt are fine.
3. When I _______________ this dress in the store, I thought it looked nice, but now I'm not so sure.
4. He really _______________ up his job interview. He forgot his resumé, and he couldn't answer half the questions they asked him.
5. I was walking home by a different route than usual and I _______________ a cute little restaurant we should try out one evening.
6. She had a bad fever and felt dizzy and finally she _______________ and we had to call an ambulance.
7. The children are certainly _______________ meeting their cousins when we travel to Boston next month.
8. I can't find my car keys but I'm sure they'll _______________ somewhere when I'm cleaning the house.
9. I asked my girlfriend to marry me and she hesitated and said she would _______________!
10. I need to _______________ the grocery store on the way home today.
11. Unless people _______________ and put pressure on the government to protect grizzly bears, these animals may one day go extinct.
12. Because there is so little evidence, we may never _______________ who murdered him.
13. There were so many beautiful dresses in the shop that it was too hard to _______________.
14. He is the kind of kid who needs a lot of attention and is always _______________ to his classmates.
15. My buddy is trying to _______________ with his wife's best friend.
16. He never really talked to the girl living next door while he was growing up, but then he saw her again at university and they _______________ becoming boyfriend and girlfriend.