10 Minute Phrasal Verb Test: Can you pass?

What's the most difficult part about learning  English? Well, according to a lot of my students,  

it is phrasal verbs, to blow up, to catch  up on, to go out. What in the world? Well,  

never fear. Today, I have some good news for you.  Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.  

Today in this lesson, you are going to take  a phrasal verb test. You will test yourself  

with 20 phrasal verb questions. I wonder what your  score is going to be. When you finish this test,  

please let me know in the comments. Like always,  I have created a free PDF worksheet that includes  

all of these phrasal verb quiz questions and their  answers and a little explanation about why that's  

the correct answer. I hope this will help you  to start to level up your phrasal verb skills.  

You can click on the link in the description  to download that free PDF worksheet today. 

And if you're thinking, "Oh man, Vanessa, phrasal  verbs have always been so hard for me. Thank you  

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level up your skills and express yourself using  phrasal verbs. All right, let's get started  

with our phrasal verb test. Sentence number one,  which phrasal verb best fits in this sentence? You  

shouldn't... politics in this house unless you are  ready to have a long conversation, you shouldn't  

blow up, bring on, or bring up. Which one is the  correct answer? I'll give you three seconds. 3,  

2, 1. You know what? You really shouldn't bring up  politics in this house unless you're ready for a  

long conversation. The phrasal verb to bring up  something means to mention it in conversation. 

All right, let's go to quiz question  number two. I met my friend for lunch  

because we haven't seen each other in months.  Which phrasal verb is the best? To catch up,  

to check out or to calm down? Three. I met my  friend for lunch to catch up because we haven't  

seen each other in months. This phrasal verb  to catch up means to meet with someone who you  

haven't seen for a long time. Let's catch up.  Test question number three. It's a little bit  

tricky. Which phrasal verb is the best in this  sentence. Instead of the wedding, the couple  

decided to elope. To elope means that you don't  have an official ceremony. Maybe it's just you and  

your spouse and you go to a courthouse alone and  you get married. So which phrasal verb is the best  

here? Cutting off, calling off or closing down? All of these have a slightly similar meaning,  

which is kind of to stop something, but only one  is correct. 3, 2, 1. Instead of calling off the  

wedding, the couple decided to elope. The phrasal  verb to call off something means to cancel some  

plans. Instead of calling off the whole wedding  and not getting married, they just decided to  

elope to make it simple. All right, let's go to  the next test. Question number four. Her story  

just didn't... I think she's lying. Which one of  these is correct? Account for, add up, or accept?  

3, 2, 1. Her story just didn't add up. I  think she's lying. I hope I didn't trick you  

on this one because the final verb here, accept is  actually not a phrasal verb. To be a phrasal verb,  

you need a main verb, which is to accept.  Okay, but there is no second or third part. 

This can be a, usually we think of it like a  preposition to add is the regular verb and up  

is the preposition, to add up. Her story didn't  add up. We usually use this in the negative sense,  

and it means it doesn't make sense. It doesn't add  up. You can use it in a positive way to say, "Oh,  

okay. Her story adds up," but it's a little less  common. It's more common to say her story doesn't  

add up. I think she's lying. All right, let's go  to the next test question. Number five. The wreck  

is going to... traffic for hours. Is it to hang  up? Is it to hold up or is it to hold on? 3, 2,  

1. Unfortunately, the wreck is going to hold  up traffic for hours. To hold up means to  

delay or to block some kind of progress. Cars  cannot get through because there's a wreck. 

The wreck is holding up traffic. Man, you're going  to be late for work. All right, let's go to the  

next one. Phrasal verb test question number  six, the troops... against the attack because  

they knew that reinforcements were on the way.  Which phrasal verb works the best here, hung out,  

hung up, or held out? 3, 2, 1. The troops held  out against the attack because they knew that  

reinforcement were on the way. To hold out against  something, here held is the irregular past tense,  

to hold out against something means that you are  waiting because you have hopes that something  

better is happening in the future. Here we have  troops that are under attack, but do you know  

what? They're not going to give up. They're going  to hold out. They have hope because they know that  

reinforcements, other troops are on the way to  help them. All right, let's go to the next one. 

Quiz question number seven is if you...  practicing, you will eventually get better.  

What's the best phrasal verb? Keep on, keep up,  with or keep out? 3, 2, 1. I have some bad news.  

This was a trick question. There are actually  two correct answers. You can say if you keep up  

practicing, you will eventually get better.  Or you can say, if you keep on practicing,  

you will eventually get better. Both of these  phrasal verbs can be used, and that's kind of the  

tricky thing about phrasal verbs is that sometimes  they have a similar meaning and there's just two  

different options. So there you go. Let's go to  quiz question number eight. He didn't want to...  

his team, but he knew that they probably wouldn't  win. Which one's correct? To give out, to give up  

on, or to give away? All three of these use the  main verb give, but the preposition is different. 

Only one is correct. 3, 2, 1. He didn't want  to give up on his team, but he knew that they  

probably wouldn't win. We used the phrasal verb  to give up on something when you lose hope. You're  

surrendering something. Huh? I'm just giving up  on my team. I'm not even going to help them try  

to win anymore because they have no hope. It's  kind of a sad situation. All right, let's go to  

the next question. Quiz question number nine.  Which one is correct here? He wanted to...  

the gas before the storm came. He wanted to fill  out, fill in or fill up? It's a little bit tricky  

here. I'll give you three seconds. He wanted  to fill up the gas before the storm came. The  

phrasal verb to fill up means to make something  full, and we often link this with gas in the car. 

I need to fill up the gas in my car. I need to  fill up before the storm comes. Congratulations,  

you have made it to the final test question.  Test question number 10. Which phrasal verb  

best fits in this sentence? I like  to.... presence during the holidays.  

Don't be tricked by these answers. Which ones  correct? Give out, give up, or give back?  

Hmm. 3, 2, 1. I hope you said, I like to give  out presents during the holidays. Did you say,  

I like to give back presents during the holidays?  Oh, no. This means that if I give you a presence,  

you just give it right back to me because  you don't like it. That would make me very  

sad. So here we want to say I give out presents  during the holidays and it means to distribute  

presents to your friends, your family,  and your neighbors during the holidays. 

So how did you do on these 10 phrasal verb test  questions? Let me know your score in the comments,  

and don't forget to download the free PDF  worksheet, which includes all 10 of these  

phrasal verb test questions, plus 10 bonus  questions so that you can super extra test  

your phrasal verb skills. You can click on the  link in the description to download that free PDF  

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excited to share with you, and I hope to see you  there. Thank you so much for learning English with  

me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new  lesson here on my YouTube channel. Bye. But wait,  

do you want more? I recommend watching this video  next where you will learn 30 phrasal verbs for  

your morning routine. What happens when you don't  wake up with your alarm in the morning? Do you  

know the phrasal verb for that? Well, I recommend  watching this video and I'll see you there. Bye.