Phrasal verbs with off, up, out, down

Some prepositions that form phrasal verbs can convey a particular meaning. For example, off can have the sense of departing.

  • Set off - to embark on a journey
  • Take off - To go or leave, To rise into the air or begin flight
  • Wander off - Leave a place, usually without telling other people
  • Run off - To flow off something; drain away from something, To move away suddenly on foot

Choose the meaning

Each group of phrasal verbs below has one of these meanings: ending, reducing, improving, solving. Write the correct meaning for each group.

*sth = something

1.   2.       3. 4.  
cheer up cut off sort out turn sth down
look up log off wear out slow down
brush up break off find out get down
break up set off work out cool down
fix up call off figure sth out cut down

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Which verb from the groups above doesn't belong?

1.            2.           3.          4.

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Complete the sentences

Use one of the phrasal verbs from the chart to complete the sentences. Check the tense, some of them are not used. 

cheer up  cut off sort out turn sth down
look up log off wear out slow down
brush up break off   find out get down
break up   set off work out cool down
fix up call off figure sth out   cut down

1. I'm going to  evening classes to my English.

2. I just can't why she left her job. She seemed so happy there.

3.  the music, will you - it's far too loud!

4. I got a shock when I sat down and OR how much money I owed my parents.

5. We need to OR this problem as soon as possible.

6. We bought an appartment, but it was in a terrible state, and it's taking ages to .

7. ! It's not the end of the world.

8. When I finished writing my post on Facebook, I the web site and got ready for bed.

9. When Fidel Castro established close ties with the Soviet Union in 1960, the United States diplomatic relations with Cuba.

10. If the food's too hot, let it for a while before you eat it.

11. Francisco has finally found a job, so we've begun to pay off our debts. Things are definitely .

12. My sister eats fast food all the time. She really should a bit.

13. Unfortunately, he had to call off the meeting, as he had to go away unexpectedly.

14. I called Mario on my cell phone, but the reception was really poor, and we were several times.

15. Could you call Bob and what time she's arriving tomorrow?

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