Each sentence given below contains an incomplete phrasal verb. Complete the expression by supplying a suitable preposition or adverb particle.<\/p>\n
1. He takes \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. his father.<\/p>\n
a) down
\nb) after
\nc) in<\/p>\n
2. The militants took the captives \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n
a) away
\nb) down
\nc) after<\/p>\n
3. Public outcry forced the minister to take \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. his insensitive remarks about racism.<\/p>\n
a) off
\nb) back
\nc) out<\/p>\n
4. You can take this coat \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 to the shop if it doesn\u2019t fit.<\/p>\n
a) in
\nb) back
\nc) off<\/p>\n
5. Please take \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 his address, lest you should forget it.<\/p>\n
a) off
\nb) in
\nc) down<\/p>\n
6. The advertiser was forced to take \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. the huge billboards they had installed all over the city.<\/p>\n
a) off
\nc) down
\nc) out<\/p>\n
7. They took him \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 an idiot.<\/p>\n
a) for
\nb) in
\nc) off<\/p>\n
8. He is so na\u00efve. Anyone can take him \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n
a) down
\nb) in
\nc) out<\/p>\n
9. My clothes have become loose. Now I must get them taken \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n
a) in
\nb) out
\nc) for<\/p>\n
10. Wear your seat belts. The plane is about to take \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n
a) off
\nb) on
\nc) up<\/p>\n
Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. He takes after<\/strong> his father. (When you take after somebody you resemble them.)<\/p>\n 2. The militants took the captives away<\/strong>. (To take someone away is to capture them.)<\/p>\n 3. Public outcry forced the minister to take back<\/strong> his insensitive remarks about racism. (To take back is to retract something you said.)<\/p>\n 4. You can take this coat back<\/strong> to the shop if it doesn\u2019t fit. (To take something back is to return it.)<\/p>\n 5. Please take down<\/strong> his address, lest you should forget it. (To take something down is to write it down.)<\/p>\n 6. The advertiser was forced to take down<\/strong> the huge billboards they had installed all over the city. (To take something down is to remove it.)<\/p>\n 7. They took him<\/strong> for an idiot.<\/p>\n 8. He is so na\u00efve. Anyone can take him in<\/strong>. (To take someone in is to deceive them.)<\/p>\n 9. My clothes have become loose. Now I must get them taken in.<\/strong> (To take clothes in is to make them smaller.)<\/p>\n 10. Wear your seat belts. The plane is about to take off.<\/strong> (When a plane takes off, it leaves the ground.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each sentence given below contains an incomplete phrasal verb. Complete the expression by supplying a suitable preposition or adverb particle. 1. He takes \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. his father. a) down b) after c) in 2. The...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[289],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phrasal-verbs","tag-phrasal-verbs-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1335,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}