COMMUNICATIVE TEST II

COMMUNICATIVE TEST
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _________

I. In these pair of sentences, one meaning of the phrasal verb is literal and the other one is idiomatic. Say which is which:

Example:
a. The plane has just taken off. (Idiomatic)
b. Please take off your coat and sit down. (Literal)

1. a. Oh, no! The lights have gone out again! _____________
b. If you go out, take an umbrella. It is going to rain _____________

2. a. (On the phone) Hello? Hello? I can’t hear you. I think we’ve been cut off. _________
b. She cut off a big piece of meat and gave it to the dog. _____________

3. a. She looked up and smiled.
b. I looked up the word in the dictionary.

4. a. Can you pick up my pen for me? It’s under your chair.
b. I picked up some Italian when I was working in Rome.


II. Complete each pair of sentences below with one of the phrasal verbs from the box.

Get along with put up with run out of
Looking forward to come up with



1. How do you manage to the noise from your neighbors?
Some parents have to bad behavior from their kids.

2. I’m broke. I have to an idea for making money.
We need to a solution to this problem.


3. How well do you your colleagues?
I really don’t my teacher. He’s too strict.



III. Match a verb in A with an object in B.

A B

1. turn off a. clothes in a store
2. find out b. the answers
3. try on c. the television
4. figure out d. a new plan
5. try out e. information