Idioms with the phrasal verb go English Grammar MCQ with Answers

Question. Pakistani viewers will no longer be able to watch their favorite Bollywoood movies as the government has decided that all Indian cable channels will ....... the air at the end of this month.
(a) go off
(b) go out
(c) go on
(d) go over
Answer. A

Question. Would you rather ....... for a picnic or a meal at a restaurant?
(a) go off
(b) go out
(c) go on
(d) go over
Answer. B

Question. The mayor has allowed vendors to ....... to their old place after many of them complained of lesser income following the implementation of the night market last week.
(a) go back
(b) go out
(c) go on
(d) go off
Answer. A

Question. Rosie overslept because her alarm clock didn't ....... this morning.
(a) go off
(b) go over
(c) go on
(d) go back
Answer. A

Question. The families of the seven astronauts lost aboard the space shuttle Columbia told NASA last Monday that space exploration must ........
(a) go out
(b) go over
(c) go off
(d) go on
Answer. D

Question. Indonesia's fuel subsidies could ....... 100 trillion Rupiah ($9.6 billion) due to high prices and fuel scarcity in parts of the world's fourth most populous country, its president said on Tuesday.
(a) go on
(b) go over
(c) go out
(d) go off
Answer. B

Question. Two out of every five companies struck by disaster ....... of business.
(a) go back
(b) go over
(c) go out
(d) go off
Answer. C

Question. ....... the railroad tracks, and at the traffic light, go straight. The street becomes Broad St. as you cross over Main St. Continue to the next stoplight on Broad St. and turn right onto Markham Ave. The library is the first building on the left.
(a) Go back
(b) Go over
(c) Go out
(d) Go off
Answer. B

Question. A chiropractor who claims he can treat anyone by ....... in time to when an injury occurred has attracted the attention of State regulators.
(a) going out
(b) going off
(c) going back
(d) going over
Answer. C

Question. Earlier this morning the wind was blowing at about 25 mph and the temperature was -5 F. It was way too cold to ....... jogging.
(a) go back
(b) go over
(c) go out
(d) go off
Answer. C

 Phrasal Verbs A to B 

Question. Sherri tries to ....... Marcie all the time.
(a) act up
(b) act like
(c) seeming like
Answer. B

Question. When he tried to balance his checkbook, he found that things just didn't ........
(a) add on
(b) add right
(c) add up
Answer. C

Question. Ken really likes Kirstie but he's too nervous to ........
(a) ask her out
(b) ask her on
(c) ask out
Answer. A

Question. Lenny didn't ....... when his superior reprimanded him.
(a) back up
(b) back down
(c) back over
Answer. B

Question. Norman is really aggressive and sometimes he should know when to ........
(a) back up
(b) back off
(c) back over
Answer. B

Question. Sandy wants to learn how to drive but she must also learn how to ....... so she can get in and out of parking spots easily.
(a) back up
(b) back behind
(c) back off
Answer. A

Question. No one at the office expected him to lose his temper and ....... the way he did.
(a) blow away
(b) blow over
(c) blow up
Answer. C

Question. After the tragic accident, Lauren's mother had a nervous ........
(a) breakup
(b) breakdown
(c) breakthrough
Answer. B

Question. Kathy felt a little uneasy when she found out her neighbours had a ........
(a) break-in
(b) breakout
(c) break
Answer. A

Question. No one in the group could believe that Sally and Steve ........
(a) broke over
(b) broke up
(c) broke apart
Answer. B

 

Phrasal Verbs B to C

Question. Marty often ....... important issues at the meetings.
(a) brought down
(b) brought up
(c) brought over
Answer. B

Question. Sue felt she should ....... on her math skills before she started school.
(a) brush on
(b) brush over
(c) brush up
Answer. C

Question. He could feel the back of his neck ....... when they started talking about the tragedy.
(a) burn on
(b) burn in
(c) burn up
Answer. C

Question. Candace has a bad habit of ....... in front of others.
(a) butting in
(b) butting
(c) butting into
Answer. A

Question. Ken tried to ....... his teachers in order to get a good report card.
(a) butter up
(b) butter over
(c) butter in
Answer. B

Question. The guard had to ....... the dogs when Henry approached the locked gate.
(a) call on
(b) call down
(c) call off
Answer. C

Question. Everyone could see by the grimace on his face that he didn't ....... the meal in front of him.
(a) care on
(b) care for
(c) care of
Answer. B

Question. He didn't ....... to new concepts easily.
(a) catch on
(b) catch up
(c) catch with
Answer. A

Question. They ....... the hotel late last night.
(a) checked into
(b) checked on
(c) checked
Answer. A

Question. Due to his illness, he worked hard to ....... with his missed schoolwork.
(a) catch on
(b) catch up
(c) catch
Answer. B