Daily Routines Phrasal Verb Forms

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Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Read the complete sentence and notice the subject, verb form, time reference and word order before answering.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Yesterday, I ___ at 5:30 because I had an early train. Which form is correct?

   1. woke up
   2. wake up
   3. waking up
   4. have woken up
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   Answer

   woke up

   Woke up is the past simple form of wake up; yesterday places the action in the past.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   My brother ___ at 6:30 on weekdays. Which form is correct?

   1. get up
   2. gets up
   3. got up
   4. getting up
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   Answer

   gets up

   Gets up adds -s because My brother is a third-person singular subject in the present simple.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

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   You should ___ for a few minutes if your back hurts.

   1. lay down
   2. lie down
   3. lying down
   4. lies down
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   Answer

   lie down

   Should is followed by the base form, so the correct phrase is lie down, not lay down or lies down.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

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   The children are ___ at the table now.

   1. sitting down
   2. sit down
   3. sat down
   4. sits down
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   Answer

   sitting down

   Are sitting down uses be plus the -ing form for an action happening now.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

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   When the teacher came in, the students ___.

   1. stood up
   2. stand up
   3. standing up
   4. have stood up
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   Answer

   stood up

   Stood up is the irregular past simple form of stand up, and the completed event happened when the teacher came in.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

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   What time did you ___ last night?

   1. went out
   2. go out
   3. going out
   4. goes out
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   Answer

   go out

   After did, use the base form go out, not the past form went out.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

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   I’m going to the shop, but I ___ before lunch.

   1. will come back
   2. come back
   3. came back
   4. coming back
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   Answer

   will come back

   Will come back expresses a future return after the speaker goes to the shop.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Before you start your homework, ___ your desk.

   1. tidied up
   2. tidy up
   3. tidying up
   4. tidies up
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   Answer

   tidy up

   Imperatives use the base form of the verb, so the instruction is tidy up your desk.

9. Question 9 · Single choice

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   Which sentence is grammatically correct for a completed action with a present result?

   1. We clean up the kitchen yesterday.
   2. We have cleaned up the kitchen, so you can use it now.
   3. We cleaning up the kitchen, so you can use it now.
   4. We has cleaned up the kitchen, so you can use it now.
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   Answer

   We have cleaned up the kitchen, so you can use it now.

   Have cleaned up is the present perfect form used with we for a completed action that matters now.

10. Question 10 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    If Tom ___, we will miss the bus.

    1. doesn’t hurry up
    2. don’t hurry up
    3. didn’t hurry up
    4. isn’t hurry up
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    Answer

    doesn’t hurry up

    Doesn’t hurry up matches the third-person singular subject Tom in the present-simple if-clause.

What to review next

After checking an answer, explain the rule in your own words and write a new sentence using the same pattern. Revisit any rules you could not explain.

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