People and Home 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.

   Which sentence is grammatically correct?

   1. I look after my little brother at weekends.
   2. I look my little brother after at weekends.
   3. I look after to my little brother at weekends.
   4. I am look after my little brother at weekends.
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   Answer

   I look after my little brother at weekends.

   Look after is an inseparable phrasal verb, so its object comes after after: look after my little brother.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   I ___ my keys, so I cannot open the door.

   1. look for
   2. am looking for
   3. looked for
   4. looks for
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   Answer

   am looking for

   Am looking for uses be plus the -ing form for an action happening now.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   We look forward to ___ you on the weekend.

   1. seeing
   2. see
   3. saw
   4. seen
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   Answer

   seeing

   Look forward to is followed by a noun or an -ing form, so seeing is correct here.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Mina ___ with everyone in her new class.

   1. get along with
   2. gets along with
   3. getting along with
   4. got along with
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   Answer

   gets along with

   Gets along with takes -s because Mina is a third-person singular subject in the present simple.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Where did you ___ after class?

   1. hang out
   2. hung out
   3. hanging out
   4. hangs out
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   Answer

   hang out

   After did, use the base form hang out, not the past form hung out.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   I might ___ your office this afternoon.

   1. drop by
   2. drops by
   3. dropped by
   4. dropping by
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   Answer

   drop by

   Might is followed by the base form, so drop by is correct.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Would you like to ___ for lunch on Sunday?

   1. come over
   2. coming over
   3. came over
   4. comes over
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   Answer

   come over

   Would you like to is followed by the base form come over.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Our new neighbors ___ last month.

   1. move in
   2. moved in
   3. moving in
   4. have move in
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   Answer

   moved in

   Moved in is the past simple form of move in, and last month places the action in the past.

9. Question 9 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   My cousin is ___ at the end of June.

   1. move out
   2. moved out
   3. moving out
   4. moves out
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   Answer

   moving out

   Is moving out uses the present continuous for a planned future arrangement.

10. Question 10 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    I am in a meeting, but I’ll ___ later.

    1. call you back
    2. call back you
    3. calling you back
    4. called you back
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    Answer

    call you back

    After will, use the base form, and the pronoun comes between call and back: call you back.

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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