Work and Study Phrasal Verb Forms

Study the questions and tasks

Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.

Practice level

B1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

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.

   The students ___ a short survey last week.

   1. carry out
   2. carried out
   3. carrying out
   4. carries out
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   Answer

   carried out

   Carried out is the past simple form of carry out, and last week places the action in the past.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Have you ___ your project yet?

   1. hand in
   2. handed in
   3. handing in
   4. hands in
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   Answer

   handed in

   Have is followed by the past participle handed in in the present perfect.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   I missed a week, so I need to ___ with my class.

   1. catch up
   2. caught up
   3. catching up
   4. catches up
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   Answer

   catch up

   Need to is followed by the base form catch up.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   She is trying to ___ every new message at work.

   1. keep up with
   2. kept up with
   3. keeping up with
   4. keeps up with
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   Answer

   keep up with

   Trying to is followed by the base form keep up with.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   If you miss several lessons, you may ___.

   1. fall behind
   2. fell behind
   3. falling behind
   4. falls behind
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   Answer

   fall behind

   May is followed by the base form fall behind in this conditional warning.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Let’s ___ the notes before the test.

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

   go over

   Let’s is followed by the base form go over.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   I ___ the word in a learner dictionary yesterday.

   1. look up
   2. looked up
   3. looking up
   4. looks up
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   Answer

   looked up

   Looked up is the past simple form of look up, and yesterday signals a completed past action.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   The team is ___ the room for tomorrow’s workshop.

   1. set up
   2. setting up
   3. sets up
   4. has set up
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   Answer

   setting up

   Is setting up uses be plus the -ing form for an action happening now.

9. Question 9 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   She has ___ an extra project this month.

   1. take on
   2. took on
   3. taken on
   4. taking on
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   Answer

   taken on

   Has is followed by the past participle taken on in the present perfect.

10. Question 10 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    A new manager will ___ next week.

    1. take over
    2. took over
    3. taking over
    4. takes over
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    Answer

    take over

    After will, use the base form take over for a future action.

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.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.