ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS: Phrasal Verbs Exercise 1 (To run +)

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ONLINE ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUIZ
topic: PHRASAL VERBS 1 (TO RUN) | level: Advanced

Choose the correct preposition to complete each of the following sentences:

1. We ran ________ ( = met, saw) your brother at the mall last night.
  into
  in
  onto

2. He ran ________ without paying the bill. ( = escaped, fled)
  up
  off
  down

3. Peter ran ________ the door.
  up
  off
  out

4. They ran ________ ( = accumulated) quite a tab at the bar last night.
  up
  on
  off

5. We've run ________ milk. ( = We have no more milk)
  out
  into
  out of

6. He ran his idea ________ the boss. ( = He explained his idea to his boss)
  into
  by
  through

7. The senator has plans to run ________ ( = try to become) President.
  for
  at
  over

8. I'm going to run ________ ( = make) some photocopies.
  up
  off
  out

9. Let's run ________ ( = quickly review) this week's releases.
  up
  through
  behind

10. We ran ________ ( = encountered) a lot of resistance.
  onto
  through
  up against

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Phrasal Verb is the name given to an English verb which is composed of two or three words. One verb is combined with a preposition (like on, in, under) or an adverb (like up, down, away). Sometimes a phrasal verb can have a meaning that is very different to the meaning of at least one of those two or three words separately. Some text books call these verbs multi-word verbs. Phrasal verbs are used more frequently in everyday speech than in formal, official writing or speaking.

Examples:
Oscar didn't know the word, so she looked it up in the dictionary.
We've run out of beer!
I have to get up early tomorrow.

REMEMBER: There are four types of phrasal verbs:
1. Phrasal verbs which take objects and are separable
2. Phrasal verbs which take objects and are inseparable
3. Phrasal verbs which do not take objects (these are always inseparable)
4. Three-word phrasal verbs