Phrasal Verbs (verbos frasais) - 20 Exercícios com gabarito

01. (FUVEST) Assinale a alternativa que melhor traduz a seguinte frase: I have run out of vinegar.

a) Corri para buscar vinagre. 

b) Derramei o vinagre. 
c) Preciso sair para pegar vinagre. 
d) Meu vinagre acabou. 
e) Joguei fora o vinagre.

02. (MACKENZIE) Choose the correct alternative which indicates the meaning of blow over in the following sentence: 

They're hoping that this crisis will BLOW OVER and be forgotten. 

a) happen suddenly and make you able to accept a pleasant experience. 

b) explode. c) succeed in spite of difficulties. 

d) become stronger and cause trouble for other people. 

e) pass without doing harm.

03. (UDESC) Find the correct alternative: 

a) to put on – to remove 

b) to put out – to increase 

c) to put off – to dress 

d) to put on weight – to grow fat 

e) to put together – to keep

 
04. (QUESTÃO) Assinale a alternativa incorreta quanto à tradução dos phrasal verbs:

a) Go ahead - continuar, seguir em frente, prosseguir.

b) Keep away - evitar, manter distância de alguma coisa ou manter alguém longe de algo.

c) Look back - lembrar-se de algo ou olhar para trás.

d) Get by - sobreviver ou “se virar”

e) Find out - perder algo ou alguma pessoa

05. (UNESP) He took __________ his hat.

a) off

b) out

c) in

d) into

e) on

06. (QUESTÃO) O que significa o phrasal verb na frase: Don’t wait up for me?

a) Não acorde comigo.

b) Não fique aqui comigo.

c) Não espere por mim.

d) Não espere acordado por mim.

e) Espere por mim aqui.

07. (UECE) SPLIT UP in “After getting stores and various other commodities together in Mamfe, John and I decided to split up” means that:

a) they decided to separate.

b) they decided to end their relationship.

c) they decided to stay together.

d) they decided to talk over their plans.

e) they decided to sleep together.

08. (CESGRANRIO) The verb to go may be followed by many adverbial particles and prepositions that add different meanings to it. Match the two columns and then mark the correct alternative:

I – go up

II – go on

III – go away

IV – go by

R. continue

S. leave

T. rise

U. move

V. pass

– Mark the correct match.

a) I – T; II – U; III – S; IV – R

b) I – T; II – R; III – S; IV – V

c) I – T; II – V; III – U; IV – R

d) I – U; II – R; III – S; IV – V

e) I – U; II – V; III – S; IV – R

  
09. (UDESC) Choose the CORRECT answer:

The woman is TAKING CARE of her baby.

– She is:

a) looking back on her baby.

b) looking for her baby.

c) looking after her baby.

d) looking down on her baby.

e) looking over her baby.

10. ( PUCRIO) The only option in which MAKE UP has the same meaning as immigrants make up only 12% of today's workforce is:

a) The committee is made up of representatives from all the university.

b) You must make up what you owe before the end of the month.

c) She never goes without making herself up first.

d) I can make up a bed for you on the floor.

e) He made up an incredible story about his holiday.

11. (EFOMM) 

“Is that my new TV in that package?’

“Yes, just __________.”

a) open it up, take it out, plug it in and turn it on.

b) open it up, take it off, plug it on and turn it on.

c) take it out, open it on, plug it off and turn it up.

d) take it in, plug it out, turn it down and open it up.

e) open it out, take it up, turn it on and plug it on.

12. (FUVEST) Assinale a alternativa que traduz melhor a seguinte sentença: I can't tell one from the other.

a) Não distingo uma da outra.

b) Não conto com nenhuma outra.

c) Não falo com nenhuma outra.

d) Não posso falar de uma para outra.

e) Não posso dizer para a outra.

13. (ITA) A expressão BREAK OUT em “During a poker match, an argument breaks out between Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington when they both play an Ace of Spades, and the animals realize how they cannot tell the difference between the pigs and the humans” significa:

a) to make a sudden, quick advance.

b) to bring or come to an end.

c) to develop suddenly.

d) to force or make a way through.

e) to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently.

 
14.  (JFS) Fill in the gaps in the sentences below meaningfully:

1. __________ the computer __________ and let's go.

2. Her new boyfriend __________ her __________ on their second date.

3. She __________ the flu after being sick for a week.

a) 1. Shut … down – 2. stood … up – 3. got over

b) 1. Shut … down – 2. stood … down – 3. got down

c) 1. Shut … off – 2. stood … over – 3. got over

d) 1. Shut … off – 2. stood … down – 3. got down

e) 1. Shut … off – 2. stood … up – 3. got on

15. (JFS) You’d better give __________. This issue has no solution.

a) out

b) up

c) over

d) away

e) off

16. (EFOMM) Choose the correct alternative to complete the statements.

I. They __________ the search after three hours. It was hopeless.

II. Somebody’s got to __________ those high principles.

III. We shouldn’t __________ their arguments so easily.

IV. I’m trying to __________ my own work.

V. What a preposterous idea! Jane will never __________ with it!

a) gave up / stand up for / give in / catch up on / get away

b) carried out / stand up to / give over / catch up on / get ahead

c) gave up / stand up to / give over / catch up with / get across

d) gave up / stand up for / give over / catch up with / get along

e) carried out / stand up to / given in / catch up on / get through

17. (ITA) Na sentença em que se insere “He believes he has stumbled onto a solution to some of education’s most intractable problems”, o verbo stumbled onto pode ser substituído por:

a) come upon. 

b) search for. 

c) figured out. 

d) come up with. 

e) pointed out.

18. (QUESTÃO) Mark the only option in which the phrasal verb BRING UP has the same meaning as in 

 “At the start of each meeting , one of the group’s leader brings up a new topic for discussion”.

a) The kind old couple agreed to bring up the young orphan.

b) These are matters you can bring up in the committee.

c) During the voyage he got sick and brought the meal up

d) She was properly brought up by her aunt.

e) He was brought up on a charge of drunken driving.

19. (UFRGS) A melhor tradução para live out, conforme empregado no texto abaixo, é:

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be selfevident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

a) deixar de fora

b) eliminar

c) viver fora

d) pôr em prática

e) defender

20. (EFOMM) Which is the correct option to replace the verb “reach” in the paragraph below so that the meaning remains the same?

Nowadays, it is difficult for parents to ______ their image of what ideal parenting should look like.

a) live up to

b) look down on

c) run out of

d) get away with

e) look in on

01. d) Meu vinagre acabou. 

02. e) pass without doing harm.

03. d) to put on weight – to grow fat

04. e) Find out - perder algo ou alguma pessoa

05. a) off

06. d) Não espere acordado por mim.

07. a) they decided to separate.

08. b) I – T; II – R; III – S; IV – V

09. c) looking after her baby.

10. a) The committee is made up of representatives from all the university.

11. a) open it up, take it out, plug it in and turn it on.

12. a) Não distingo uma da outra.

13. c) to develop suddenly.

14. a) 1. Shut … down – 2. stood … up – 3. got over

15. b) up

16. a) gave up / stand up for / give in / catch up on / get away

17. c) figured out.

18. b) These are matters you can bring up in the committee.

19. d) pôr em prática

20. a) live up to