Vocabulary

Phrasal Verbs

Easy

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:

The shopkeeper did not have the toys I was looking ____________.

about

for

✅ Correct Option: 3

'Look for' is the phrasal verb meaning to search for something: 'the toys I was looking for.' 'Look by', 'look about' and 'look to' do not carry the sense of searching for a specific item, so 'for' is the only correct preposition here.

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate prepositional phrase given in List-II:

List-1 (Sentences)	List-II (Prepositional phrases)
(A) I went to the park to _________ my lost briefcase.	(I) look after
(B) The police will _________ the cause of theft.	(II) look for
(C) She called her mother to _________ her son.	(III) looked at
(D) Kanta _________ the painting with a frown.	(IV) look into

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2023: 11 June Shift 1

Match the phrasal verbs in List - I with their meanings in List - II.

List - I	List - II
(A) Break in	(I) continue with something difficult
(B) Phase out	(II) eat unwillingly
(C) Pick at	(III) remove gradually
(D) Keep at	(IV) enter by force

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2023: 18 June Shift 1

Match the phrasal words with most appropriate meaning

LIST I	LIST II
A. draw up	I. make someone sad or depressed
B. drag out	II. prepare and write something
C. drag down	III. use a resource to do something
D. draw on	IV. make something longer than necessary

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2023: 30 May Shift 3

Match the Phrasal Verbs in List - I with their correct meanings in List - II.

List - I	List - II
(A) Set out	(I) to start a series of events that are likely to continue
(B) Set to	(II) to establish
(C) Set in	(III) to begin doing something in a determined way
(D) Set up	(IV) to leave a place and begin a journey

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2023: 15 June Shift 3

Take your gloves _________ before shaking someone's hand.

2026: 20 May Shift 1

Complete the sentences given in List-I with the correct phrasal verbs given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Phrasal verbs)
(A) The Police asked the people to ___ from the injured man.	(I) stand by
(B) Rahul always used to ___ for his younger brother in the playground.	(II) stand down
(C) The CEO of the company decided to ___ from his post because of the scandal.	(III) stand back
(D) I always knew that Juhi would ___ me, come what may.	(IV) stand up

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Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence: The shopkeeper did not have the toys I was looking ____________.

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Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:

The shopkeeper did not have the toys I was looking ____________.