Phrasal verbs MCQ — 15 Practice Questions with Answers

Explanation

The required sense is causative: the report is expected to make a wider debate happen. Bring about means cause or produce a change, event, or result, so it fits the cue 'expected to' before the result 'a wider debate'. Bring up would suit mentioning an issue in conversation. Bring out would suit publishing a report or revealing a quality. Bring round concerns persuasion or recovery of consciousness. Therefore, bring about is the only phrasal verb that carries the intended formal meaning.

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: put forward an idea, plan, or schedule means propose it for consideration. Statement 2 is also correct: put someone through means connect that person by telephone. Statement 3 is the trap. Put up with means tolerate or endure something unpleasant, as in put up with noise. Display publicly would be put up a notice or put something up, not put up with. Hence only Statements 1 and 2 are correct.

Explanation

Called off means cancelled, which fits a meeting that did not take place because of bad weather. Called back means returned a phone call or asked someone to return, so it does not express cancellation. Call back is also in the wrong form after was; the passive construction needs a past participle. Called in usually means summoned or requested to come, which gives the opposite sense of cancellation. The correct phrasal verb must show that the meeting was cancelled.

Explanation

Turn down is a separable phrasal verb when it means reject. With a noun object, both orders are possible: turn down the offer and turn the offer down. With a pronoun object, English requires separation: turn it down, not turn down it. However, look after is not separable; standard English says look after the child, not look the child after. Therefore Statements 1 and 2 are correct, while Statement 3 is an overextension of the separable-verb rule.

Explanation

The clue is that the irregularities were hidden but became known because of the auditor's report. To bring out something can mean to reveal, make clear, or draw attention to it. Brought about would mean caused the manipulation, which reverses the sense. Brought up is about raising a topic, and brought down is about reduction or defeat. Therefore, brought out is the only phrasal verb that matches the context of disclosure.