TESOL/Vocabulary quiz (up)



Phrasal verbs with the preposition "up" are one of the most numerous kinds in English. This is a quiz of some of them. For a complete list, see the category at Wiktionary.

{add up to - stop counting - gather in a group - remember + have a particular effect
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{brush up + review, improve a skill - clean - relax, stop worrying - change one's hairstyle
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{choke up - say something unexpected + temporarily be too emotional to speak - strangle - be unable to sleep
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{cook up - remember - make oneself attractive + make an elaborate lie - continue, stay ahead
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{end up + conclude in, eventually do, arrive at - finish, complete, finalize - present, say, explain - send to, deliver to
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{freshen up + wash or groom oneself to be attractive - update information - organize to make something neater - make something more efficient
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{keep up - cover, keep hidden + continue, stay even or ahead, maintain - convince, persuade, force into - make someone tired
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{loosen up - tighten - untie - fall off + relax, loosen
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{meet up + meet someone, by arrangement - make something complicated - continue, stay even or ahead, maintain - get lucky
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{ride up - continue, stay even or ahead, maintain - finish riding + ride closer to someone - ride a long distance
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