EXERCISES IN ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS WITH “OFF”
Below are the five most important meanings of OFF and one group of other meanings. In all 29 phrasal verbs have been selected.
Under each of the headings you will see a list of the phrasal verbs which you are going to practise. Some verbs appear more than once, as many phrasal verbs have more than one meaning.
You can write other phrasal verbs with the same meaning in the space provided. Use a dictionary if necessary.
A. Leaving and
Beginning
drop off
kick off
see off
set off
spark off
take off
D. Decreasing
cool off
fall off
level off
wear off
work off
B. Rejecting and
Preventing
hold off
keep off
lay off
put off
write off
E. Finishing and
Completing
finish off
go off
pay off
pull off
C. Stopping and
Cancelling
break off
call off
let off
take off
F. Other meanings
go off (two meanings)
rip off
show off
tell off
A. Leaving and Beginning
drop off kick off see off set off spark off take off
- I can drop Daisy off on my way home.
- They kicked off a two-month tour of the U.S. with a party in Washington.
- She saw him off at the station.
- He set off 1 on another of his European pleasure tours.
- There was a risk that the decision would spark off 2 a conflict.
- A steady stream of aircraft was taking off and landing
Notes.
1 Set out, start out and start off mean almost the same as set off.
2 Trigger off and set off mean almost the same as spark off.
I. Write the correct phrasal verb to complete the following definitions.
1. If one thing.....................a state or event, it causes the state or event to exist or happen, often by accident.
2. When you................ someone.........., you go with them to the station, airport, or port that they are leaving from, and say goodbye to them there.
3. When you.............................an event or discussion, you start it.
4. When you......................., you start a journey
II. Match the sentences and phrases on the left with those on the right.
1. If no one is seeing you off,
2. Could you drop me off at the post office?
3. Are we ready for the debate?
4. His letter of praise and support at that time
5. The strike caused the collapse of many small businesses
6. We set off
A. Right. Who kicks off?
B. which might, eventually, have taken off.
C. on another four-hour trek through the swamps.
D. I’ll take you.
E. I have to send a parcel.
F. had sparked off a friendship between the two men.
III. Choose the best alternative from the phrasal verbs given to fill in the space provided.
1. His comment...........................a debate on the economic policies of the present government.
sparked off took off dropped off
2. Okay. Let’s..............................by discussing the new software.
set off kick off drop off
3. Are you.................someone.................too?
setting off seeing off kicking off
4. Why are you so late? Oh, I had to.......................my wife..............., her car’s at
the garage.
take off set off drop off
5. Dan.........................down the mountain to find help.
dropped off sparked off set off
6. Money-market funds have.................................faster than the space shuttle.
dropped off sparked off taken off
IV. Write the correct form of the appropriate phrasal verb in the space provided.
1. Do-it-yourself began seriously to............................in the 1930s.
2. Also there to....................us................. was John Ryan.
3. Every morning I have to.......................the kids.................at school.
4. We’re............................................early on Sunday morning to avoid the traffic.
5. Can they meet the demand............................. by the boom in TV video?
6. At 10 p.m. Prince Charles................................ 45 minutes of fireworks
B. Rejecting and Preventing
hold off keep off lay off put off write off
1. The French and British tvanled to hold off Portuguese textile competition as long as possible.
- If you don’t keep off the street with your bicycle, I’ll take it away.
- So if demand falls, the company lays men off.1
- Don’t put it off till tomorrow.
- `Whatever you do,’ she pleaded, ‘don’t write off philosophy without even trying it ’.
Note.
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