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Practise workplace verb phrases, pronoun placement and complete expressions in 20 original questions with all options explained.
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Compare the explanations and original examples.
Keep the sentence unchanged and justify one option.
Use the distinction in a new workplace sentence.
A particle can change a familiar verb’s meaning: calling a supplier is different from calling off a delivery. Learn each expression with a situation and an example, rather than memorising an isolated particle.
Object position also matters. Some combinations allow a noun between the verb and particle, while others keep the expression together. A personal pronoun can make the choice of position compulsory. These questions alternate between meaning, object order and the form of the main verb.
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Interpret the complete phrase in context. Call off cancels an event; turn down rejects an offer; go over can mean review. Do not substitute a particle just because it is common with another meaning of the verb.
With the meanings practised here, turn down, fill in, carry out, bring up and put off are separable. A pronoun object goes between the verb and particle: turn it down.
Look after and look into keep their following object after the complete expression. Three-part expressions such as come up with and put up with also retain both particles before the object.
Tense and aspect affect the main verb: break down, broke down, has broken down. A following preposition can also determine a complement form, as in look forward to meeting.
The repair visit has been postponed, so we have put ___ until next Tuesday.
it off
Put off means postpone. Because it is the object pronoun, it belongs between put and off. Put off it does not use the standard object order.
Choose the option that completes the printed sentence in standard written English. Keep every other word unchanged. Write your choice and a reason before opening the explanation.
Because the hall was flooded, the organisers cancelled the exhibition and ___ the opening ceremony.
(A) called up
(B) called on
(C) called in
(D) called off
Answer: (D) called off
Completed sentence: Because the hall was flooded, the organisers cancelled the exhibition and called off the opening ceremony.
Leena rejected the position because it required relocation; she ___ the job offer.
(A) turned into
(B) turned down
(C) turned over
(D) turned out
Answer: (B) turned down
Completed sentence: Leena rejected the position because it required relocation; she turned down the job offer.
The accounts team is looking ___ why the same invoice was paid twice.
(A) after
(B) forward
(C) into
(D) up to
Answer: (C) into
Completed sentence: The accounts team is looking into why the same invoice was paid twice.
There is no toner left in the supply cupboard; the office has ___ toner.
(A) run out of
(B) come across
(C) looked forward to
(D) put up with
Answer: (A) run out of
Completed sentence: There is no toner left in the supply cupboard; the office has run out of toner.
This request form needs your contact details. Please ___ before sending it to reception.
(A) fill it in
(B) fill in it
(C) fill in its
(D) fill they in
Answer: (A) fill it in
Completed sentence: This request form needs your contact details. Please fill it in before sending it to reception.
The proposed fee is above our budget, so we will ___ rather than accept it.
(A) turn down it
(B) turn into it
(C) turn it down
(D) turn it on
Answer: (C) turn it down
Completed sentence: The proposed fee is above our budget, so we will turn it down rather than accept it.
The safety inspection is approved, and the facilities team will ___ tomorrow.
(A) carry out it
(B) carry it out
(C) carried it out
(D) carry off it
Answer: (B) carry it out
Completed sentence: The safety inspection is approved, and the facilities team will carry it out tomorrow.
The laboratory plants need watering while I am away. Could you ___?
(A) look them after
(B) look after they
(C) look their after
(D) look after them
Answer: (D) look after them
Completed sentence: The laboratory plants need watering while I am away. Could you look after them?
The design team looks forward to ___ your revised drawings next week.
(A) review
(B) reviewed
(C) reviewing
(D) to review
Answer: (C) reviewing
Completed sentence: The design team looks forward to reviewing your revised drawings next week.
During the planning session, the trainees came up ___ a practical way to label the shelves.
(A) with
(B) from
(C) by
(D) at
Answer: (A) with
Completed sentence: During the planning session, the trainees came up with a practical way to label the shelves.
The missing delivery note is an important issue; please ___ at the next staff meeting.
(A) bring up it
(B) bringing it up
(C) bring its up
(D) bring it up
Answer: (D) bring it up
Completed sentence: The missing delivery note is an important issue; please bring it up at the next staff meeting.
The audit cannot take place this Friday; the manager has decided to ___ until Monday.
(A) put off it
(B) put it off
(C) put it away
(D) put it out
Answer: (B) put it off
Completed sentence: The audit cannot take place this Friday; the manager has decided to put it off until Monday.
Before approving the draft, the editor will ___ it line by line to check for errors.
(A) go after
(B) go over
(C) go off
(D) go without
Answer: (B) go over
Completed sentence: Before approving the draft, the editor will go over it line by line to check for errors.
The copier has ___ down again, so the brochures must be printed elsewhere.
(A) broke
(B) break
(C) breaking
(D) broken
Answer: (D) broken
Completed sentence: The copier has broken down again, so the brochures must be printed elsewhere.
The display stand is still in its carrying case. Please ___ ready for the product demonstration.
(A) set it up
(B) set up it
(C) set them up
(D) set its up
Answer: (A) set it up
Completed sentence: The display stand is still in its carrying case. Please set it up ready for the product demonstration.
The service manager is following up ___ the complaint to check whether the promised repair happened.
(A) of
(B) from
(C) on
(D) between
Answer: (C) on
Completed sentence: The service manager is following up on the complaint to check whether the promised repair happened.
I need to check the delivery record before replying, but I will ___ you by noon.
(A) get back to
(B) get away from
(C) get out of
(D) get along with
Answer: (A) get back to
Completed sentence: I need to check the delivery record before replying, but I will get back to you by noon.
Mila will take ___ from the retiring warehouse manager at the start of next month.
(A) off
(B) out
(C) over
(D) up
Answer: (C) over
Completed sentence: Mila will take over from the retiring warehouse manager at the start of next month.
The tenants should not have to put up ___ loud renovation work outside the agreed hours.
(A) for
(B) with
(C) about
(D) between
Answer: (B) with
Completed sentence: The tenants should not have to put up with loud renovation work outside the agreed hours.
Completed application forms must be handed ___ at the registration desk before the deadline.
(A) of
(B) from
(C) at
(D) in
Answer: (D) in
Completed sentence: Completed application forms must be handed in at the registration desk before the deadline.
Explain the distinction in your own words, then try these tasks without copying a practice sentence. The answers illustrate possible responses; alternatives may work where the task allows them.
Replace “the revised proposal” with a pronoun: “They turned down the revised proposal.”
They turned it down.
The noun can follow down, but the personal pronoun belongs between turn and down.
Repair the object order: “We will look the stored samples after.”
We will look after the stored samples.
Look after is inseparable when it means care for; keep the complete expression before the object.
Write two updates using called off and put off so the different decisions are clear.
The outdoor demonstration was called off. The indoor briefing was put off until Thursday.
The first event is cancelled; the second is postponed. A new date makes the postponed meaning explicit.
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To belongs to the prepositional expression look forward to, so a following action uses meeting. In plan to meet, to marks an infinitive. Identify the complete expression before choosing the form.
No. The meaning and construction determine whether separation is allowed. Learn the object pattern with the complete expression.
No. Learn phrases in context and check unfamiliar meanings in a learner’s dictionary. The expression, not the particle alone, carries the intended workplace meaning.
No. These original, untimed teaching questions have not been equated to an ETS form. Use them to explain and practise a language pattern, not to calculate an official score.