Topic: PHRASAL VERBS: SEPARABLE OR NOT? 1 | level: Intermediate/Advanced (B1-C1)

Choose whether or not each phrasal verb is separable or not separable (in the context of each sentence).


1. Which is correct?
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  He got his money back.
  He got back his money.

2. Which is correct?
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  He was trying to break a piece off.
  He was trying to break off a piece.

3. Which is correct?
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  Robert came around 8 PM by.
  Robert came by around 8 PM.

4. Which is correct?
  He stressed out the other students.
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  He stressed the other students out.

5. Which is correct?
  I can't put with him up any longer.
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  I can't put up with him any longer.

6. Which is correct?
  I ran into my friends at the shopping centre.
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  I ran my friends into at the shopping centre.

7. Which is correct?
  My cousins took up dancing.
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  My cousins took dancing up.

8. Which is correct?
  Could you turn the volume down?
  Could you turn down the volume?
  BOTH ARE CORRECT

9. Which is correct?
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  You'll get this difficult time through.
  You'll get through this difficult time.

10. Which is correct?
  BOTH ARE CORRECT
  We had to call off the meeting.
  We had to call the meeting off.

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