Quiz: Phrasal Verbs Lesson 17

1: Two teens were ____________ during a shoot-out between gangs last night.

2: Someone __________ the media that a well-known celebrity was committing tax fraud.

3: My son said it wasn’t his idea to put the frog in the teacher’s desk; he claims his friend ___________.

4: She ___________ the charges because there wasn’t enough evidence to convict her.

5: I started learning martial arts as a kid, to defend myself from the bullies who always _________ after school.

6: I’m not sure who I’m going to vote for. I don’t like any of the candidates __________ president this year.

7: The CEO tried to _________ the fact that the company was failing so that the employees wouldn’t panic.

8: DNA testing and other modern technologies make it more difficult to ___________ a crime.

9: You say things are going well in this country, but how do you ____________ the 20% unemployment rate?

10: Our alarm system automatically calls the police if anyone tries to ___________ the building.