TESOL/Vocabulary quiz (up)

Up! Up! 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.

1 add up to

	stop counting
	gather in a group
	remember
	have a particular effect

2 brush up

	review, improve a skill
	clean
	relax, stop worrying
	change one's hairstyle

3 choke up

	say something unexpected
	temporarily be too emotional to speak
	strangle
	be unable to sleep

4 cook up

	remember
	make oneself attractive
	make an elaborate lie
	continue, stay ahead

5 end up

	conclude in, eventually do, arrive at
	finish, complete, finalize
	present, say, explain
	send to, deliver to

6 freshen up

	wash or groom oneself to be attractive
	update information
	organize to make something neater
	make something more efficient

7 keep up

	cover, keep hidden
	continue, stay even or ahead, maintain
	convince, persuade, force into
	make someone tired

8 loosen up

	tighten
	untie
	fall off
	relax, loosen

9 meet up

	meet someone, by arrangement
	make something complicated
	continue, stay even or ahead, maintain
	get lucky

10 ride up

	continue, stay even or ahead, maintain
	finish riding
	ride closer to someone
	ride a long distance

Language classification: this is an English as a Second Language resource.