Phrasal Verb Quiz: At and As

At/As
Mark the correct answer.

1. I don't know why you are not interested in the job offer. If I got an offer like that, I would ______ at the opportunity.
a. jump
b. nibble
c. work
d. get
2. She never stops trying to annoy me. She is always trying to ______ at me.
a. hail
b. nibble
c. guess
d. get
3. He couldn’t have been very hungry. He just ______ at his food.
a. worked
b. nibbled
c. got
d. marked down
4. I don’t know for sure why they have done that but I could ______ at the reason.
a. work
b. know
c. get
d. guess
5. We did very well last year but even so I think we should ______ at doing better this year.
a. guess
b. know
c. aim
d. mark down
6. I don’t know how he can keep working so hard. I ______ at his ability to keep going.
a. Marvel
b. masquerade
c. know
d. work
7. Your typing skills are not very good. If you want to be a journalist, you’ll have to ______ at your typing.
a. jump
b. masquerade
c. work
d. get
8. I don’t have time to deal with it today but I’ll ______ at it first thing tomorrow.
a. look
b. jump
c. hail
d. mark down
9. When you start a new job, so much new information ______ at you at the same time and it’s difficult to retain it all.
a. knows
b. comes
c. gets
d. works
10. He’s the sort that when he has got a big problem he just ______ and ______ at it until he finds a solution.
a. stops
b. works
c. knows
d. hails
11. John thinks the situation may get better but I think he is just ______ at straws.
a. masquerading
b. jumping
c. grasping
d. getting
12. My boss never listens. He just ______ at me all the time without giving me a chance to speak.
a. works
b. jumps
c. talks
d. marks down
13. I am in control here, not you. I must insist that you ______ as I say.
a. do
b. know
c. work
d. get
14. We have little space for relaxation. This tiny room at the back ______ as our staffroom.
a. jumps
b. serves
c. nibbles
d. marks down
15. They tried to sell a second-hand car to us as new. It was in good condition and could almost ______ as new, but we saw that the odometer had been tampered with.
a. jump
b. know
c. pass
d. mark down
16. When Bill Gates first started he was already ______ as a genius.
a. worked
b. hailed
c. jumped
d. known
17. His real first name is Harry, but he is generally ______ as Jock.
a. worked
b. referred to
c. jumped
d. marked down
18. He knew nothing at all about the subject but ______ as an expert. He fooled quite a few people.
a. marked down
b. aimed
c. masqueraded
d. did
19. I had you ______ as a bit of an idiot but I’m pleased to see I was totally wrong.
a. worked
b. aimed
c. marked down
d. did
20. Were you born an idiot or have you had to ______ at it?
a. jump
b. guess
c. work
d. get