Phrasal Verb Quiz "Back"

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Phrasal Verb Exercises:
Back

Circle the correct answer

1. We used to be the market leader but I’m afraid we have now ______ back into third place.
a. set
b. dropped
c. started
d. put

2. I’m I'm a very shy person. When I go to a cocktail party I tend to ______ back and wait for people to talk to me.
a. hang
b. set
c. cut
d. get

3. I think we're too close to this problem. What we need to do is to ______ back from it and try to get an overview of it.
a. send
b. start
c. cut
d. stand

4. I'm a bit unclear about some of these figures. Can we ______ back over the details again?
a. cut
b. go
c. set
d. get

5. This isn't something I deal with. Hold the line whilst I ______ Sammy back on to speak to you.
a. cut
b. put
c. start
d. send

6. I'm not sure I agree with that bit of the report. Could you ______ it back to me again?
a. read
b. start
c. set
d. put

7. I think he's got a drinking problem. Whilst I was having one drink, he ______ back four.
a. got
b. cut
c. pulled
d. knocked

8. It's a terrible pity that Andy has decided to leave us. He's going to be difficult to replace. It will probably ______ back our work by three or four months.
a. start
b. set
c. send
d. get

9. The market is heading for recession. We're going to have to ______ back on our expenditure.
a. set
b. cut
c. put
d. get

10. That's too much money for us to spend at present. We'll have to ______ back buying it until we have more funds.
a. send
b. put
c. cut
d. get

11. When the computer arrived it had the wrong size hard disk so we ______ it back to the manufacturer.
a. set
b. cut
c. sent
d. put

12. We knew the journey was going to be long and complicated so we decided to ______ back early.
a. send
b. drop
c. start
d. put

13. I know I made a big mistake last year but you don't have to keep ______ it back at me.
a. getting
b. throwing
c. setting
d. starting

14. John improved for a time after we spoke to him but then he ______ back into his old ways.
a. cut
b. sank
c. sent
d. put

15. We have lost a lot of market share in India. We must find a way to ______ it back.
a. win
b. send
c. cut
d. put

16. Sorry, I cannot answer that straight away. Can I ______ back to you on that?
a. cut
b. put
c. set
d. get

17. We've not been able to meet demand and we've got a huge ______ of orders.
a. setback
b. backlog
c. comeback
d. feedback

18. You're quite sure that there won't be any complaints or criticisms? I don't want any ______ on this.
a. setback
b. backlog
c. comeback
d. feedback

19. The explosion in the testbed is a major _____ to our research.
a. setback
b. backlog
c. comeback
d. feedback

20. We're very grateful for your comments about our product. It's always useful to get ______ from users.
a. setback
b. backlog
c. comeback
d. feedback