Phrasal verbs with Off

English has a large number of phrasal verbs, many of which use the preposition 'off.'

For example, 'run off' means to leave suddenly and unexpectedly: "I have to run off now or I will be late."

We recently had a lesson on off phrasal verbs, now it's time for more.

Look at the context of each sentence and choose the correct definition. Good luck!

Lesson by Sebastian, teacher at EC Cape Town English school

• 1. Because the lead singer of the band died unexpectedly, the concert had to be called off.
  
  delay
  cancel
  postpone
  
  
• 2. My plane takes off in an hour, I need to hurry!
  
  leave
  board
  land
  
  
• 3. The first thing I do when I arrive home is take off my shoes.
  
  remove
  buy
  smell
  
  
• 4. I usually tell off my children when they're rude and impolite to people.
  
  hit
  scold
  smile at
  
  
• 5. This one time I pulled off an amazing trick shot when I was playing snooker with my friends.
  
  jump over something
  succeed in doing something difficult
  play
  
  
• 6. Before coming to work I dropped off my son at school.
  
  do someone a favour
  drive somewhere
  take someone to somewhere
  
  
• 7. He was starving and polished off the whole chicken.
  
  finish
  completely eat
  eat
  
  
• 8. He was in a huge accident and wrote off his car. It's a miracle that he survived.
  
  completely destroy
  crash hard
  drive carelessly