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.
  
  postpone
  cancel
  delay
  
  
• 2. My plane takes off in an hour, I need to hurry!
  
  board
  leave
  land
  
  
• 3. The first thing I do when I arrive home is take off my shoes.
  
  smell
  remove
  buy
  
  
• 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.
  
  drive somewhere
  take someone to somewhere
  do someone a favour
  
  
• 7. He was starving and polished off the whole chicken.
  
  completely eat
  finish
  eat
  
  
• 8. He was in a huge accident and wrote off his car. It's a miracle that he survived.
  
  crash hard
  completely destroy
  drive carelessly