Preposition 'After' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

Quiz for Verb: 'To after'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Ask after' means...

Praise or flatter someone excessively

Enquire about someone's health, how life is going

Do or complete something you've agreed to

'Go after' means...

Chase, try to get

Take someone away, usually under arrest or to prison

Disappoint, fail to keep an arrangement

'Call after' means...

Name someone after somebody else

Enter a competition or sit an exam

Close or fill a space with bricks

'Look after' means...

To take care of someone or something.

Dress casually

Provide with necessary equipment

'Get after' means...

Nag or exhort someone

Produce or create something quickly

Collide into at speed

'Get after' means...

Praise or flatter someone excessively

Want something a lot, especially if you shouldn't want it or can't have it

Chase

'Be after' means...

Praise someone in an excessive way to get their favour or something from them

Lie or deceive someone

Try to find or get

'Lust after' means...

Want something very much

Fail to keep a promise

Organise or arrange something for a particular purpose, audience, etc

'Make after' means...

Chase

Understand fully

Walk or go to places

'Lust after' means...

Be attracted sexually

Go away (command)

Try to improve something, usually making things worse

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