Common Two-Word Verbs Exercise 1

a. call off / complete

b. put off / postpone

c. call up / seek information in a book or file

d. fill out / cancel

e. find out / telephone

f. look up / discover

g. make up / omit

h. pick out / cause

i. leave out / invent

j. bring about / select

Use these 2-word verbs below: call off, hang up, think over, cut out, start off, look over, bring about, think up, put off.

1. Has the meeting been cancelled? _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

2. What caused her illness? ____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

3. You should examine this contract carefully. _________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

4. Why did he postpone his trip to India? _____________________________ _________________________________________________________________________

5. He's always creating new ideas. ______________________________________ _ _________________________________________________________________________