Preposition 'At' - Phrasal Verb Quiz

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Quiz for Preposition: 'At'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Keep at' means...

Continue with something difficult
Emit pollution or something else unpleasant
Spend time with

'Catch at' means...

Take or grab hold of something
Not take part
Add an additional point to something written or spoken

'Play at' means...

Pretend to be something
Go somewhere quickly
Return somewhere

'Gnaw away at' means...

Harm gradually
Put things in a pile
Give your name to do something

'Tear at' means...

Sleep somewhere temporarily because you don't go home
Cure or recover from an infection
Pull or try to pull something to pieces

'Jump at' means...

Accept eagerly
Manage without something
To invite somebody into your house

'Lash out at' means...

Enter numbers or information into a computer or electronic system
Hit someone suddenly, usually without warning, or try to hit them
Find something accidentally

'Get at' means...

Mean
Frighten someone some much that they go away
Close a claim for unemployment benefit

'Get at' means...

Be able to reach, find, access
Keep quiet
Slow the progress of something

'Swing at' means...

Roll or form into a round shape
Try to hit
Experience different times