基本上每个完整的句子都有一个动词，要表示第二个动作时可使用不定词、动名词、对等连接词、从属连接词或增加子句等方法连结。精品学习网整理了动词及其动词短语专项练习，请考生练习。

1.【四川省宜宾市2015届高三第一次诊】5. The teacher had intended not to tell the students but his remark _________the answer to the question.

A. put away B. put out C. gave away D. gave out

【答案】C

【解析】考查动词短语。句意：老师本来不打算告诉学生们，但是他的话语泄露了问题的答案。A. put away放好;收拾 B. put out 扑灭 C. gave away 泄露;赠送 D. gave out筋疲力尽。根据语境故选A。

2.【天津市第一中学2015届高三上学期月考】23.Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and ______ as a manager.

A. ended up B. dropped out C. came back D. started off

【答案】A

考点：考查动词短语

3.【天津市第一中学2015届高三上学期月考】20.In much of the animal world, night is the time ______ for sleep – pure and simple.

A. set aside B. set down C. set off D. set up

【答案】A

考点：考查动词短语

4.【浙江省重点中学协作体2015届高三第二次适应性测试】4. How elegant and attractive our teacher is today!

—Yes. The red dress ____ her hidden beauty.

A. brings out B. takes out C. lets out D. gives out

【答案】A

【解析】

试题分析：考查词组辨析。A.使某物出现或开放;.生产，出版;呈现;说出;B.取出，除去;拔掉;把…带出去;邀请(某人)外出;C.出租(某物);打[骂](某人);使出来;使(火)熄灭;D.分发;公布;停止运行;停止起作用;句意：我们老师今天多么优雅迷人啊!是呀，红色礼服把她隐藏的美丽显现出来了。故选A。

考点：考查词组辨析。

11. I want to learn about your holidays. Could you tell me how you usually_______ Thanksgiving Day in your country ?

A. Congratulate B. remind C. remember D. observe

【答案】D

考点：考查动词辨析。

12. In the beauty competition, women are asked_______ some of the exercises ________ the music.

A. performing to; to B. performing; with

C. to perform; to D. to perform; by

【答案】C

考点：考查动词和介词的用法。

15. Mary______ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.

A. picked up B. took up C. made up D. turned up

【答案】A

【解析】

试题分析：考查词组辨析。A. 捡起,，获得,，学会，使恢复精神,，加快,，看到，随便地认识;B.开始从事;接受(提议);占用;C.构成，编造;化妆;弥补，和解;D.翻起;出现;(尤指失去后偶然)被发现;句意：通过和当地男孩和女孩玩耍，Mary学会了许多西班牙语。根据句意，故选A。