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Business English Vocabulary Quiz: Phrasal Verbs 'Broke Up,' 'Put Up,' 'Gave Up,' or 'Bumped Up'

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Business English Vocabulary Quiz: Phrasal Verbs 'Broke Up,' 'Put Up,' 'Gave Up,' or 'Bumped Up' by REAL Business English

Welcome to the Business English Phrasal Verbs Quiz!


Today’s Focus:


This phrasal verb is often used when talking about increasing prices in business.


Today's Challenge:


Imagine your favorite restaurant just got a new chef. The food is amazing, but something else has changed — the prices. Suddenly, everything costs more than it used to.


What phrasal verb describes this kind of price increase?


They’ve hired a new chef and ______ their prices.


A) broke up

B) put up

C) gave up

D) bumped up


Choose the correct option and listen to the sentence.




Did you get it right?


BREAK UP (broke up)

phrasal verb

to end a relationship, to separate


Mira and Fabio broke up after five years together.


The band broke up because the members wanted to go solo.


The fight broke up when the teacher arrived.




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PUT UP + with something (put up)

phrasal verb

to tolerate or accept something difficult or annoying


I can’t put up with this noise anymore!


He won’t put up with rude customers.


I don’t know how you put up with that job.



GIVE UP (gave up)

phrasal verb

to stop doing something


After two hours, we gave up looking for the lost keys.


He gave up on his dream of becoming a singer.


I gave up and asked for help.



BUMP UP (bumped up)

phrasal verb

to increase something (a price or level)


The company bumped up salaries this year.


They bumped up the price of gas again.


The airline bumped me up to first class.



That's right! The correct answer is D) bumped up.



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