Business English Quiz: Phrasal Verbs for IT Professionals
- Erin West
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 1 day ago

Welcome to the Business English Quiz: Phrasal Verbs for IT Professionals!
Today’s focus: this phrasal verb is commonly used in IT and business settings when something needs to be undone — especially after a change causes problems. It’s all about taking a step back to fix things.
Today’s Challenge:
You made some updates… but something’s not working right. Now you need to undo those changes. You say:
We'll _____ yesterday's changes to see what went wrong.
A) go back
B) make up
C) roll back
D) show up
Choose the correct option and listen to the sentence.
Did you get it right?
GO BACK
phrasal verb
to return to a place, time, or situation you were in before
I forgot my phone and had to go back to the office.
Let’s go back to the last version of the file.
He wants to go back to working from home.
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MAKE UP
phrasal verb
to create something that was missing or lost; to do something later that you didn’t do before
She stayed late to make up for the time she lost.
He had to make up a story to explain why he was late.
ROLL BACK
phrasal verb
to return something (like a system or change) to an earlier state because there was a problem
We had to roll back the update because it caused errors.
The team rolled back the changes from yesterday.
If this doesn't work, we’ll just roll it back.
SHOW UP
phrasal verb
to appear or arrive at a place
He didn’t show up to the meeting.
Only five people showed up for the event.
She showed up late to the interview.
That's right! The correct answer is C) roll back.