The teacher told the students to invent a story to go with the picture in their notebooks, and then continue with their exercises. She said they could all omit exercise 5.
Replace the underlined words in the above paragraph with suitable phrasal verbs (in correct sequence):
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → make up, carry on, leave out.
A phrasal verb is a verb joined with a small word such as up, out or together. The two words together have a new meaning.
Invent = make up: to make up a story is to invent it from one's imagination.
Example: Grandfather made up a funny story about a talking crow.
Continue = carry on: to carry on with something is to go on doing it.
Example: The workers carried on in spite of the rain.
Omit = leave out: to leave out something is not to include or do it.
Example: You may leave out the last question.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: make up, carry on, understand. — Incorrect. "Understand" means to grasp the meaning. It is not a phrasal verb and does not mean omit.
Option 2: carry on, make up, leave out. — Incorrect. The first two are in the wrong sequence: invent is "make up" and continue is "carry on".
Option 3: identify to, finish up, understand. — Incorrect. "Identify to" is not a phrasal verb. "Finish up" means to complete, not to continue. "Understand" does not mean omit.