Complete the sentence with the most appropriate option:
Instead of buying new cars or bigger houses, the two founders ______ most of the profit into the company for the first five years, opening a new store every few months.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → ploughed back
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.
Complete sentence: Instead of buying new cars or bigger houses, the two founders ploughed back most of the profit into the company for the first five years, opening a new store every few months.
| Phrasal verb | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) ploughed on | continued doing something difficult or boring | Though the hall was half empty, the speaker ploughed on with his talk. |
| (2) ploughed through | read or finished something long and difficult, with effort | Riya ploughed through the whole history chapter in one night. |
| (3) ploughed back (answer) | to put the money a business earns back into the business so that it can grow | The bakery ploughed back its first year’s profit into a bigger oven. |
| (4) ploughed up | broke up the soil of a piece of land by digging it | The farmer ploughed up the field before the rains. |