EnglishGrammar: Phrasal Verb

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the phrasal…

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the phrasal verbs given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Phrasal verbs)
(A) When the older boys laughed at Kunal’s accent, his sister was the first to ______ him.	(I) die down
(B) At the family dhaba, the owner’s two sons take orders and ______ the customers at their tables while their mother cooks.	(II) wait on
(C) We stayed inside the bus shelter and waited for the storm to ______.	(III) tear down
(D) The old wooden bridge was no longer safe, so the panchayat decided to ______ the whole structure and build a new one.	(IV) stick up for

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

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.

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) When the older boys laughed at Kunal’s accent, his sister was the first to stick up for him.	(IV) stick up for	Stick up for means to support or defend someone who is being blamed or teased.
(B) At the family dhaba, the owner’s two sons take orders and wait on the customers at their tables while their mother cooks.	(II) wait on	Wait on means to serve food and drinks to people at their table.
(C) We stayed inside the bus shelter and waited for the storm to die down.	(I) die down	Die down means to become slowly less strong, loud or active.
(D) The old wooden bridge was no longer safe, so the panchayat decided to tear down the whole structure and build a new one.	(III) tear down	Tear down means to break a building or a structure into pieces on purpose.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the phrasal verbs given in List-II.

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Phrasal verbs)
(A) When the older boys laughed at Kunal’s accent, his sister was the first to ______ him.	(I) die down
(B) At the family dhaba, the owner’s two sons take orders and ______ the customers at their tables while their mother cooks.	(II) wait on
(C) We stayed inside the bus shelter and waited for the storm to ______.	(III) tear down
(D) The old wooden bridge was no longer safe, so the panchayat decided to ______ the whole structure and build a new one.	(IV) stick up for

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

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.

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) When the older boys laughed at Kunal’s accent, his sister was the first to stick up for him.	(IV) stick up for	Stick up for means to support or defend someone who is being blamed or teased.
(B) At the family dhaba, the owner’s two sons take orders and wait on the customers at their tables while their mother cooks.	(II) wait on	Wait on means to serve food and drinks to people at their table.
(C) We stayed inside the bus shelter and waited for the storm to die down.	(I) die down	Die down means to become slowly less strong, loud or active.
(D) The old wooden bridge was no longer safe, so the panchayat decided to tear down the whole structure and build a new one.	(III) tear down	Tear down means to break a building or a structure into pieces on purpose.