Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate phrasal verbs given in List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Phrasal verbs) |
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(A) People got ____ by both the candidates during the election campaign. |
(I) make good for |
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(B) He was asked to ____ the project before the deadline. |
(II) stand by |
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(C) You will have to ____ this loss. |
(III) wrap up |
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(D) I shall ____ you through thick and thin. |
(IV) turned off |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
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 | Example |
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| (A) People got turned off by both the candidates during the election campaign. | (IV) turned off | To be turned off by someone is to lose interest in them or come to dislike them. "Got" + past participle fits "turned off". | Many viewers were turned off by the endless advertisements. |
| (B) He was asked to wrap up the project before the deadline. | (III) wrap up | To wrap up a piece of work is to finish it, which suits "before the deadline". | Let us wrap up the meeting by five o'clock. |
| (C) You will have to make good for this loss. | (I) make good for | To make good a loss is to pay for it or put it right. The usual form is "make good this loss", without "for". | The company promised to make good the damage to our car. |
| (D) I shall stand by you through thick and thin. | (II) stand by | To stand by someone is to support and stay loyal to them. "Through thick and thin" means in good times and bad. | True friends stand by us when things go wrong. |
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