Choose the sentences in which the phrasal verb is used correctly:
(A) Please calm down the volume of the TV while the baby is sleeping.
(B) The custom of writing letters to pen friends has almost died out.
(C) Arjun bumped into his old classmate at the station, just as they had planned on the phone.
(D) The class monitor lined up the students for the morning assembly.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B) and (D) only
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.
(A) Please calm down the volume of the TV while the baby is sleeping. — Incorrect. “Calm down” means to become, or make someone, less angry or excited. It is used for people, not for a sound. To make a sound lower, we turn it down.
Correct form: Please turn down the volume of the TV while the baby is sleeping.
(B) The custom of writing letters to pen friends has almost died out. — Correct. “Die out” means to slowly stop existing.
(C) Arjun bumped into his old classmate at the station, just as they had planned on the phone. — Incorrect. “Bump into” means to meet someone by chance. A meeting planned on the phone is not a chance meeting.
Correct form: Arjun bumped into his old classmate at the station by chance.
(D) The class monitor lined up the students for the morning assembly. — Correct. “Line up” means to put people or things in a row.