Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate prepositional phrase given in List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Prepositional phrases) |
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(A) I went to the park to ____ my lost briefcase. |
(I) look after |
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(B) The police will _____ the cause of theft. |
(II) look for |
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(C) She called her mother to _____ her son. |
(III) looked at |
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(D) Kanta _____ the painting with a frown. |
(IV) look into |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (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 |
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| (A) I went to the park to look for my lost briefcase. | (II) look for | To look for is to search for something lost. |
| (B) The police will look into the cause of theft. | (IV) look into | To look into is to investigate or examine a matter. |
| (C) She called her mother to look after her son. | (I) look after | To look after is to take care of someone. |
| (D) Kanta looked at the painting with a frown. | (III) looked at | To look at is to turn one's eyes towards something. The past form "looked" fits the past-time sentence. |