Match phrasal verbs in List - I with their meanings in List - II:
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List - I |
List - II |
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(A) set about |
(I) allocated |
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(B) set aside |
(II) to start a series of events |
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(C) set off |
(III) started doing |
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(D) set up |
(IV) established |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) set about | (III) started doing | To set about something is to start doing it, usually a task. | After breakfast, she set about cleaning the house. |
| (B) set aside | (I) allocated | To set aside is to keep something, such as money or time, for a particular purpose. | The school has set aside funds for a new library. |
| (C) set off | (II) to start a series of events | To set off can mean to cause something to begin, often a chain of events (it also means to start a journey). | The news set off a wave of protests across the country. |
| (D) set up | (IV) established | To set up is to establish or start a business, an organisation or a system. | His father set up a small factory in 1990. |
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