Choose the sentences in which the phrasal verb is used correctly:
(A) Riya dipped into her pocket money to buy a birthday gift for her best friend.
(B) Our cousins land at the airport at six, so Mama will build them up from there on her way home.
(C) Whenever Nani thinks back to her school days in the village, she starts humming an old prayer song.
(D) The cheap plastic chair came apart as soon as Uncle sat on it.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C) 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) Riya dipped into her pocket money to buy a birthday gift for her best friend. — Correct. “Dip into” means to use part of the money one has saved.
(B) Our cousins land at the airport at six, so Mama will build them up from there on her way home. — Incorrect. “Build up” means to make something bigger or stronger little by little.
Correct form: Our cousins land at the airport at six, so Mama will pick them up from there on her way home.
(C) Whenever Nani thinks back to her school days in the village, she starts humming an old prayer song. — Correct. “Think back” means to go back in one’s mind to something that happened in the past.
(D) The cheap plastic chair came apart as soon as Uncle sat on it. — Correct. “Come apart” means to break into pieces.