EnglishGrammar: Phrasal Verb

Match the phrasal verbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II.List…

Match the phrasal verbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II.

List-I (Phrasal verbs)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Hunker down	(I) to make a piece of writing longer by adding things that are not needed
(B) Trot out	(II) to settle in and get ready for a long, hard period
(C) Pad out	(III) to bring out the same old excuses or ideas again
(D) Tamp down	(IV) to reduce or keep control of a feeling or a problem

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (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) Hunker down	(II) to settle in and get ready for a long, hard period	Hunker down means to stay in one place and work steadily through a hard time.	With boards a month away, Ishaan hunkered down with his books and switched off his phone.
(B) Trot out	(III) to bring out the same old excuses or ideas again	Trot out means to repeat an excuse or idea that people have heard many times.	Every year the shopkeeper trots out the same excuse for raising prices.
(C) Pad out	(I) to make a piece of writing longer by adding things that are not needed	Pad out means to fill a speech or piece of writing with extra words just to make it longer.	Sneha padded out her essay with quotations to reach five hundred words.
(D) Tamp down	(IV) to reduce or keep control of a feeling or a problem	Tamp down means to make a feeling, rumour or problem smaller and keep it under control.	The principal called a meeting to tamp down the rumours about the school closing.

Match the phrasal verbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II.

List-I (Phrasal verbs)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Hunker down	(I) to make a piece of writing longer by adding things that are not needed
(B) Trot out	(II) to settle in and get ready for a long, hard period
(C) Pad out	(III) to bring out the same old excuses or ideas again
(D) Tamp down	(IV) to reduce or keep control of a feeling or a problem

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (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) Hunker down	(II) to settle in and get ready for a long, hard period	Hunker down means to stay in one place and work steadily through a hard time.	With boards a month away, Ishaan hunkered down with his books and switched off his phone.
(B) Trot out	(III) to bring out the same old excuses or ideas again	Trot out means to repeat an excuse or idea that people have heard many times.	Every year the shopkeeper trots out the same excuse for raising prices.
(C) Pad out	(I) to make a piece of writing longer by adding things that are not needed	Pad out means to fill a speech or piece of writing with extra words just to make it longer.	Sneha padded out her essay with quotations to reach five hundred words.
(D) Tamp down	(IV) to reduce or keep control of a feeling or a problem	Tamp down means to make a feeling, rumour or problem smaller and keep it under control.	The principal called a meeting to tamp down the rumours about the school closing.