Replace the underlined verbs in List-I with a phrasal verb with the same meaning in List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences with underlined verbs) |
List-II (Phrasal verbs) |
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(A) I just can't overcome the feeling that someone is watching me. |
(I) pick up |
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(B) All the people I work with seem to have caught the flu. |
(II) wear off |
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(C) Once I'd had the injection, the pain started to gradually disappear. |
(III) gone down with |
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(D) As the breeze started to get stronger, we set off for the cottage. |
(IV) shake off |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
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 just can't overcome the feeling that someone is watching me. | (IV) shake off | To shake off a feeling is to get rid of it: "I just can't shake off the feeling that someone is watching me." |
| (B) All the people I work with seem to have caught the flu. | (III) gone down with | To go down with an illness is to catch it and fall ill: "...seem to have gone down with the flu." |
| (C) Once I'd had the injection, the pain started to gradually disappear. | (II) wear off | When pain or an effect wears off, it slowly fades away: "...the pain started to wear off." |
| (D) As the breeze started to get stronger, we set off for the cottage. | (I) pick up | When wind picks up, it becomes stronger: "As the breeze started to pick up, we set off for the cottage." |