Match the phrasal verbs in List-I with their meanings in List-II.
| List-I (Phrasal verbs) | List-II (Meanings) |
|---|---|
| (A) Scrape by | (I) to collect money or people bit by bit, with difficulty |
| (B) Scrape through | (II) to manage to live on very little money |
| (C) Scrape together | (III) to only just win a place in a college, team or list |
| (D) Scrape into | (IV) to only just pass an exam or a test |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (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 | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Scrape by | (II) to manage to live on very little money | Scrape by means to manage to live with very little money. | After Papa lost his job, the family scraped by on Dadi’s small pension. |
| (B) Scrape through | (IV) to only just pass an exam or a test | Scrape through means to pass an exam or a test by a very small margin. | Vivek scraped through the maths exam with 34 marks. |
| (C) Scrape together | (I) to collect money or people bit by bit, with difficulty | Scrape together means to collect money or people slowly and with difficulty. | The boys scraped together five hundred rupees for a new football. |
| (D) Scrape into | (III) to only just win a place in a college, team or list | Scrape into means to get a place in a college, team or list by a very small margin. | Our team scraped into the semi-final on goal difference. |