Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
The hall was already full, so the guards had to ______ nearly two hundred people waiting at the gate, and they went home disappointed.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → turn away
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.
Complete sentence: The hall was already full, so the guards had to turn away nearly two hundred people waiting at the gate, and they went home disappointed.
| Phrasal verb | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) turn in | to hand over work, or to hand a person over to the police | Please turn in your project files by Friday. |
| (2) turn up | to arrive, or to make a sound or heat stronger | Only ten students turned up for the Sunday class. |
| (3) turn away (answer) | to refuse to let someone come into a place | The clinic was so busy that the doctor had to turn away a few patients. |
| (4) turn over | to give something or someone to a person in charge | The finder turned over the lost purse to the station master. |