Choose the most appropriate option to complete the sentence:-
Doctor has advised you to ________ your salt intake.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → cut down
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.
Cut down (also "cut down on") means to reduce the amount of something one uses or eats. The doctor wants the person to take less salt.
Example: He has cut down his sugar intake to lose weight.
Complete sentence: Doctor has advised you to cut down your salt intake.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: cut for — Incorrect. "Cut for" is not a phrasal verb. "For" here would only show purpose ("cut a slice for me"), which does not fit "salt intake".
Option 2: cut up — Incorrect. Cut up means to cut into small pieces. An intake cannot be chopped.
Example: She cut up the vegetables for the soup.
Option 4: cut of — Incorrect. "Cut of" is not a phrasal verb. ("Cut off" means to stop a supply completely or to separate, which is not what the doctor advises.)
Example: The village was cut off by the floods.