Fill in the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the Phrasal verbs in List-II:-
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List-I (Sentences) |
List-II (Phrasal verbs) |
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(A) We were all surprised to see Rahul because we had not expected him to ____ at the party. |
(I) get across |
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(B) I am really exhausted, I think I'll ____. |
(II) turn up |
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(C) In spite of being so lucid, sometimes he fails to clearly ____ his ideas. |
(III) gets around |
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(D) Any news of celebrities ____ very fast. |
(IV) turn in |
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 |
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| (A) We were all surprised to see Rahul because we had not expected him to turn up at the party. | (II) turn up | To turn up is to arrive or appear, often unexpectedly. The surprise at seeing Rahul confirms it. |
| (B) I am really exhausted, I think I'll turn in. | (IV) turn in | To turn in is to go to bed. An exhausted person wants to sleep. |
| (C) In spite of being so lucid, sometimes he fails to clearly get across his ideas. | (I) get across | To get something across is to make others understand it. It goes with "his ideas" and "clearly". |
| (D) Any news of celebrities gets around very fast. | (III) gets around | When news gets around, it spreads from person to person. The singular "gets" also agrees with "news". |