Choose the correct phrasal verbs from the given list below to
replace the words underlined. You may have to change the form.
1.i) His plan failed
for want of funds.
ii) They stayed
in a hotel.
iii) He behaves
me very well.
iv) The great
leader died last night.
List: deal with, put up, pass away, fall through
Ans: i) His plan fell through for
want of funds.
ii) They put up in
a hotel.
iii) He deals with me
very well.
iv) The great
leader passed away last week.
2. i) They are still searching
the last key.
ii) The orphan was
not reared
well.
iii) Our headmaster
distributed
most of the prizes.
iv) An epidemic
suddenly spread in our area last year.
List: bring up, look for, bring out, break out, give away
Ans: i) They are still looking for
the lost key.
ii) The orphan was
not brought
up well.
Iii) Our Headmaster
gave
away most of the prizes.
iv) An epidemic
suddenly broke out in area last night.
3. i) Rina arrives timely.
ii) He was born
in a rich family.
iii) The strike was
not withdrawn.
iv) My brothers
will appear
in I.A.S Examination.
List: call up, call off, sit for, come of, turn up
Ans: i) Rina turns up
timely.
ii) He was came of
a rich family.
iii) The strike was
not called
off.
iv) My brothers
will sit
for I.A.S Examination.
1.Replace
the underlined words with suitable phrasal verbs:
a) I cannot tolerate
such an insult.
b) The old house collapsed
last night.
c) I was reared
by my grandfather.
d) The strike has
been canceled.
e) How did the
accident happen?
f) The doctor said
the patient would recover in a week.
g) How did you get
this nice portrait of Rabindranath?
h) Try to reduce
your monthly expense as much as practicable.
i) We should try to
abolish
all meaningless rituals.
j) The scheme has failed
for want of fund.
ANSWER:
a)
bear with, b) broke down, c) brought up, d) called off, e) come about f) come
round, g) come by, h) cut down, i) do away with, j) fell through.
2. Change
the voice of following sentences:
a) Swami changes
his tactics.
b) He proposed to
send a letter with Swami to the headmaster.
c) ‘What have you
written, father?’
d) The teacher was
then teaching arithmetic.
e) I was called to
Birla house by an urgent telephone.
f) A special train
took Gandhiji’s ashes to Allahabad.
g) This used to
puzzle Claude to and me.
h) A boy on the
mainland showed Claude how to make a kite.
i) Most people
think that the cat is an unintelligent animal.
j) This is often
spoken as a reproach against cats.
ANSWER:
a) His tactics were
changed by Swami.
b) It was proposed
by him to send a letter with Swami to the headmaster.
c)’ What has been
written by you, father?’
d) Arithmetic was
being taught then by the teacher.
e) They called me
to Birla House by an urgent telephone.
f) Gandhiji’s ashes
were taken to Allahabad by a special train.
g) Claude and I
used to be puzzled by this.
h) Claude was shown
how a kite was to be made by a boy on the mainland.
i) It is thought by
most people that the cat is an unintelligent animal.
j) People often
speak this as a reproach against cast.
3) Change
the mode of narration:
a) At nine o’clock,
Swaminathan wailed, “ I have a headache”.
b) “Tell him you
had a headache and so are late,” said Swamis’s father.
c)’’ Don’t ever
come to me for help if Samuel scolds you again,” Swami’s father said to him.
d) “Do you want to
know what became what became of your kite? He said.
e) We knew, “There
was no more red paper”.
f) ‘Do you know
where Arun lives?’ The teacher asked the boy.
g) Father asked
Swami, “Have you no school today?”.
h) Father said,
‘Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.’
i) Swami said,
‘What will the teacher think if I go so late?’
j) Does he always scold
the students?’ asked Swami’s father.
ANSWER:
a) At nine o’clock,
Swaminathan wailed that he had a headache.
b) Swamis' father
advised his son to tell him(his teacher Samuel) that he had had a headache and
so was late.
c) Swami’s father
told his son never to go to him(his father) for help if Samuel scolded
him(Swami ) again.
d) He required if
they wanted to know what had become of their kite.
e) We knew there
had been no more red paper.
f) The teacher
asked the boy if he knew where Arun lived.
g) Father asked
Swami if he had no school that day.
h) Father advised
him to loaf about less on Sundays to be without a headache on Monday.
i) Swami wondered
what the teacher would think if he wanted to know if he(the teacher) always
scolded the students.
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