Each sentence given below contains an incomplete phrasal verb. Choose a particle or preposition that would make the sentence grammatically correct.
1He promised that he would help me but let me ............... as usual.
Wrong!
2I will let you ............... a secret. Mary is seeing a friend of mine.
Wrong!
3He might ask but don’t let ............... that you know where John is.
Wrong!
4She refused to let me ............... the house.
Wrong!
5He let ............... a big scream when his cut his finger.
Wrong!
6Thanks to his good conduct, he was let ............... jail three years early.
Wrong!
7I didn’t know what I was letting myself ...............
Wrong!
8As I had lost my keys, I couldn’t let myself ............... my flat.
Wrong!
9He thought he would be let ............... but the judge sent him to jail.
Wrong!
10The rain didn’t let ............... all day; we couldn’t even go for a walk.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- He promised that he would help me but let me down as usual.
- I will let you into a secret. Mary is seeing a friend of mine.
- He might ask but don’t let on that you know where John is.
- She refused to let me into the house.
- He let out a big scream when his cut his finger.
- Thanks to his good conduct, he was let out of jail three years early.
- I didn’t know what I was letting myself in for
- As I had lost my keys, I couldn’t let myself into my flat.
- He thought he would be let off but the judge sent him to jail.
- The rain didn’t let up all day; we couldn’t even go for a walk.
