Complete the following sentences with appropriate phrasal verbs.
1Could you pass this brochure ............... the room so everyone can read it?
Wrong!
"Around" means to give something to several people in turn.
2My grandmother passed ............... last year.
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"Away" is used in the phrasal verb "pass away", which means to die.
3Who was the boy who just passed ............... the window?
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"By" means past a place or person.
4He tried to pass it ............... as an original painting, but the curator could easily tell it was fake.
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"Off" is used in "pass something off as" when someone pretends something is different or better than it is.
5I have got a good job offer, and I just don’t want to pass ............... it.
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"On" can mean to refuse an offer or opportunity.
6She passed ............... at the ripe old age of ninety.
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"On" can be used politely to mean died.
7All that belongs to him will pass ............... his son when he dies.
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"To" shows the person who receives property or rights after someone else dies.
8I’m sorry, but I think I’ll have to pass ............... your invitation.
Select 2 answers.
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"Up" and "on" can both mean to refuse an opportunity or invitation.
9He was furious with the management because they passed him ............... in favor of a younger person.
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"Over" means someone is not chosen or is ignored for a job or opportunity.
10I passed ............... Mangalore on my way to Calicut.
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"Through" means to travel into and out of a place on the way somewhere else.
Answers
- Could you pass this brochure around the room so everyone can read it?
- My grandmother passed away last year.
- Who was the boy who just passed by the window?
- He tried to pass it off as an original painting, but the curator could easily tell it was fake.
- I have got a good job offer, and I just don’t want to pass on it.
- She passed on at the ripe old age of ninety.
- All that belongs to him will pass to his son when he dies.
- I’m sorry, but I think I’ll have to pass up / on your invitation.
- He was furious with the management because they passed him over in favor of a younger person.
- I passed through Mangalore on my way to Calicut.
