This grammar exercise tests your ability to use phrasal verbs with run. Each sentence given below contains an incomplete phrasal verb. Complete the expression by supplying an appropriate preposition or an adverb particle.
1. Can you get some sugar from the shop? We have run ………………
To run out of something is to have none of it left.
2. This car runs ……………… petrol.
When a car runs on petrol, it is powered by petrol.
3. The boy ran …………….. from home because he had no one to love him there.
To run away is to escape or to run from somebody who is chasing you.
4. Cancer runs ……………. his family. Both his parents died of it.
If a disease runs in a family, it is kind of hereditary.
5. The police constable ran ………………. the thief but he could not catch him.
To run after somebody is to chase them.
6. When we were kids we would spend the entire afternoon running ……………. the neighborhood.
7. I want to run ……………… President.
To run for President is to try to be elected President.
8. I ran …………….. an old friend of mine yesterday.
To run into somebody is to meet them unexpectedly.
9. Can you run ………………. hundred copies of this document?
Run off can mean make photocopies.
10. I ran ………………. a dog while driving home from work.
To run over a dog is to hit it with a vehicle.
11. He has run ……………… a huge debt on his credit cards.
To run up debt is to spend a lot of money on credit.
12. He ran ………………. the presentation one more time to ensure that everything is perfect.
To run through a presentation is to practice it quickly.
Answers
1. Can you get some sugar from the shop? We have run out.
2. This car runs on petrol.
3. The boy ran away from home because he had no one to love him there.
4. Cancer runs in his family. Both his parents died of it.
5. The police constable ran after the thief but he could not catch him.
6. When we were kids we would spend the entire afternoon running around the neighborhood.
7. I want to run for President.
8. I ran into an old friend of mine yesterday.
9. Can you run off hundred copies of this document?
10. I ran over a dog while driving home from work.
11. He has run up a huge debt on his credit cards.
12. He ran through the presentation one more time to ensure that everything is perfect.
