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.
1Can you get some sugar from the shop? We have run ............... sugar.
Wrong!
Use "out of" after "run" to mean that none is left.
2This car runs ............... petrol.
Wrong!
Use "on" after "runs" to say what powers a machine or vehicle.
3The boy ran ............... from home because he had no one to love him there.
Wrong!
Use "away" after "ran" to mean left or escaped from a place.
4Cancer runs ............... his family; both his parents died of it.
Wrong!
Use "in" after "runs" to say that a disease is common in a family.
5The police constable ran ............... the thief, but he could not catch him.
Wrong!
Use "after" after "ran" to mean chased someone.
6When we were kids, we would spend the entire afternoon running ............... the neighborhood.
Wrong!
Use "around" after "running" to mean moving freely in an area.
7I want to run ............... president.
Wrong!
Use "for" after "run" to mean try to be elected to a position.
8I ran ............... an old friend of mine yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "into" after "ran" to mean met someone unexpectedly.
9Can you run ............... a hundred copies of this document?
Wrong!
Use "off" after "run" to mean make copies.
10I ran ............... a dog while driving home from work.
Wrong!
Use "over" after "ran" to mean hit someone or something with a vehicle.
11He has run ............... a huge debt on his credit cards.
Wrong!
Use "up" after "run" to mean accumulate a large bill or debt.
12He ran ............... the presentation one more time to make sure everything was ready.
Wrong!
Use "through" after "ran" to mean reviewed or practised something from beginning to end.
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- Can you get some sugar from the shop? We have run out of sugar.
- This car runs on petrol.
- The boy ran away from home because he had no one to love him there.
- Cancer runs in his family; both his parents died of it.
- The police constable ran after the thief, but he could not catch him.
- When we were kids, we would spend the entire afternoon running around the neighborhood.
- I want to run for president.
- I ran into an old friend of mine yesterday.
- Can you run off a hundred copies of this document?
- I ran over a dog while driving home from work.
- He has run up a huge debt on his credit cards.
- He ran through the presentation one more time to make sure everything was ready.