Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1The new budgeting app didn't ............... until a well-known influencer mentioned it.
Wrong!
Use "take off" because a product that suddenly becomes very popular is said to take off.
2We had to ............... the meeting because two managers were away.
Wrong!
Use "put off" because delaying a meeting until later is putting it off.
3Can you ............... the total cost before we approve the order?
Wrong!
Use "work out" because you work out total cost by calculating it.
4The fire alarm began to ............... just as the presentation started.
Wrong!
Use "go off" because an alarm that starts ringing goes off.
5The sales figures were not real; someone had clearly ............... them.
Wrong!
Use "make up" because invented or false figures are made up.
6She ............... the job offer because the commute would have been exhausting.
Wrong!
Use "turned down" because refusing an offer is turning it down.
7I ............... the unfamiliar word in an online dictionary.
Wrong!
Use "looked up" because checking a word in a dictionary is looking it up.
8While searching the archive, I ............... several letters from the 1920s.
Wrong!
Use "came across" because finding something unexpectedly is coming across it.
9It was freezing outside, so Maya ............... her thickest coat.
Wrong!
Use "put on" because putting on a coat means wearing it.
10Roadworks on the bridge ............... traffic for nearly an hour.
Wrong!
Use "held up" because traffic can be delayed or stopped by roadworks.
11The lift ............... again, so we had to use the stairs.
Wrong!
Use "broke down" because a machine or vehicle that stops working breaks down.
12After a week in bed, he finally ............... the flu.
Wrong!
Use "got over" because recovering from an illness is getting over it.
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Answers
- The new budgeting app didn’t take off until a well-known influencer mentioned it.
- We had to put off the meeting because two managers were away.
- Can you work out the total cost before we approve the order?
- The fire alarm began to go off just as the presentation started.
- The sales figures were not real; someone had clearly make up them.
- She turned down the job offer because the commute would have been exhausting.
- I looked up the unfamiliar word in an online dictionary.
- While searching the archive, I came across several letters from the 1920s.
- It was freezing outside, so Maya put on her thickest coat.
- Roadworks on the bridge held up traffic for nearly an hour.
- The lift broke down again, so we had to use the stairs.
- After a week in bed, he finally got over the flu.