Multiple choice
“She ______ her coat because it was hot.”
A) gave up
B) took off
C) ran into
D) turned down
B) took off
You stop trying something.
give up
I need to ______ early tomorrow
carry on, break down, wake up, look after
wake up
“She decided to ______ smoking.”
A) give up
B) quit
C) give in
D) stop
C) give in
“She took off smoking.”
A) ran into
B) picked up
C) gave up
D) turned on
C) gave up
“I ______ an old friend at the mall yesterday.”
A) gave away
B) turned off
C) ran into
D) took over
C) ran into
You delay an event.
put off
They had to ______ the meeting
find out, pick up , get along ,call off
call off
“I ______ an old friend yesterday.”
A) ran into
B) bumped into
C) came across
D) looked after
D) looked after
“I looked after an old friend at the mall.”
A) came up with
B) ran into
C) gave away
D) took over
B) ran into
“They need to ______ a solution quickly.”
A) get away with
B) look down on
C) come up with
D) run out of
C) come up with
You have a friendly relationship.
get along
We should ______ a new idea.
give away, run over, turn into, come up with
come up with
“They need to ______ a solution.”
A) figure out
B) run out of
C) think up
D) come up with
B) run out of
“They ran out of a new idea.”
A) brought up
B) took after
C) came up with
D) fell through
C) came up with
“The manager decided to ______ the meeting.”
A) run into
B) take after
C) break out
D) call off
D) call off
You ignore criticism.
brush off
He tried to ______ the problem.
carry out, play down , set up, bring up
play down
“He tried to ______ the problem.”
A) minimize
B) play down
C) hide
D) bring about
D) bring about
“He brought up the issue.
A) set up
B) turned into
C) carried out
D) played down
D) played down
“The whole plan ______ at the last minute.”
A) came across
B) fell through
C) brought up
D) turned into
B) fell through
You focus strongly on something.
zero in on
The success ______ teamwork.
falls apart, breaks into, hinges on , runs over
hinges on
“The success ______ teamwork.”
A) depends on
B) hinges on
C) relies on
D) falls through
D) falls through
“The success fell through planning.”
A) phases in
B) brushes off
C) hinges on
D) weeds out
C) hinges on