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Would you _______ my dog for me this weekend?
a) look
b) look after
c) look up
Would you LOOK AFTER my dog for me this weekend?
watch/take care of someone /something
John _______ his leg at the baseball game.
a) broke
b) broke down
c) broke off
John BROKE his leg at the baseball game.
Incorrect answers:
b) broke down used for mechanical thing: "The car broke down"
c) "John's leg broke OFF" (A bigger problem than merely breaking your leg; when it breaks OFF it's not longer attached to your body!"
Our boss _______ our meeting until next week.
a) put
b) put off
c) put down
Our boss PUT OFF our meeting until next week.
When someone PUTS something OFF, he is delaying it.
Could you _______ the music while I'm on the phone?
a) turn
b) turn off
c) turn around
Could you TURN OFF the music while I'm on the phone?
I don't _______ the new guy.
a) get up
b) get over
c) get on with
d) get along with
I don't GET ALONG WITH the new guy.
a) incorrect: get up
b) incorrect: get over
c) get on with (correct, UK)
d) get along with (correct, US & Canada)
Maria is _____ town. She will be back next Monday.
- away
- off
- out
- out of
"out of town"
Maria is out of town. She will be back next Monday.
The lights in their apartment are ____. Mike and Anna must be at home.
a) in b) off c) on d) out
The lights in their apartment are on. Mike and Anna must be at home.
What are you interested in? Are you ____ computers?
a) at b) into c) up to d) with
What are you interested in? Are you into computers?
"Yeah, I'm into computer"
We are _____ bread, milk, cheese, and sugar. We need to go to the supermarket.
a) off b) out of c) down on d) up to
out of something: We are OUT OF bread, milk, cheese, and sugar. We need to go to the supermarket.
"Do we have bread?"
"No, we're out." (NOT "out of it" which means "crazy"/ "drunk")
We both _______ meeting your new girlfriend.
a) look
b) look up
c) look forward to
We both LOOK FORWARD TO meeting your new girlfriend.
Your time is ____. Hand in your papers, please.
a) down b) off c) up d) over
Your time is UP. Hand in your papers, please.
(no more time)
It's _________ you. Whatever you choose is all right with me.
a) on b) by c) up to d) with
It's up to you. Whatever you choose is all right with me.
"It's up to you" (/him /her/ me)
But "you" is the most common
Call me as soon as you are ______this report.
a) off c) out of c) over d) through with
Call me as soon as you are through with this report.
be through with something: finished it
I have to _______ to the finish line and back.
a) run away
b) run out of
c) run
I have to RUN to the finish line and back.
Incorrect answers:
a) run away: escape
b) run out of: not have something
I agree ___ you.
a) on
b) in
c) with
d) to
I agree WITH you.