Another month concluded with phrasal verb & idiom quizzes. Hopefully this post answers everyoneβs doubt for this monthβs quiz. First of all, starting with some of the mistakes I could find for those who are curious and obsessed about it (this shows how hard it is to actually create quizzes, also feel free to find the mistakes in this and the next post):
1, The concert has been ___ to an unspecified date due to the devastating storm. [put back] (delayed, played, stopped, took)
2. Camping might not be the best place to live, but I bet you can ___ with it. [put up] (bear, connect, follow, stop playing)
3. I donβt mind if you want to ___ with me today since itβs already late midnight. [stay over] (lie on the field, live in different countries, rest on the bed, sleep somewhere else temporarily)
4. He decided to ___ at home and revise for his upcoming exams. [stay put] (live there, not to go anywhere, put that thing and stay there, rest on bed)
5. I have prepared a surprise for the class but someone ___. [gives me away] (gifts me something and throw away, gives that thing to me immediately, reveals my secret, sends me to someone)
6. Can you ___ while we use the washroom? [hang on] (hurt, stuck, wait, waste time)
7. It ___ to find a parking spot in the capital city. [takes ages] (takes a very long time, brings many old people, brings many old tools, takes only a few minutes)
8. Most of the chipsets found in todayβs devices are ___ Taiwan. (made from, made in, made of, made with)
This is probably my negligence for not giving the instructions of answering this monthβs quiz. Anyway please note that this is not meant to be a fill in the blank with the appropriate word or phrase quizzes, as some of them sounds odd when you do so. In fact, the sentence is there to help you understand the usage of the idioms and phrasal verbs, so you will need to use the idiom provided as the reference for answering the questions, hereβs a few examples I want to point out:
*No choice, but since we were late, we have to bear with it even though it felt like a fish out of water/felt uncomfortable.
*He is doomed to be dead in the water/doomed to fail as he has not been putting effort into the project.
*His explanation for being late didnβt hold water/isnβt valid, as the traffic was good.
*I can see their bonds are starting to form again, seems like that incident is water under the bridge/resolved for them already.
*I canβt believe they are working as a group, (itβs like oil and water) as one of them is extrovert and another being an introvert.
*The school cherry-pick/pick the top students and register them to participate in a competition.
And regarding this controversy question: βYou should ___ an umbrella with you, there's chances of raining today.β Itβs obvious the answer can only be bring and take. When I was trying to create this question, by default I think of a situation which one is about to leave the house but someone suggested to βtakeβ an umbrella, which leads to this answer. After looking back at it, there could be another interpretation which one is doing some outdoor activities but then the other suggested to βbringβ the umbrella from the car so they can return to the car while itβs raining. This really depends on the context you are trying to bring out so in this situation, both answers are acceptable.