English Questions – Sentence Correction (Phrase Replacement) Set 83

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1. She was going to tell her boss exactly what she thought, but bottled out in the end.
   1) bounce back
   2) Bounce off
   3) Bottom out
   4) Bottle up
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: No correction required.
   Bottle out – Lack courage to do something
   
   
2. She wheeled around when he told her to stop.
   1) Weird out
   2) wheeled round
   3) While away
   4) Weigh out
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Wheel round – Turn quickly and face in the opposite direction.
   
   
3. If I could chip on, there are a couple of issues I’d like to raise.
   1) chip of
   2) chip up
   3) chip at
   4) chip in
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Chip in – Contribute to a discussion.
   
   
4. I spent the whole weekend Clear away the attic as it was full of papers and other junk.
   1) clear off
   2) clear out
   3) clear up
   4) clear on
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation : ‘clear out’ is the correct use. “clear out (clearing out)” means “Tidy up thoroughly and throw away
   unwanted stuff.”
   
   
5. If you get behind by mortgage payments, you might lose your home.
   1) clouded apart
   2) clouded in
   3) clouded away
   4) get behind with
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : ‘Get behind with ’ is the correct use. “Get behind with ” means “Be late paying instalments for something”
   
   
6. He stared at the front, but got tired and dropped after as the race went on.
   1) Dropped with
   2) dropped back
   3) Dropped away
   4) Dropped by
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Drop back – Move towards the back of a group.
   
   
7. Our condolences go out of all the families who have lost people in this tragic accident.
   1) Go over off
   2) Go over in
   3) Go out with
   4) Go out to
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : ‘Go out to’ is the correct use. “Go out to” means “Feel sympathy with someone.”
   
   
8. She came out with the answer when everyone was expecting it to remain unsolved.
   1) came out on
   2) came out in
   3) came out through
   4) came out along
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation : No correction required. “come out with” means “Say something publicly and unexpectedly”
   
   
9. There aren’t enough jobs to go through for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.
   1) Go after
   2) Go across
   3) Go about
   4) Go around
   5) No correction required.
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : ‘Go around ’ is the correct use. “Go around ” means “Be or have enough of something.”
   
   
10. They’re not arriving until Thursday, which fits in with my schedule for the week.
    1) fit up
    2) Flag down
    3) Fit out with
    4) Fit into
    5) No correction required.
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: No correction required.
    Fit in with – Be convenient or occur conveniently.