Phrases and Idioms Exercise No. 5

Exercise-5

Directions: of the alternatives given for each group of sentences, find the best fits into the blank in each of the given sentences:

Questions 1 to 6

 (a) pass into           (b) pass for           (c) pass off      (d) pass away               (e) pass through

1.The old man _______without any trouble.

2.He________ a great dramatist.

3. His disease has________ a chronic state.

4. The crew________ terrible sufferings.

5. He was caught while trying to________ counterfeit rupee.

6. He_______ himself_______ as a noble man.

 Questions 7 to 11

(a) look to        (b) look up       (c) look after               (d) look on

7. The Indian economy is now _______

8. My uncle_______me.

9. _______the word in the dictionary.

10. _______your manners.

11. I_______ him as my son.

Questions 12 to 18

(a) Makeup            (b)make out         (c) makeover         (d)make of              (e) make for

12. I cannot_______ his writing.

13. I cannot _______ anything   _______this telegram.

14. He _______ his bungalow to an orphanage.

15. You have failed to _______your case.

16. The two brothers quarreled some time ago, but they have now _______it _______

17. Contentment _______happiness.

18. I cannot _______the meaning of this verse.

Answers:-

1.(d): passed away – died

2. (b): passed for – is regarded as

3. (a): passed into – changed into

4. (e): passed through – underwent

5. (c): pass off – impose fraudulently

6. (c): passed himself over – pretended to be

7. (b): looking up – improving

8. (c): looks after – takes care of

9. (b) : look up – search for

10. (a): look to – Be careful about

11. (d) : look on – regard

12. (b): make out – decipher

13. (d): make of – understand

14. (c): made over – presented

15. (b): make out – prove

16. (a): made up – reconciled

17. (e): makes for – results in

18. (b): make out – discover

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