fill in the blanks single fillers Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (b)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘hold up’ which means to remain strong or vigorous. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (b) becomes the most viable answer choice.

Call off means to decide that a planned event will not happen Leave out means to not include or mention (someone or something)

Blow up means explode

Bring up means (chiefly of a ship) come to a stop.

Answer: (e)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘look over’ which means a quick inspection of something; a survey. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (e) becomes the most viable answer choice.

Turn up means be found, especially by chance, after being lost. Take down means a police raid or arrest.

Make out means make progress; fare. Make up means invent a story, lie, or plan.

Answer: (d)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘run through’ which means to practise something so that it is correct for a performance or test. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (d) becomes the most viable answer choice.

put out means cause someone trouble or inconvenience. put up means stay temporarily in accommodation other than one's own home. 

Run-away means escape from a place, person, or situation. run into means collide with.

Answer: (a)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘work out’ which means to find the solution by thinking or talking about it. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (a) becomes the most viable answer choice.

warm up means prepare for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practising gently beforehand.

wake up means an instance of a person waking up or being woken up turn down means a rejection or refusal.

take out means a bid (in a different suit) made in response to a bid or double by one's partner.

Answer: (c)

The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘get back to’ which means to return to someone or something. This phrase is often used to say that you will return with an answer to a question or a request at a later time. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (c) becomes the most viable answer choice.

get up means (of wind or the sea) become strong or agitated. get back at means take revenge on (someone).

get along with means another way of saying get on.

get around means deal successfully with (a problem).