- intermediate-124
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 124
Idioms with the phrasal verb put
Q1 Our daily habits often force us to ....... all kinds of degrading and destructive events, all in the name of keeping
things comfortable or familiar.
(a) put up (b) put up with (c) put on hold (d) put out
Q2 A Russian culture festival on Tajik territory has been ....... indefinitely because of a local typhoid fever
outbreak.
(a) put off (b) put in (c) put on (d) put out
Q3 The Government has decided to ....... the recent Cabinet decision to cut the food subsidy bill by 30 per cent,
following protests from a section of Congress.
(a) put up (b) put out (c) put on hold (d) put in
Q4 ....... your garbage at the designated pickup point by 8 a.m. on the collection days scheduled for your area.
(a) Put off (b) Put in (c) Put out (d) Put on
Q5 It was reported that Hyundai Motor Co. will ....... a car-assembly plant in the Philippines after the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations and South Korea forge a free trade agreement.
(a) put up (b) put in (c) put up with (d) put out
Q6 Sweaters are easy to ......., comfortable, warm and above all stylish.
(a) put off (b) put in (c) put on (d) put out
Q7 The United Nations was ....... charge of sorting out differences among countries offering to build a Tsunami
early warning system after a flood of proposals in the wake of the Indian Ocean tragedy.
(a) put in (b) put up with (c) put on hold (d) put out
Q8 Homeowners ....... a kitchen fire last Sunday night, only to soon notice the fire was spreading inside the walls
of their home.
(a) put off (b) put in (c) put on (d) put out
Q9 French soldiers decided to ....... a Punch and Judy show for their American counterparts.
(a) put on (b) put in (c) put off (d) put out
Q10 A Betawi couple hoping to marry last weekend were forced to ....... their wedding ceremony until law and order
had been restored in the city.
(a) put on (b) put in (c) put off (d) put out
