Question

In the question, a highlighted phrasal verb is given, which is followed by three sentences, you have to identify that the highlighted phrasal is correctly used or not. You have to mark the option in which the phrasal is correctly used.

Give away

1.    There's plenty of time to drop hints for Christmas presents! And speaking of presents, we have 100 exclusive fragrance collections to give away

2.    On straight cost-benefit analysis, education spending is a far more useful contribution to the country's economic performance than blanket giveaways to industry

3.    I was fearful that with the new model the company would go berserk and give away on the countryside altogether

A Only 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Only 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Both 1 and 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Both 2 and 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E All are correct Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

Meaning of ‘give away’ – give someone freely as a gift or donation The phrasal verb is correctly used in statements (1) and (2) Statement (3) – ‘give away’ doesn’t support the context of the sentence, the sentence is not talking about to provide anything. So, this is an incorrect option

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