Question

They wished him (A)/all the best and encouraged him

Q: Answer-They wished him (A)/all the best and encouraged him (B)/to give up the good work because (C)/there w...

Here, lsquogive uprsquo means lsquoto stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficultrsquo. This is incorrect here. The correct phrasal verb is lsquokeep uprsquo. It means lsquoto be able to understand or deal with something that is happening or changing very fast. They wished him all the best and encouraged him to keep up the good work because there were two more rounds to go.

(B)/to give up the good work because (C)/there were two more rounds to go (D). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical/contextual error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer.

A They wished him

B all the best and encouraged him

C to give up the good work because

D there were two more rounds to go

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