Question

Activity 2
Replace the underlined words in the passage with the right phrasal verbs
from Activity 1.
Tolstoy farm was a community of Indians established (a) by Gandhiji in South Africa
He decided (b) to make some provision for the education of boys and girls in the
farm. Qualified Indian teachers were scarce, and even when available they rejected
(C) the offer because of the small salary. Gandhiji could not tolerate (d) the existing
system of education and he expressed (e) his idea of experimenting a true system
a)​

Answer 1

The answers are as follows:

a. set up

b. made up his mind

c. turned down

d. put up with

e. put forward

• In the given exercise, we need to replace the given words with the phrasal verbs.

• Phrasal verbs refer to phrases consisting of a verb and preposition, which acts as a verb.

• 'Set up' means to establish. 'Made up his mind' means to decide.

• 'Turned down' means rejected. 'Put up with' means to tolerate.

• 'Put forward' means to express or bring to light one's ideas.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The underlined words can be replaced by following phrasal verbs:

a. Established can be replaced by set up

b. decided can be replaced by made up his mind

c. rejected can be replaced by turned down

d. tolerate can be replaced by put up with

e.expressed can be replaced by put forward

Additional Knowledge:

Phrasal Verbs are defined as those verbs which when used with an adverb or a preposition, give a new meaning, such as ‘look after’ , ‘put somebody off’ or 'put forward'.

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