Question

I had to walk nine flights of stairs because the lift

was out of _____.

(a) order (b) service

(c) work (d) control​

Answer 1

The correct answer for the given blank is (a) order as such: I had to walk nine flights of stairs because the lift was out of order.

How is the given blank filled?

• Out of order means anything that does not work hence to highlight the lift being non-functional we have used the term out of order.

• Order is a verb as well as a noun.
  

• It means instructions or arrangement of a certain thing.