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Phrasal Verbs Clothing Sample Guess Sandra Nice Skirt

Question Sandra, look, what a nice skirt! You should _________(to sample clothing to see if it fits)
A hold it on
B carry it on
C come it on
D try it on
Answer d
Remark Phrasal verbs form one of three types of multi-word verbs which consist of a verb and one or two particles or prepositions (e.g. up, over, in, down). Phrasal verbs are two part verbs: a main verb + an adverb particle.Phrasal verbs often have meanings which we cannot easily guess from their individual parts. You may try to guess the meaning of the phrasal verb from the context, or look it up in a dictionary and learn it. In the test sentence we are given the definition of one of four phrasal verbs ‘to sample clothing to see if it fits’. The phrasal verb ‘try sth on’ means ‘to put on a piece of clothing to discover if it fits you or if you like it’: Jane was so charming that all the dresses she tried on fitted her. Thus, we are to choose ANSWER 4.

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