Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

It really irritates me, when I don't know a word and my tutor, instead of telling me the meaning, pushes the dictionary towards me and says: Look in.

  1. It really irritates me, when I don't know a word and my tutor, instead of telling me the meaning, pushes the dictionary towards me and says: Look in.

  2. It really irritates me, when I don't know a word and my tutor, instead of telling me the meaning, pushes the dictionary towards me and says: Look it up.

  3. It really irritates me, when I don't know a word and my tutor, instead of telling me the meaning, pushes the dictionary towards me and says: Look up.

  4. It really irritates me, when I don't know a word and my tutor, instead of telling me the meaning, pushes the dictionary to me and says: Look it up.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (2) is grammatically the most correct option. (1) and (3) are incorrect because the correct phrasal usage is 'look it up'. (4) is less appropriate than (2) because preposition 'towards' is better than 'to' as there is an object towards which a thing is being sent. (5) is incorrect because it violates the subject verb agreement. Correct usage is 'It really irritates me…'

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