Tag: softskills

Coal is extracted from the ground through mining. Built means constructed, grown refers to agriculture, manufactured means factory-made.

Like to be seen is passive infinitive meaning you would dislike others seeing you. To have seen is perfect active, to see is active infinitive, to be seeing is continuous passive.

Taken in is the idiom meaning deceived. The phrase I'm never taken in means I cannot be deceived. Given in would mean received inside.

Ought not to have made expresses regret about a past mistake. Ought not to be making is ongoing, mustn't make is present prohibition, had not to make is incorrect.

Since + past simple requires past simple in the main clause. Have spoken is present perfect, was speaking is past continuous, have been speaking is present perfect continuous.

They love requires question tag don't they. Are they would invert subject-verb incorrectly, isn't it uses wrong pronoun, aren't they is be-verb mismatch.

Saturday night requires on for specific days/nights. At is for times, the is article, in is for months/seasons.

Broke means without money in informal usage. Dead and destroyed are too extreme, broken would mean physically damaged.

The structure 'be said to be + -ing' is used to report rumors or news about planned future actions. 'The Queen is said to be visiting Australia next year' correctly conveys this is a reported future plan. 'To visit' would be used for general facts, not specific future arrangements.

To solve this question, the user needs to understand the meaning of the phrasal verb "put someone up". "Put someone up" means to provide someone with a place to stay for a short period of time.

Now, let's go through each option and explain why it is right or wrong:

A. "In" is incorrect because the correct preposition to use with "put someone up" is "up", not "in".

B. "Down" is incorrect because the correct preposition to use with "put someone up" is "up", not "down".

C. "Away" is incorrect because the correct preposition to use with "put someone up" is "up", not "away".

D. "Up" is the correct answer because "put me up" means to provide someone with a place to stay for a short period of time.

Therefore, the answer is: D. up.