Sunday 7 June 2009

We apologize on behalf of Bahasa Inggris, part 1

There are no less than NINE phrasal verbs that use the verb "ask" + a preposition.

How many of them do you know already?


A. What does 'Ask after' mean?
  1. Enquire about someone's health, how life is going
  2. Give assistance
  3. Die
B. What does 'Ask in' mean?
  1. To invite somebody into your house
  2. Move at the same rate
  3. Drive a vehicle as fast as possible
C. What does 'Ask for' mean?
  1. Request to have or be given
  2. Mean
  3. Experience different times
D. What does 'Ask over' mean?
  1. Arrive in large numbers, for military vehicles
  2. Invite
  3. Lose hair
E. What does 'Ask for' mean?
  1. Attack
  2. To provoke a negative reaction
  3. Hit and injure someone
F. What does 'Ask round' mean?
  1. Invite someone
  2. Explode
  3. Emit pollution or something else unpleasant
G. What does 'Ask out' mean?
  1. To invite someone for a date
  2. When trouble starts
  3. Visit
H. What does 'Ask around' mean?
  1. Stop holding (but withdraw support gently)
  2. Invite someone
  3. Understand fully
I. What does 'Ask around' mean?
  1. Use money earned
  2. Ask a number of people for information of help
  3. Make someone feel more positive
Your suggested answers or any other discussion in the COMMENTS below please. Do the test on your own before you check the answers below.

2 comments:

  1. A quick guess!

    'Ask after'
    1. Enquire about someone's health, how life is going

    'Ask in'
    1. To invite somebody into your house

    'Ask for'
    1. Request to have or be given

    'Ask over'
    2. Invite

    'Ask for'
    2. To provoke a negative reaction

    'Ask round'
    1. Invite someone

    'Ask out'
    1. To invite someone for a date

    'Ask around'
    2. Invite someone

    'Ask around'
    2. Ask a number of people for information of help

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  2. Eka, there's obviously no point in you being a student at the Wisma Bahasa. You should be an English teacher!

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