Difficult sentences
1- After the festival, the food and drink are given ......to the poor.
a) out b) away
2- The shop is.......a pen with each book that you buy.
a) out b) away
3- Peter, as well as his sisters.......absent today.
a) is b) are
My answer
1- (a) & (b) are OK
2- (a) & (b) are OK . In fact, the difference between 'give away' and 'give out' is not clear when they are used to express the idea that something is given for free.
3- (b)
Top answer
com/dictionary/british/give-out 2- I don't understand the sentence. I think it is "The shop gives away a pen with each book that you buy" 3- is (we don't consider the noun that come after as well as , along with together with etc)
- com/dictionary/british/give-out 2- I don't understand the sentence.
- I think it is "The shop gives away a pen with each book that you buy" 3- is (we don't consider the noun that come after as well as , along with together with etc)
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My answers
1- given out
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/give-out
2- I don't understand the sentence. I think it is "The shop gives away a pen with each book that you buy"
3- is (we don't consider the noun that come after as well
0Omar Ahmed1- After the festival, the food and drink are given ......to the poor.a) out b) away
Both work. "Out" suggests that the poor are right there at the time to recieve the food, but "hand out" is more usual in that context, I think. "Away" is more vague but more idiomatic.
Omar Ahmed2- The shop is.......a pen with each book
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