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Question
Find the sentences in the story with the following phrasal verbs.
| lined up | thought up | took off | stood by |
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Solution
(i) lined up
And she thought of the glowing picture those hundred dresses made − all lined up in the classroom.
(ii) thought up
Peggy, who had thought up this game, and Maddie, her inseparable friend, were always the last to leave.
(iii) took off − Miss Mason took off her glasses, blew on them and wiped them on her soft white handkerchief.
(ivi) stood by − She had stood by silently, and that was just as bad as what Peggy had done.
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