Answer Key

Vocabulary test

Drag & drop: Fill in the correct expressions...
  • against
  • up
  • back
  • apart from
  • up with
  • up against
  • down
  • out
  • off
  • aside
  1. The child accidentally set  [off] the fire alarm, which caused two fire trucks to arrive at the house.
  2. All of your travel arrangements have been set  [up] already, all you need to do is go to the airport.
  3. The man set  [down] his fork and knife after completing his dinner.
  4. The cost of the war has set national development  [back] by ten years.
  5. There was too much opposition set  [up against] the government's plan to control wages, so it had to be cancelled.
  6. I have set  [aside] the whole weekend to clean the house in preparation for the party.
  7. The trees looked bare and threatening, set  [against] the dark sky.
  8. I set  [out] my clothes on the bed before I went to take a shower.
  9. The new library can set me  [up with] enough reading material for a month.
  10. Her unique talent sets her  [apart from] her fellow students.