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Expressions With Run

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  1. Why did he try to run ___ from home?
    a. off
    b. out
    c. away

  2. I always run ___ old students of mine when I go to that cafeteria.
    a. after
    b. across
    c. over

  3. He runs ___ every pretty girl he sees at school.
    a. on
    b. after
    c. in

  4. Yesterday I ran ___ an old friend of mine at the supermarket.
    a. for
    b. down
    c. into

  5. He ran ___ with his best friend's girlfriend.
    a. off
    b. into
    c. on

  6. The police ran ___ all the people who were near the scene of the horrible crime.
    a. in
    b. over
    c. on

  7. The thief ran ___ with all the money and jewelry he found in the house.
    a. away
    b. after
    c. at

  8. That man runs ___ his monthly salary in less than a week.
    a. at
    b. through
    c. in

  9. I don't know how many candidates are running ___ President.
    a. up
    b. for
    c. off

  10. They ran ___ against several problems when they tried to build the bridge in that area.
    a. off
    b. on
    c. up

  11. We ran ___ of beer when the party was half over.
    a. away
    b. out
    c. off

  12. John didn't notice he had run ___ his neighbor's little dog.
    a. over
    b. on
    c. off

Copyright (C) 1997 Vera Mello (vcqm@ruralsp.com.br)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.