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Expressions With Keep


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  1. Shut the door and keep the dogs ___ of the house.
    a. away
    b. off
    c. out
  2. Try to keep the children ___ from the fire. They may get burn.
    a. away
    b. out
    c. off
  3. She always reads the paper and watches TV to keep ___ with the latest news.
    a. up
    b. in
    c. at
  4. If he doesn't keep ___ the expenses, he'll go bankrupt.
    a. off
    b. in
    c. down
  5. You will succeed if you keep ___ doing it well.
    a. in
    b. with
    c. on
  6. He never let us down, for he always kept ___ his promises.
    a. at
    b. to
    c. back
  7. Bob is trying hard to keep ___ with the rest of his class.
    a. up
    b. on
    c. in
  8. We should advise children to keep ___ drugs.
    a. out
    b. off
    c. away
  9. She couldn't keep the secret ___ from her parents.
    a. out
    b. away
    c. back
  10. Look! The sign says: "Keep ___ the grass".
    a. out
    b. off
    c. away
  11. If you keep ___ your work, you'll like it.
    a. in
    b. with
    c. at

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.