Directions: Study each set of expressions in the box below. Note the change in
preposition and the corresponding change in meaning. The verb, too,
may change in form to show a different tense. On your paper, fill in the
blanks with the correct expression.
run across-find; meet by chance
run through- read quickly
run after-pay excessive attention to
run to- amount to; reach
run down-speak badly of
run up-make; sew quickly
run in-arrest
run out-come to an end; be used up
run off-produce quickly
run over-practice; rehearse
1. He's a remarkable writer; he can
a novel in a week.
2. Guess who I
in town the other day!
3.
this article and tell me what you think of it.
4. I'll just
my speech again. I'd hate to forget it in the middle
of my talk.
5. I do wish Jane wouldn't
people the way she does. I think it's
jealousy.
6. We'd just reach the highway when the petrol
7. The book
about three hundred pages.
8. He always
the girls. What's he trying to prove?​