Question

Identify the correct meaning of the given word:
Give up
a) Start
b) Give
c) Receive
d) Distribute
e) Abandon

Answer 1

Hint: The dictionary meaning of 'Give up' means to stop trying or quit. Recall the meanings of each of the options given in the question. The word is used in a sentence like: ‘ You can not give up so easily on life.’

Complete answer:
If in case we are not able to remember the exact meaning of all the options, then the easiest method to solve questions like these is to first form a sentence with the word given in the question and then make a sentence with each of the given options, the sentence which has the most similar meaning with the first sentence is the correct answer.

Option ‘a’, 'Start' means to begin doing something. It is used in a sentence like: ‘Please start the car engine.’ Thus option ‘a’ is incorrect.

Option b, 'Give' means to offer something to someone. A sentence example is : ‘Raj will give her the notebook.’ Thus, option b is also incorrect.

We know that Option c - 'Receive' means to get or be given something. ‘She will receive the award today’ is an example of the sentence. Hence option c, too, is incorrect.

Option d, 'Distribute' is not the right answer as it means to give something out to several people.

Lastly, we see that option e, 'Abandon' means to quit or leave a place or to ask someone to leave. It is used in a sentence like: ‘ Ria had to abandon that project.’ Therefore we see that So, the correct answer is “Option e”.

Note:
Although this sentence formation method is a bit lengthy, it rarely gets you to an incorrect answer, but even for this, you need to be strong with your grammatical rules application.