STUDY Read these sentences carefully.
●It’s very easy to put difficult decisions off.
●They’ve decided to put off their wedding until March.
●You’ll have to go to the dentist eventually. Why keep putting it off?
●Some couples put off having children until they are older.
●They were going to start building, but the work has been put off again.
MEANING Which of these verbs means the same as put something off?
a)to cancel something b)to delay something
c)to refuse something d)to prevent something
GRAMMAR Which of these are grammatically possible?
a)She put her visit off. b)She put off her visit.
c)She put it off. d)She put off it.
e)Her visit was put off.
PRACTICE Rewrite the parts of the sentences in italics so that the meaning stays the same, using a form of put something off and an object( a noun or a pronoun):
a)I’m afraid I have no time for the meeting today. Can we leave it until tomorrow?
b)This job must be done today—it cannot be delayed any longer.
c)I always wait until the last minute to do my work.
参考答案:
MEANING: b
GRAMMAR: a, b, c, e
PRACTICE:
a)...Can we put it off until tomorrow?
b)...—it cannot be put off any longer.
c)I always put my work off/put off my work until the last minute.
