2020 · Q56
Each of the following sentences has a blank space. Select the most appropriate word or group of words for the blank space.
The chairperson said that the group was ______ of time.
EnglishFill in the Blanks
- Arunning out
- Brunning
- Crunning with
- Drun out
Explanation
'Running out of time' is the idiom for time nearly exhausted — option A. 'Running of time' is ungrammatical, 'running with' is nonsense here, and 'run out' breaks the continuous tense required by 'said that the group was...'.