Mar 2, 2017
- Study box. Read these sentences carefully.
1. Money ran out after four years and the building was never finished. 2. Why has the car stopped? ~ It’s run out of petrol. 3. Can I have a copy of the handout? ~ I’m afraid we’ve run out. 4. I’ve run out of sugar. I’ll see if I can borrow some. 5. Time is running out and we still have loads to do. - Use the sentences in the study box to help you do these exercises.
- Use three of the words below to complete the meaning of run out:
little • none • supply • used
if a supply of something runs out, or if a person runs out of a of
something, there is left because it has all been - Which of these are grammatically possible?
- Our money ran out.
- We ran out.
- We ran out money.
- We ran out of money.
- Which of these sentences are correct?
- The torch doesn’t work. The battery must have run out.
- You have run out space on the disk.
- Dad took so many photos he soon runs out of film.
- The report was printed on blue paper, as the white had ran out.
- They ran out of petrol in the middle of nowhere.
- The whole team is tired and they’re running out ideas.
- Use three of the words below to complete the meaning of run out:
- Respond to the following in an appropriate way, using a form of ‘run out’ or ‘run out of’ in each response and any other necessary information:
- A: Why was the project stopped?
B: Because funds . . . .- run out
- run out of
- A: Shall I make us a coffee?
B: You can’t. We’ve . . . coffee.- run out
- run out of
- A: Is there any more wine?
B: I think it’s . . . .- run out
- run out of
- A: Are you going to have another Coke?
B: No. I have . . . money.- run out
- run out of
- A: Why was the project stopped?
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