{"id":1148,"date":"2026-05-03T13:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kursevikonverzacije.com\/blog\/multiple-choice-phrasal-verbs-with-divvy-out-and-divvy-up-advanced\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T13:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:55:34","slug":"multiple-choice-phrasal-verbs-with-divvy-out-and-divvy-up-advanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kursevikonverzacije.com\/blog\/multiple-choice-phrasal-verbs-with-divvy-out-and-divvy-up-advanced\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Choice: Phrasal Verbs with DIVVY OUT and DIVVY UP (advanced)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"exercise-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/kursevikonverzacije.com\/blog\/js\/exercise-engine.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n    renderExercise('#exercise-root', {\n\"type\":\"choose_from\",\n\"title\":\"Multiple Choice: Phrasal Verbs with DIVVY OUT and DIVVY UP\",\n\"subtitle\":\"advanced level\",\n\"questions\":[\n  {\n    \"id\":\"1\",\n    \"question\":\"What is the main meaning of 'divvy out'?\",\n    \"options\":[\"To distribute something among people\", \"To divide something into smaller parts\", \"To collect something from others\", \"To hide something from view\"],\n    \"answer\":\"To distribute something among people\",\n    \"explanation\":\"'Divvy out' primarily means to distribute or hand out something, often in shares, to a group of people.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\":\"2\",\n    \"question\":\"Which sentence uses 'divvy up' correctly?\",\n    \"options\":[\"They divvied up the pizza between the two of them.\", \"She divvied up the secret to her friend.\", \"He divvied up the meeting by arriving late.\", \"We divvied up the problem by ignoring it.\"],\n    \"answer\":\"They divvied up the pizza between the two of them.\",\n    \"explanation\":\"'Divvy up' means to divide something into portions or shares, so dividing a pizza is a correct usage.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\":\"3\",\n    \"question\":\"Which preposition typically follows 'divvy out' to indicate the recipients?\",\n    \"options\":[\"to\", \"with\", \"among\", \"between\"],\n    \"answer\":\"to\",\n    \"explanation\":\"'Divvy out' is often followed by 'to' when specifying who receives the distributed items, e.g., 'divvy out the money to the team.'\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\":\"4\",\n    \"question\":\"What is the difference between 'divvy out' and 'divvy up'?\",\n    \"options\":[\"'Divvy out' focuses on distribution to individuals; 'divvy up' focuses on dividing a whole into parts.\", \"They are exactly the same and interchangeable.\", \"'Divvy out' is for money; 'divvy up' is for food.\", \"'Divvy out' is informal; 'divvy up' is formal.\"],\n    \"answer\":\"'Divvy out' focuses on distribution to individuals; 'divvy up' focuses on dividing a whole into parts.\",\n    \"explanation\":\"'Divvy out' emphasizes giving out shares to people, while 'divvy up' emphasizes splitting something into portions, often for sharing.\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\":\"5\",\n    \"question\":\"Which sentence is grammatically correct?\",\n    \"options\":[\"The manager divvied out the tasks among the staff.\", \"The manager divvied up the tasks to the staff.\", \"The manager divvied out the tasks up the staff.\", \"The manager divvied the tasks out among the staff.\"],\n    \"answer\":\"The manager divvied out the tasks among the staff.\",\n    \"explanation\":\"'Divvy out' is a separable phrasal verb, but when the object is a noun phrase, it can come after the particle. 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