The local council has decided to _______ a concert to raise money for cancer charities.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

The local council has decided to _______ a concert to raise money for cancer charities.

• A. take up
• B. run through
• C. come up
• D. put on

The answer must be an action that the council decides to do. Of the above choices, only “put on” makes sense. So the answer is D.

The answer must be a verb phrase that means to organize or host an event.

• A. take up means to start doing something new.
• B. run through means to rehearse something.
• C. come up means to think of an idea.
• D. put on means to organize or host an event.

Only D. put on makes sense in this context.

Therefore, the answer is D. put on.