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ESL forum > Grammar and Linguistics > Choose the correct ansswer:    

Choose the correct ansswer:



normandey
Egypt

Choose the correct ansswer:
 
You should ................... your waste in a bin.
 
1. put 
2. drop
3. throw
4. dump
 

2 May 2020      





cunliffe
United Kingdom

Put

2 May 2020     



savilla
Australia

Put is definitely the nicest option but I think throw would be okay too.
 
dump - to put down or drop something in a careless way 
It would be strange to ask people to put rubbish in the bin carelessly.
I think dump also implies a large amount, i.e. industrial waste dumping means you are disposing of large amounts, usually illegall.y
 
Here�s a random littering sign I found 
 
 

2 May 2020     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

When I lived in Birmingham, England in the 1980s, they had a slogan on the bins, which for some reason, really tickled me. It was: Sling it in the bin, Lynne.
Lynne  

3 May 2020     



normandey
Egypt

Thank you very much. It was nice of you to comment and reply. 

3 May 2020     



savilla
Australia

@Lynne:
 
You must have felt special, having signs just for you!  

5 May 2020     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

@ sevilla. I noticed one today which says: Don�t be a tosser, put it in the bin� and I was shocked. Getting old 

5 May 2020