Phrasal verb turn out

[sammie]

Test No. incompl/inter-34 "Story (3)", question 9

You see I've just turned all the lights ......... ready for the night.

(a) out
(b) in
(c) on
(d) up

Test No. incompl/inter-34 "Story (3)", answer 9

You see I've just turned all the lights out ready for the night.

Correct answer: (a) out

Your answer was: incorrect
You see I've just turned all the lights on ready for the night.
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what is the meaning of "to turn the light out"?Please explain it in a brief.(question)

[Alan]

Turn out the lights = switch off the lights
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[Cristovam]

Hi Alan or someone. I didn`t understand why I cannot say: turned all the lights on = switch on the lights. Would be the context of all questions? Thanks.

[Beeesneees]

The question appears to be flawed if you look at it out of context, Cristovam.

If you mean 'ready to go to bed' then you would turn the lights off.

However, if you mean 'ready for it to get dark, so that I will still be able to see' then you would turn the lights on.

If you look at the story as a whole, you will be able to see that the speaker means the first of these two options, because they then say 'I'm ready to turn in for the night' which means 'I'm ready to go to bed'.
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[Alan]

Glad you decided to read the whole story.
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