Several phrasal verbs in English use the word get. Can you use them correctly? Test your knowledge with this interactive grammar exercise.
1I hate to get ............... early in the morning.
Wrong!
To get up is to leave your bed.
2I can't see what you are trying to get ...............
Wrong!
To get at something is to try to express it.
3We don't earn much money but we can get ...............
Wrong!
To get by is to manage financially; to survive on little money
4Work pressure is really getting me ...............
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When something gets you down, it depresses you.
5We are getting ............... at the next station.
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To get off is to leave a form of transport.
6How could you get ............... cheating on the test?
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7He got ............... his bike and rode down the road.
Wrong!
To get on is to enter or sit on a form of transport.
8He and his neighbors get ............... well.
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To get on is to have a relationship with someone.
9I have got too much work to do. I'd better get ............... it.
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To get on with is to proceed.
10My puppy died last month and I can't get ............... it.
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To get over is to recover from an illness or sense of loss.
11We have got ............... all the rice.
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To get through something is to finish the supply of it.
12I wonder what he is getting ...............
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To get up to something is to do something - usually bad
Done.
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Answers
- I hate to get up early in the morning.
- I can’t see what you are trying to get at
- We don’t earn much money but we can get by
- Work pressure is really getting me down
- We are getting off at the next station.
- How could you get away with cheating on the test?
- He got on his bike and rode down the road.
- He and his neighbors get on well.
- I have got too much work to do. I’d better get on with it.
- My puppy died last month and I can’t get over it.
- We have got through all the rice.
- I wonder what he is getting up to
