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