Task A
Choose the correct phrasal verb to complete the sentences below:
- What time did you get through/get up/get on this morning?
- We get on/get out/get over so well. He’s like a brother to me!
- Stop getting up/getting out/getting at me today! I feel like I’m doing everything wrong.
- At the meeting, I think you got out/got across/got on the main ideas really well.
- Do we get off/get along/get up here or at the next stop?
- What have you been getting up/getting up to/getting at since I last saw you?
- Is there any way to get on/get through/get around paying income tax?
- Get out of/get over/get up the road! There’s a car coming!
Task B
Match the phrasal verbs 1-8 with their correct meanings a-h:
- Get out of
- Get over
- Get on with
- Get down
- Get around
- Get across
- Get at
- Get rid of
- To feel depressed or unhappy
- To become known or to circulate information
- To avoid something
- To start or continue doing something
- To accept something you’re unhappy about
- To annoy or irritate someone
- To eliminate or throw something away
- To communicate an idea successfully, to make someone able to understand something
Task C
Fill in the gaps with an appropriate ‘call’ phrasal verb:
- He always __________ of doing his homework.
- I’ve been living here for 6 months now and I’ve been __________ really well.
- I can’t believe you’ve visited every city in England. You really __________!
- I’ve been putting off doing the ironing all day, but I should really ___________ it.
- I think you’ll have to ____________ so I can reach my seat.
- I’m trying to __________ my point but I’m not sure that you understand what I mean.
- Your phone ringing all the time is really __________ me! Could you put it on silent, please?
- When I lost my job it was very hard to __________.
Check your answers:
Task A- get up
- get on
- getting at
- got across
- get off
- getting up to
- get around
- get out of
| Task B- c
- e
- d
- a
- b
- h
- f
- g
| Task C- gets out
- getting on/getting along
- get around
- get down to
- get up
- get across
- getting at
- get by
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