Ken and Pat have always got on.

They've always

 a. fought a lot

 b. worked together

 c. been good friends

  

8. get together

Lee and Kelly usually get together after work and

 a. exchange emails

 b. chat on the phone

 c. go out for a drink

  

9. get up (1)

After they get up, most people

 a. get down

 b. have breakfast

 c. go back to bed

  

10. get up (2)

In many courts of law, people show their respect by getting up when

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 b. the lawyers enter

 c. the judge enters

This quiz tests you on phrasal verbs based on get.

1. get across

In which job do you need to be really good at getting ideas across to other
people?

 a. a farmer

 b. a jockey

 c. a teacher

  

2. get at (1)

We need to make sure our kids can't get at anything

 a. educational

 b. dangerous

 c. healthy

  

3. get at (2)

If you don't know what he was getting at, ask him to

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 b. tell you what he got

 c. tell you where he went

  

4. get away with

Bobby and his friends got away with cheating in their exam, so their
results were

 a. better than expected

 b. worse than expected

 c. the same as expected

  

5. get by

Ashraf just gets by on the money he makes, so

 a. he's getting rich quickly

 b. he can't save much

 c. he's saving a lot

  

6. get down (1)

I told my dog to get down because he was

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 b. on his stomach

 c. on the floor

  

7. get down (2)

If you want to get some details down, you'll need

 a. a glass of water

 b. a stick

 c. a pen

  

8. get down (3)

I needed to eat, but I couldn't get anything down because

 a. I didn't have any money

 b. my throat was too sore and swollen

 c. all the shops were closed

  

9. get into (1)

Neil got into Cambridge University by

 a. bribing an official

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  b. hiding in a delivery van

 c. studying very hard

  

10. get into (2)

My Aunt Maud is getting into yoga and meditation. She says

 a. it's a waste of time

 b. it's really helpful

 c. she's been teaching it for years

This quiz tests you on phrasal verbs based on get.

1. get ahead

If someone really wants to get ahead, they will

 a. take a lot of time off

 b. work a lot and study a lot

 c. play computer games a lot

  

2. get along

Pedro and Juan get along very well. They are

 a. very busy

 b. good friends

 c. really fast

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3. get around (1)

If you want to reduce air and noise pollution, help solve global warming,
increase your fitness and look and feel better, and save lots of money,
you should get around

 a. by car

 b. by motorcycle

 c. by bicycle

  

4. get around (2)

There's no way of getting around the fact that speaking English is a

requirement for most good jobs, so you should

 a. give up learning English

 b. practise speaking a lot

 c. be a tennis player instead

  

5. get in (1)

I couldn't get in the apartment because

 a. I couldn't find it

 b. I couldn't afford it

 c. I'd forgotten the key

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6. get in (2)

After the train got in, the arriving passengers

 a. got off

 b. got on

 c. got up

  

7. get in (3)

If you don't get your tax return in on time, you

 a. should stop worrying about it

 b. could go to jail

 c. won't have to pay tax

  

8. get out of (1)

I didn't want to go to the meeting, so I got out of it by

 a. saying I had a headache

 b. leaving as early as I could

 c. asking my friend to take me

  
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9. get out of (2)

After he'd finished surfing, Mark asked me to help him get out of

 a. his surfboard

 b. his wetsuit

 c. his beach towel

  

10. get over

Aunty Madge is fine now, but it took her a long time to get over

 a. her medicine

 b. her flu

 c. her doctor

This quiz tests you on phrasal verbs based on go.

1. go about

You need to think about how to go about something

 a. before you do it

 b. after you've done it

 c. instead of doing it

  

2. go along with

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Linda nearly always goes along with whatever her husband says because
she doesn't like

 a. arguing with him

 b. agreeing with him

 c. going with anyone else

  

3. go back

We had such a great holiday in Bali last year that we've decided to go
back

 a. to last year

 b. around next year

 c. again this year

  

4. go by

If you're waiting at a bus stop and your bus goes by, it

 a. stops to pick you up

 b. doesn't stop to pick you up

 c. stops, but you don't get on

  

5. go off (1)

During the storm, every light in the house suddenly went off so we
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  a. replaced the globes

 b. lit some candles

 c. turned them back on

  

6. go off (2)

Land mines are terrible because they go off if anybody, even a child,
accidentally

 a. steps on them

 b. shoots them

 c. fires them

  

7. go off (3)

If you look in your friend's fridge and find leftover pizza that's going off,
you should tell him to

 a. eat it quickly

 b. give it away

 c. throw it away

  

8. go over (1)

I have to go over this report to

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  a. make it secure

 b. check for errors

 c. save on paper

  

9. go over (2)

Before the exam, you should go over

 a. your notes

 b. your memory

 c. your teacher

  

10. go over (3)

Angelina's first performance in the role of Lady Macbeth went over very
well. The audience stood up and

 a. booed

 b. clapped

 c. walked out

This quiz tests you on phrasal verbs based on go.

1. go after (1)

The police went after the guy in the BMW because he

 a. had an expensive car

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  b. had stopped his car

 c. went through a red light

  

2. go after (2)

Several top teams went after Benaldo because he was

 a. too old to play

 b. a great player

 c. too expensive for them

  

3. go beyond

The building's construction period went beyond the two years originally
scheduled. It took

 a. over two years

 b. under two years

 c. about two years

  

4. go down (1)

The temperature in a desert usually goes down quickly

 a. after midday

 b. after sunset

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  c. after sunrise

  

5. go down (2)

The court's ruling didn't go down too well. Most people

 a. didn't like it

 b. didn't mind it

 c. didn't object to it

  

6. go down (3)

The sun goes down

 a. in the early morning

 b. in the late afternoon

 c. whenever it wants to

  

7. go out

The girls are going out, so they're getting into

 a. their party dresses

 b. their work uniforms

 c. their birthday suits

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8. go through (1)

I had to go through all the boxes of old books I had in the shed to

 a. make room for some more

 b. find the book I wanted

 c. make some money

  

9. go through (2)

It's hard to imagine what people go through when they

 a. win a Nobel prize

 b. get a haircut

 c. suffer from a mental illness

  

10. go under

If a company goes under, its workers will

 a. lose their jobs

 b. get smaller bonuses

 c. have to work harder

This quiz tests you on phrasal verbs based on go.

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1. go against

Which action goes against nearly every legal code or system that human
beings have created throughout history?

 a. killing animals

 b. polluting the environment

 c. not paying taxes

  

2. go around (1)

Ian hates his new haircut, so he's going around

 a. his barber

 b. the corner

 c. in a hat

  

3. go around (2)

If there isn't enough pizza to go around, we'll have to

 a. turn it around

 b. order some more

 c. cook it again

  

4. go for (1)

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When they compete at the Olympic Games, the athletes are going for

 a. a nice holiday

 b. the free meals

 c. the gold medals

  

5. go for (2)

My friend Marcus is gay and he goes for men with dark hair, light-brown
skin and brown eyes. If he's looking for a boyfriend, he should go to

 a. Sweden

 b. Mexico

 c. the Netherlands

  

6. go for (3)

I had just left the club when these guys went for me, so I

 a. thanked them for their offer

 b. ran as fast as I could

 c. had a nice chat with them

  

7. go for (4)

Those fake Rolex watches usually go for

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  a. budget-minded tourists

 b. cheap gifts

 c. around one hundred dollars

  

8. go together (1)

Larry thinks the shirt and tie don't really go together, so he decides to

 a. throw them away

 b. wear them together

 c. wear another tie instead

  

9. go together (2)

If someone believes that great beauty and great intelligence don't often
go together, they would be surprised to meet someone who was

 a. beautiful but not intelligent

 b. neither intelligent nor beautiful

 c. both beautiful and intelligent

  

10. go with

If a pair of gloves goes with a gown, they

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 a. go out together

 b. look good together

 c. get along well together

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