• get out of bed

cause to be have a friendly

succeed in • rise to your feet
understood relationship
finishing a task
• have a holiday
• escape
•
• recover from
an illness
• overcome a manage to
problem survive in spite
of difficulties

become known
(news, information)

• go inside a car, • dismount or

start doing or leave a bus, room, home descend
continue doing an train, plane or a • arrive at a place • get serious about
activity place topic
•

Complete the sentences with across, along, away,
by, down (to), in, off, on, out, over, through or up.
1. My daughter is an early bird. She gets
_ _ _ _ _ at 7 every day of the week.
2. How can Tom get _ _ _ _ _ on his poor
salary?
3. Pat usually fails to get her jokes _ _ _ _ _.
4. Jim got _ _ _ _ _ his exams without much
effort.
5. You’d better get _ _ _ _ _ the back seat.
I’ve got my son’s safety seat in the front.
6. I’ve never got _ _ _ _ _ with my brother-in-
law.
7. If this secret gets _ _ _ _ _, you’ll be in
trouble.
8. We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we
can’t get _ _ _ _ _.
9. You should get _ _ _ _ _ with your homework
right now.
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10. Kate hasn’t got _ _ _ _ _ her separation with
Mark.
11. The burglar got _ _ _ _ _ before we came
back home.
12. When Moly got _ _ _ _ _ the plane, she saw all
her family waiting for her.
13. Let’s get _ _ _ _ _ business.
14. Linda’s been unemployed for six months.
She’s getting _ _ _ _ _ thanks to her
parents’ help.
15. After the concert the audience got
_ _ _ _ _ and applauded for ten minutes.
16. Do Steve and Jess get _ _ _ _ _?
17. Can you tell me where I should get _ _ _ _ _?
18. We hope to get _ _ _ _ _ for a few days at
Easter.
19. How did Liz get _ _ _ _ _ here? She hasn’t
got the key, has she?
20. It took me two weeks to get _ _ _ _ _ the
terrible flu.