Phrasal Verbs

1. Match the phrasal verbs in the top squares with their bottom description:
Get on Get off Look after Pick up Turn on Turn off

Start Stop something Take something Enter a bus, Leave a bus, train, Help someone when
something working off the floor train, boat or boat or plane they are ill
working plane

2. Complete each sentence with one of the phrasal verbs in Exercise 1 in the correct tense:

1. It was starting to rain when I _________ the bus, so I opened my umbrella.

2. Please __________ your bags from the floor and put them on the shelf.

3. Finally, the boat arrived to take us across the lake. But it was full and we couldn’t __________.

4. I can only do my homework when it’s quiet. Please can you __________ the music?

5. I __________ my mum when she was ill. I made her meals and drinks.

6. I woke up suddently in the night and it was very dark, so I __________ the light.

7. Ahmed _________ the book and put it on the shelf.

8. Jack __________ the rabbit when Lisa was on holiday.

3. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. When she finished her homework, she turned the computer on / off and went to bed.

2. Freddy got off / on the bus at the wrong bus stop and had to walk a long way.

3. Finally, we got on / off the plane and found our seats.

4. Don’t leave those papers on the floor. Pick them up / out and put them on the table.

5. Can you look for / after my pet mouse when I go away on holiday?

6. Please turn off / on your phone before you go into the cinema.