Transportation phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs
(transportation)
Exercise 1. Read
the vocabulary and practice.
• Get away  to leave to go on holiday
• Stop over  to change flight in a city
• Back up  to go backwards
• Crash into  to collide with something
• Pull out  to drive out of a driveway
• Pull over  to move to the side of the road
• Veer off  to turn sharply from something

Exercise 2. Match the vocabulary to the sentences

1. Every summer, we _____________ to Cancun for one week. A. crash into

2. A flight to Canada usually __________________ in New York. B. pull over
3. Be careful not to _________________ trees or poles in the street. C. pull out
4. The police told the criminals to ______________ to the side. D. back up
5. I ________________ from the garage before I go to school. E. get away

1. Every summer, we get away to Cancun for one week.

2. A flight to Canada usually back up in New York.
3. Be careful not to crash into trees or poles in the street.
4. The police told the criminals to pull out to the side.
5. I pull over from the garage before I go to school.

Exercise 3. Write sentences with the following phrasal verbs.

1. Get on _____________________________________________________
2. Stop over _____________________________________________________
3. Get in _____________________________________________________
4. Veer off _____________________________________________________
5. Get away _____________________________________________________
 1. I need to get
on the bus
before it leaves.
2. On our trip to Europe, we decided to stop over in Paris for a day.
3. Please get in the car, we're going to be late.
4. The car veered off the road when the driver lost control.
5. I need to get away from the city for a weekend to relax.

Exercise 4. Categorize the following means of transport into get on and get in.
Truck Van Plane Taxi
Car Train Bus Boat

GET ON GET IN
Plane Truck
Train Van
Bus Taxi
Boat Car
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