Phrasal verbs in English - 4

Phrasal verbs from F to G

Insert the preposition or adverb particle only. Write one word in the answer box that is missing from the sentence. Look at the explanations below too after the test.

Example:

I don't know her address. I'll have to find ____. Maybe it's in the telephone directory.
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1) In the end, the project fell ____. There wasn't enough interest in it nor enough money.

2) "I don't know what you're getting ____ when you say I'm department manager. Are you saying it was my fault?"

3) I just don't get ____ with that guy. He's always bad-tempered and rude.

4) I don't know a lot of English but I can get ____ in a simple conversation.

5) I can't pay the bills at the end of the month. I'm getting ____ debt.

6) You have to get ____ at Victoria tube station. Then make your way on foot to the main railway station.

7) The hamster got ____ of his cage last night. We can't find him anywhere.

8) She got ____ the chair to reach the biscuit tin. It was high up on a shelf.

9) She hasn't got ____ the death of her pet labrador. She keeps bursting into tears.

10) I got ____ late this morning. My alarm clock didn't go off.

 

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*Incorrect answers are shown in red. You have TWO chances to find the correct answers.

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