Phrasal Verbs - GET - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to solve each sentence. We’ll use the phrasal verbs with “get” from the chart at the top of the page. Remember, we’re choosing from:
across, along, away, by, down (to), in, off, on, out, over, through, up

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1. My daughter is an early bird. She gets ___ at 7 every day of the week.
→ Early bird = wakes up early → “gets up” means rise from bed.
✔ up

2. How can Tom get ___ on his poor salary?
→ Survive with little money → “get by” means manage to survive.
✔ by

3. Pat usually fails to get her jokes ___.
→ Make people understand her jokes → “get across” means cause to be understood.
✔ across

4. Jim got ___ his exams without much effort.
→ Succeeded in finishing a task → “get through” means succeed in finishing something difficult.
✔ through

5. You’d better get ___ the back seat. I’ve got my son’s safety seat in the front.
→ Go inside a car → “get in” means go inside a vehicle.
✔ in

6. I’ve never got ___ with my brother-in-law.
→ Have a friendly relationship → “get along” means have a good relationship.
✔ along

7. If this secret gets ___, you’ll be in trouble.
→ Become known (news/information) → “get out” means become public knowledge.
✔ out

8. We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we can’t get ___.
→ Escape or leave a place → “get away” means escape.
✔ away

9. You should get ___ with your homework right now.
→ Start doing or continue doing an activity → “get on” means start/continue working on something.
✔ on

10. Kate hasn’t got ___ her separation with Mark.
→ Recover from an illness or problem → “get over” means recover emotionally or physically.
✔ over

11. The burglar got ___ before we came back home.
→ Escape → “get away” again! But wait — look at #8, we already used “away”. Let’s check: yes, “get away” fits here too. But let’s see if another fits better? No — “got away” = escaped.
✔ away *(Note: It’s okay to reuse if it fits — but actually, looking back, #8 was also “away”, and that’s fine since both sentences need it.)*

Wait — let’s double-check #11: “The burglar got ___ before we came back home.” Yes — he escaped → “got away”.

But hold on — maybe “off”? “Get off” = leave a bus/train/plane — doesn’t fit. “Out”? Doesn’t fit. So yes — “away” is correct.

Actually — let’s recheck all answers for consistency.

Wait — #8: “we can’t get ___” after climbing fence → probably “down”? Because you climb UP, then get DOWN? Hmm… Let’s think again.

Original #8: “We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we can’t get ___.”

If you climbed OVER the fence, then you’re on the other side — how do you get down? Or maybe “get away” still works? Actually, “get away” makes sense — you got over the fence, but now you can’t escape further? That feels odd.

Alternative: “get down” — if you’re on top of the fence, you need to get down. But the sentence says “climbed the fence easily” — implies you’re already over it. Then “can’t get ___” — maybe “away” is still best.

But let’s look at the chart: “get down (to)” has two meanings: dismount/descend OR get serious about topic. Neither fits perfectly.

Wait — perhaps “get off”? Like get off the fence? Not really.

Actually, let’s reconsider #8: Maybe it’s “get over”? But they already climbed over.

Hmm — perhaps I made a mistake earlier.

Let me list all answers again carefully:

1. up ✔
2. by ✔
3. across ✔
4. through ✔
5. in ✔
6. along ✔
7. out ✔
8. ???
9. on ✔
10. over ✔
11. away ✔
12. off ✔ (leave plane)
13. down (to) ✔ (start business)
14. by ✔ (survive thanks to help)
15. down (to)? Wait no — audience got ___ and applauded → “got down to”? No — “got up”? No — “got away”? No — “got out”? No — “got on”? No — “got along”? No — “got over”? No — “got through”? No — “got in”? No — “got off”? No — “got by”? No — “got across”? No — “got out”? No — wait — “got up”? Not listed as option? Options are: across, along, away, by, down(to), in, off, on, out, over, through, up — oh! “up” IS an option!

Wait — #15: “After the concert the audience got ___ and applauded for ten minutes.”
→ They stood up? “Got up” = rose to feet → matches “rise to your feet” under “get up”.
Yes! So #15 should be up

But #1 is also “up” — that’s fine.

So #8: “We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we can’t get ___.”
If they climbed over, maybe they’re stuck on the other side? Or maybe they need to get down? But “get down” isn’t clearly defined for physical descent except in “down (to)” which is for topics or descending from vehicles.

Wait — look at “get off”: leave a bus, train, plane — not fence.

Perhaps “get away” is still best — meaning escape from the area.

But let’s check #11 again: “The burglar got ___ before we came back home.” → Definitely “away”

And #8: same idea? Maybe not.

Another thought: “get over” — but they already did that.

Wait — perhaps “get out”? As in exit the property? Possible.

But let’s look at the chart: “get out” = become known — not fitting.

“get through” = succeed in finishing — not fitting.

“get on” = start doing — no.

“get along” = relationship — no.

“get by” = survive — no.

“get across” = communicate — no.

“get in” = enter — no.

“get off” = leave transport — no.

“get down (to)” = descend or get serious — maybe “descend”? If they’re on top of fence, get down? But sentence says “climbed the fence easily” — past tense — so they’re already over it.

Perhaps the intended answer is “away” for #8 and #11 — both mean escape.

But let’s count how many times each word is used — the worksheet might expect unique uses, but it doesn’t say that.

Alternatively, for #8: “get down” — if “down (to)” includes “dismount or descend”, then getting down from the fence could work.

But typically, “get down” from a fence isn’t common — usually “climb down”.

I think “get away” is acceptable for #8.

But let’s proceed and come back.

12. When Moly got ___ the plane, she saw all her family waiting for her.
→ Leave a plane → “get off”
✔ off

13. Let’s get ___ business.
→ Start doing an activity → “get down to” means start seriously
✔ down (to) — but in blank, just write “down” since “(to)” is part of the phrase but often omitted in fill-in. The instruction says “down (to)”, so we can write “down” assuming “to” is implied.

In the blank, we write “down” — because the option is listed as “down (to)”, meaning the particle is “down”, and “to” is sometimes added.

Similarly, in sentence 13: “get down to business” is the full phrase, so blank is “down”.

✔ down

14. Linda’s been unemployed for six months. She’s getting ___ thanks to her parents’ help.
→ Manage to survive despite difficulties → “get by”
✔ by

15. After the concert the audience got ___ and applauded for ten minutes.
→ Rose to their feet → “get up”
✔ up

16. Do Steve and Jess get ___?
→ Have a friendly relationship → “get along”
✔ along

17. Can you tell me where I should get ___?
→ Arrive at a place → “get off” (if from transport) or “get in”? But “get off” is for leaving transport, “get in” for entering. For arriving at a destination, often “get off” if from bus/train, or “get out” if from car. But the chart says for “get off”: leave a bus, train, plane — and for “get in”: go inside a car, room, home. For arriving at a place, it might be “get off” if using public transport.

But the sentence doesn’t specify mode of transport. However, in context, “where I should get ___” likely means where to disembark — so “off” is common.

Chart also has “get in” for arriving at a place? No — “get in” is go inside, not arrive at location.

Look at chart: under “get off” — “arrive at a place” is listed? Wait no — let’s check original image description.

From user’s initial text:
For “get off”: • leave a bus, train, plane or a place
• arrive at a place — oh! It says “arrive at a place” under “get off”? That seems odd.

Wait, in the user’s message:
“get off” has:
- leave a bus, train, plane or a place
- arrive at a place

That must be a mistake — typically “get off” is for leaving transport, not arriving at a place. “Arrive at a place” would be “get to”, but “to” isn’t an option.

Perhaps it’s a typo in the chart. In standard English, “get off” is for exiting transport, and “get to” for arriving, but “to” isn’t in our options.

Options are: across, along, away, by, down(to), in, off, on, out, over, through, up

No “to”.

For #17: “where I should get ___” — likely “off” if taking a bus, etc.

Or “out” if from a car.

But without context, “off” is safer.

Chart says for “get off”: “arrive at a place” — so according to this chart, it’s acceptable.

So ✔ off

18. We hope to get ___ for a few days at Easter.
→ Have a holiday / escape → “get away”
✔ away

19. How did Liz get ___ here? She hasn’t got the key, has she?
→ Enter a place → “get in”
✔ in

20. It took me two weeks to get ___ the terrible flu.
→ Recover from an illness → “get over”
✔ over

Now back to #8: “We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we can’t get ___.”

With all others assigned, what’s left? Let’s list all answers:

1. up
2. by
3. across
4. through
5. in
6. along
7. out
8. ?
9. on
10. over
11. away
12. off
13. down
14. by — wait, #2 is also “by” — that’s ok
15. up — #1 is also “up” — ok
16. along — #6 is also “along” — ok
17. off — #12 is also “off” — ok
18. away — #11 is also “away” — ok
19. in — #5 is also “in” — ok
20. over — #10 is also “over” — ok

So duplicates are allowed.

For #8, possible candidates:
- away (but #11 and #18 also use it)
- out? But #7 is “out”
- through? #4 is “through”
- over? #10 and #20 are “over”
- down? #13 is “down”
- on? #9 is “on”
- in? #5 and #19 are “in”
- off? #12 and #17 are “off”
- along? #6 and #16 are “along”
- by? #2 and #14 are “by”
- up? #1 and #15 are “up”
- across? only #3 so far — could be reused? But doesn’t fit.

What about “get down”? If we interpret as descend from the fence.

Since “down (to)” includes “dismount or descend”, and they climbed the fence, now they need to get down — it could work.

In many contexts, “get down from the fence” is said.

So perhaps #8 is down

Then #13 is also “down” — that’s fine.

Let’s assign #8 as down

Confirming: “We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we can’t get down.” — makes sense if they’re stuck on top or something.

Whereas “get away” might imply escaping the area, which might not be the issue.

So I’ll go with down for #8.

Final list:

1. up
2. by
3. across
4. through
5. in
6. along
7. out
8. down
9. on
10. over
11. away
12. off
13. down — wait, #8 and #13 both “down”? Is that allowed? Yes, as per above.

But #13 is “get down to business” — so “down” is correct.

#8 is “get down” from fence — also correct per chart’s “dismount or descend”.

Okay.

14. by
15. up
16. along
17. off
18. away
19. in
20. over

All filled.

Now, to write the final answers in order.

Final Answer:
1. up
2. by
3. across
4. through
5. in
6. along
7. out
8. down
9. on
10. over
11. away
12. off
13. down
14. by
15. up
16. along
17. off
18. away
19. in
20. over