Phrasal verbs1

GET IN; GET IN something

How did the burglars get in? Did they break a window?

He got in the truck and drove off.

It´s not a very big car. Do you think all five of us will get in it?

MEANINGGet in usually means “to enter o go inside”.Which of the following can you get in?

a) A carb) A bicyclec) A buildingd) A roome) A sofaf) A chair

2) Which of the following is closest in meaning to the sentence “They got in the building?

a) They tried to enter in the building.b) They had to enter in the building.c) They managed to enter to the

building.

GRAMMARWhich of these are grammatically

possible?

a)We got in.

b)We got in the car.

c) We got it in.

d)We got in it.

e)The car was got in.

Complete these sentences with the correct form of get in and an object (a noun or a pronoun) if necessary:a)Quick!

_______________________and fasten your seatbelt!

b)She ________________ and asked the driver to take her to the station.

get in the car

got in the cab/taxi

c) If you want to go to the museum, you can __________________ free on Sundays.

d) Oh no! Hide! I´ll go under the bed and you __________________________________!

get in

get in the cupboard

OPPOSITES

Get out; get out of something

OPPOSITES

Also look at the verb get on; get on something, which has a

similar meaning.

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