1. It took some time to reach Malta on the telephone, but in the end I got __.
2. How are you getting __ in your new job?
3. You put medicines where they are difficult for children to get __.
4. When he had got __ his illness, he went back to work.
5. When I find things are getting me __, I usually go to bed and have a good night’s sleep.
6. He got __ the problem of having no money by robbing banks.
7. When I got __ from my trip I was exhausted.
8. The only way to get __ the problem is to spend more money.
9. It took her a long time to get __ the death of her brother.
10. Fire! Fire! Quick, everyone get __ of the building.
Supply the necessary particles with the verb “to get” for the following verbs:
| to escape to leave (a car) to enter (a taxi) to reach | to descend not to come closer to recover to return home | to endure to avoid (a problem) to depress, to sadden to make progress |
Exercise VI. Fill in the blanks with the right prepositions: