GET IN; GET IN something

Mar 2, 2017

Study box. Read these sentences carefully.

1. How did the burglars get in? Did they break a window?
2. He got in the truck and drove off.
3. It’s not a very big car. Do you think all five of us will get in it?
Use the sentences in the study box to help you do these exercises.
- ‘Get in’ usually means “to enter or go inside”. Which of the following can you get in?
  - a car
  - a bicycle
  - a building
  - a room
  - a sofa
  - a chair
- Which of the following is closest in meaning to the sentence “They got in the building”?
  - They had to enter the building.
  - They tried to enter the building.
  - They managed to enter the building.
- Which of these are grammatically possible?
  - We got in.
  - We got in the car.
  - We got it in.
  - We got in it.
  - 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:
- Quick! the car and fasten your seatbelt!
- She the cab and asked the driver to take her to the station.
- If you want to go to the museum, you can free on Sundays.
- Oh no! Hide! I’ll go under the bed and you the closet!