Travel and Movement Phrasal Verb Forms

Study the questions and tasks

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Practice level

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Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Read the complete sentence and notice the subject, verb form, time reference and word order before answering.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   We ___ online before the flight yesterday.

   1. check in
   2. checked in
   3. checking in
   4. checks in
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   Answer

   checked in

   Checked in is the past simple form of check in, and yesterday places the action in the past.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Have you ___ of the hotel yet?

   1. check out
   2. checked out
   3. checking out
   4. checks out
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   Answer

   checked out

   Have is followed by the past participle checked out in the present perfect.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Hurry so we can ___ the next bus.

   1. get on
   2. got on
   3. getting on
   4. gets on
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   Answer

   get on

   Can is followed by the base form get on.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which station do we ___ at?

   1. get off
   2. got off
   3. getting off
   4. gets off
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   Answer

   get off

   After do, use the base form get off, not got off.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   I ___ the tickets at the station tomorrow.

   1. will pick up
   2. pick up
   3. picked up
   4. picking up
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   Answer

   will pick up

   Will is followed by the base form pick up for a future action.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Can you ___ near the museum?

   1. drop me off
   2. drop off me
   3. dropped me off
   4. dropping me off
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   Answer

   drop me off

   Can is followed by the base form, and the pronoun comes between drop and off: drop me off.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   We were ___ before the roads became busy.

   1. set off
   2. setting off
   3. setted off
   4. sets off
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   Answer

   setting off

   Were setting off uses be plus the -ing form for an action in progress in the past.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   The plane ___ exactly on time.

   1. take off
   2. took off
   3. taking off
   4. takes off
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   Answer

   took off

   Took off is the irregular past simple form of take off.

9. Question 9 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   If the weather changes, the hikers may ___.

   1. turn back
   2. turned back
   3. turning back
   4. turns back
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   Answer

   turn back

   May is followed by the base form turn back in this possible future situation.

10. Question 10 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    We went to ___ our friends at the airport.

    1. see off
    2. saw off
    3. seeing off
    4. sees off
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    Answer

    see off

    Went to is followed by the base form see off: went to see our friends off.

What to review next

After checking an answer, explain the rule in your own words and write a new sentence using the same pattern. Revisit any rules you could not explain.

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