The Adventures of Lara Cruft
Episode 2:
Phrasal verbs with get
She finally arrived in Egypt. On the first day Lara hired a car to get to know the city. She wanted to
get to know the other archaeologist, so she suggested they all get together that evening, for dinner.
During the dinner Lara sat next to a very depressing man called William, who worked for the British
government. All he talked about was his girlfriend who had just left him. He said he had only come to
Egypt to help get over the pain. He wasn’t interested in archaeology. Listening to him really got her
down. She tried to cheer him up, to tell him that there were plenty more fish in the sea, but it was
very difficult to get across her ideas because he didn’t listen. The next day Lara decide to get down
to some work. She wanted to work hard because she wanted to get ahead, she was very
ambitious. Unfortunately she had to work with Mr depressing, William! He was very lazy. He tried to
get out of doing work by saying he was ill, heart broken! He didn’t get away with it. One time Lara
and Mrs Bluebottle found him secretly reading a book in his tent. They had a look at the book, it was
called “The legend of the Lost City of Gold” and as they were reading it she came across* a strange
map. A map to the lost City of Gold! Maybe there was another reason William had come to Egypt.
* come across something = find unexpectedly
Match the phrasal verb with the definition
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Get to know someone or somewhere
Get across an idea
Get together
Get someone down
Get out of doing something
Get away with doing something
Get ahead
Get down to work
Get over an illness or bad experience
a. Make progress
b. Come together for a social event
c. Make someone feel depressed
d. Communicate an idea to someone clearly
e. Recuperate from an illness
f. Know someone or somewhere better
g. Avoid doing something you don’t want to do
(e.g. washing up)
h. Finally start to work (after chatting or putting
it off)
i. Do something bad and not get caught
Read through the story with a partner and see if you can remember which verbs go in each
gap. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING! Then you can reuse it again and again.
She finally arrived in Egypt. On the first day Lara hired a car to get ___ ___ the city. She wanted to
get ___ ___ the other archaeologist, so she suggested they all get ____ that evening, for dinner.
During the dinner Lara sat next to a very depressing man called William, who worked for the British
government. All he talked about was his girlfriend who had just left him. He said he had only come to
Egypt to help get ___ the pain. He wasn’t interested in archaeology. Listening to him really got ___
. She tried to cheer him up, to tell him that there were plenty more fish in the sea, but it was very
difficult to get ____ her ideas because he didn’t listen. The next day Lara decide to get ____ to
some work. She wanted to work hard because she wanted to get ___, she was very ambitious.
Unfortunately she had to work with Mr depressing, William! He was very lazy. He tried to get ___ ___
doing work by saying he was ill, heart broken! He didn’t get ___ ___ it. One time Lara and Mrs
Bluebottle found him secretly reading a book in his tent. They had a look at the book, it was called
“The legend of the Lost City of Gold” and as they were reading it she came ___ a strange map. A
map to the lost City of Gold! Maybe there was another reason William had come to Egypt.
Ask your partner these questions. Use the phrasal verbs in your answers.
1. Do you find it easy to get to know people?
2. When you and your friends want to get together, where do you meet?
3. Are you good at getting out of doing things in the house, like washing up? How do you get out of doing
it? Do you hide?
4. Do you know anyone at school who always gets away with being naughty? (i.e. they never get caught!)
Dominic Streames
efltheatreclub.co.uk
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