Phrasal verbs multiple choice gap fill
It was summer and I had (1)……………. had my eighteenth birthday and finished school. I’d spent the past three years saving (2)………………. and at last I was about to (3) ………………. on the adventure of a lifetime. I opened the front door, slung my rucksack over my shoulder and prepared to (4)………………. off down the road. Ever since I’d read Jack Kerouac’s On The Road I’d wanted to travel and feel the ‘wind of freedom in my hair’.
First stop the bus (5) ………………., people milling around waiting for buses, kissing farewells, or simply hanging (6) ……………….. I entered the ticket office and paid for a ticket for the next Greyhound (7) ………………. of town. I spent the (8) ………………. talking to an old lady who was travelling to visit her grandchildren; she was really nice and shared her sandwiches with me.
That night I slept in a cheap motel on the outskirts of a small, dusty town. The next day, as the sun rose, I headed (9) ………………. the highway to hitchhike. I was looking (10) ………………. a ride south and the border with Mexico. The words of a song were going round in my head and I could feel the rays of the sun on my upturned face – life was looking good.
1 a just b only c so
2 a in b down c up
3 a get up b set off c set up
4 a head b hand c foot
5 a port b garage c station
6 a around b down c up
7 a set b in c out
8 a travel b journey c voyage
9 a along b over c for
10 a for b to c in
