Answer Key
Exercise 2
Are the sentences correct?
1. I got out the bus at the railway station.That is incorrect. Correct is: I got off the bus at the railway station.
2. Tom doesn't get over with his stepfather. They argue every day.That is incorrect. Correct is: Tom doesn&039;t get on with his stepfather. They argue every day.
3. The building went up at 2 p.m. Fortunately, there were no people around.That is incorrect. Correct is: The building went off at 2 p.m. Fortunately, there were no people around.
4. Please could you turn it on? I don't want to listen to it.That is incorrect. Correct is: Please could you turn it off? I don&039;t want to listen to it.
5. She will get on with her father's death. She's a very brave and strong girl.That is incorrect. Correct is: She will get over her father&039;s death. She&039;s a very brave and strong girl.
6. Why are you going on us? Go home!That is incorrect. Correct is: Why are you going after us? Go home!
7. Turn it up! I want to know what they are saying.That is correct.
8. She turned round and looked at me.That is correct.
9. Our work productivity is going up. There are basically too many employees.That is incorrect. Correct is: Our work productivity is going down. There are basically too many employees.
10. I got on the London bus, which was a mistake.That is correct.