Go get grow and turn exercise

Go, get, grow and turn: exercise
Complete the following sentences using appropriate words indicating change.
1. I go to work by car and my neighbour goes by bus. I usually ………………… there first.
a) go
b) get
c) either could be used
2. Can you tell me how to …………………………. to the railway station?
a) go
b) get
c) reach
3. Leaves ……………………. brown in autumn.
a) go
b) get
c) either could be used here
4. He ………………………… bald in his early twenties.
a) got
b) went
c) either could be used here
5. Without noticing it, he …………………………… old.
a) went
b) grew
c) either could be used here
6. When they ………………………… rich, they began to ignore their old friends.
a) turned
b) grew
c) went
7. Everything that King Midas touched, ………………………… into gold.
a) got
b) turned
c) either could be used
8. He taught in a college for twenty years before ……………………… writer.

a) turning
b) going
c) getting
Answers
1. I usually go to office by car and my neighbour goes by bus. I usually
get
there first.
2. Can you tell me how to
get
to the railway station?
3. Leaves
go
brown in autumn.
4. He
went
bald in his early twenties.
5. Without noticing it, he
grew
old.
6. When they
grew
rich, they began to ignore their old friends.
7. Everything that King Midas touched
turned
into gold.
8. He taught in a college for twenty years before
turning
writer.
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