Choose the best phrasal verb to replace the word combination in italics. Pat always tries not to make her parents sad; she's a very good daughter. Tick the correct answer.

Solution:

The sentence means that Pat is a good daughter because she tries to avoid making her parents unhappy. The phrasal verb that best fits this meaning is "get someone down," which means to make someone sad or depressed.

Let's look at the options:

• Get her parents along: This implies getting along well with them, which is the opposite of making them sad.
• Get her parents across: This means to make someone understand something.
• Get her parents down: This means to make someone sad or depressed. This fits the context.
• Get her parents over: This can mean to recover from an illness or to make someone feel better after an illness or sadness, but in this context, it's about preventing sadness, not recovering from it.

Therefore, the correct phrasal verb is "get her parents down".

Answer: Get her parents down