HOW TO USE “TO GET”

Wednesday
Nov, 28th 2012
 TO GET
 To Receive
 To Indicate a Change
 To Bring/ To Buy/ To Find Sth

 Added to verbs “to have” and “to have to”

 As part of phrasal verb
 As part of an expression
1. To Receive Something
 Followed by a concrete or abstract noun:
to get a letter
to get a call
to get an achievement
etc.

(everyone of you, please give me an

example of this kind of sentence)
2. To indicate change
 To become (followed by an adjective or a
comparative adjective)
to get angry/ hot/ sick/ calm
(adjective)
to get tired/ exited/ lost/ stuck
(past participle of the verb)
to get taller/ better/ more interesting
(comparative adjective)
 NOTE!
When become is followed by a noun or
superlative adjective, you can’t use “get” as a
synonym.

- To become teacher
- To become an issue
- To become the best
3. To Bring/ To Buy/ To Find
 E.g.
- May I get (bring) your drink?
- I need to get (buy) some milk
- I couldn't get (find) any information
4. Added to verbs “to have” and “to
have to”
(it does change the meaning)
I have a question = I have got a question
do you have a minute? = Have you got a minute?
They don’t have a car = They haven't got a car

She has to work late = She has got to work late

Do you have to go = Have you got to go?
We don’t have to stay = We haven’t got to stay
5. As part of phrasal verb
Common ones:
- To get up : to leave your bed
- To get on (bus/plane/train/horse) to get off
- To get into (car/taxi) to get out
- To get on with someone : to have a good
relationship with them
- To get over an illness/a shock/problem : to
recover from it
- To get to a place : to arrive at place
- To get by : to manage with minimum resources
6. As a part of an expression
 To get it : to understand something
e.g. I don’t get it. What is the point?
 To get it right/wrong: to do/ to answer
correctly/incorrectly
e.g. I didn’t get the last question right, I got it
wrong
 To get down to business/work: to start
working
e.g. As everyone is here, we can get down to
business
 To get somewhere : to achieve some success
e.g. We are making good progress, we’re
getting somewhere
 To get off to a good/bad start : to start
something well/badly
e.g. The project has get off to a really good
start
 To get going : to begin to leave
e.g. It’s getting late, we must get going.