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USES OF GET - Coggle Diagram
USES OF GET
IT IS A VERB
ONE OF THE MOST USED WORDS
I get, you get, he gets, she gets, we get, they get
Present: Get Past: Got Past Participle: Got or Gotten (U.S.) Getting
MEANINGS: obtain, buy, receive, catch, arrive, persuade, understand, become, start, prepare, earn, win, arrange, attract, reach, hear, hit, have revenge...
OBTAIN: We need to get some beer somewhere. I got a good mark for my essay. How did you get that accent. You can't always get what you want
BUY: I´m just going to get some milk
RECEIVE: Did you get the message I sent you?
CATCH: He got the flu and had to stay home
FETCH: I´ll get another plate for you
PERSUADE: I got him to give me a pay rise.
ARRIVE: When will we get there?
UNDERSTAND: Do you get what I'm saying?
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY: I get to go to Paris this summer.
BECOME: Andy got better once he got the medicine.
GO AWAY: Get! you dumb animal.
START: Let's get painting, before it is too dark for us to see what we're doing.
PREPARE: I'll get dinner if you lay the table.
EARN, WIN: I got an A in Spanish.
ARRANGE: I need to get my car fixed
RUIN, DESTROY: Rust got my car
ATTRACT: She always gets all the attention
REACH: You can get me by telephone or e-mail
HEAR: Sorry. I didn't get that. What did you say?
RECEIVE AS PUNISHMENT: He got 10 years for armed robbery.
TOUCH EMOTIONALLY: The film gets me every time.
HAVE REVENGE ON: I'll get for that
BOTHER: What gets me about the film is why he never comes back
CAPTURE: The police got him in the end.