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.