To Get
? get,got,getting
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TO GET
'To get' can be used in a number of patterns and has a number of meanings.
TO GET + direct object= obtain, receive, buy.
Examples
I got my passport last week.
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TO GET + place expression= reach, arrive at a place.
Examples
How are you getting home tonight?
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TO GET + adjective= become, show a change of state.
Examples
I am getting old.
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TO GET + preposition/adverbis used in many phrasal verbs.
Examples
This rain is really getting me down.
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TO GEThas a number of other meanings:
Examples
? Do you get it?(= understand)
? He's getting dinner tonight.(= prepare a meal)
? I'll get the bill.(= pay)
? That really gets me!(= irritate, annoy)
Other expressions with GET:
Examples
? To get rid of something means to throw it away.
Example:I'm going to get rid of all these old newspapers.
Example:I'm going to get rid of all these old newspapers.
? To get out of bed on the wrong side means to be in a bad mood.
Example:He got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning and he's been horrible all day.
Example:He got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning and he's been horrible all day.
? To get your own back means to have your revenge or punish someone.
Example:She's getting her own back for all those rude things you said at the party last night.
Example:She's getting her own back for all those rude things you said at the party last night.
TO GET
TO GET + direct object= to obtain, to receive, to buy:
To obtain
Examples
? Shegother driving license last week.
? Theygotpermission to live in Switzerland.
Toreceive
Examples
? Igota letter from my friend in Nigeria.
? Hegets$1,000 a year from his father.
Tobuy
Examples
? Shegota new coat from Zappaloni in Rome.
? Wegota new television for the sitting room.
TO GET + place expression= reach, arrive at a place:
Examples
? Wegotto London around 6 p.m.
? What time will wegetthere?
? When did yougetback from New York?
TO GET + adjective= to become, show a change of state:
Examples
? It'sgettinghotter.
? By the time they reached the house they weregettinghungry.
? I'mgettingtired of all this nonsense.
? My mother'sgettingold and needs looking after.
? Itgetsdark very early in the winter.
? Don't touch the stove until isgetscool.
TO GET + preposition / adverbis used in many phrasal verbs. Here are some of the most common ones:
Examples
| Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
| get at | try to express |
| get away with | escape punishment for a crime or bad action |
| get by | manage (financially) |
| get down | descend; depress |
| get off | leave a form of transport (train, bus, bicycle, plane) |
| get on | enter/sit on a form of transport (train, bus, bicycle, plane); have a relationship with someone; manage |
| get out of | avoid doing something, especially a duty |
| get over | recover (from an illness, a surprise) |
| get through | use or finish the supply of something |
| get up | leave your bed |
| get up to | do - usually something bad |
Examples
? Hegot onhis bicycle and rode down the street.
? Hegets upat 6.00 a.m. every morning.
? Shegot out ofthe washing-up every day, even when it was her turn.
? Wegot offthe train just before the bomb exploded.
? We'vegot throughall the sugar - can you buy some more?
? The children are very quiet - I wonder what they'regetting up to.
reff : http://gefarispokenenglishcourse.blogspot.com/2011/01/grammar-to-get.html
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