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Get ready
for todays business

Todays

with the action-word:

GET Lesson :

First, let us see two basic tenses of GET:

GET
Simple present
Simple

past

get

gets

got

No trick here ! The formula for a sentence is simple: Subject + Verb + complement

( get ) Get me a Coke, please.

Erick I

gets twenty dollars daily. got my diploma last week.

GET loves to get around with friends. Let us meet them.

Multiword Verb
(compound verb)

Now the details

In other words, we can combine GET with any of these particles.

GET + Particle
Preposition Adjective Participle

GET a pencil and take notes !

Combination 1
GET + preposition
Get + preposition Synonym Spanish version

Get to Get in Get through Get on

arrive enter finish continue

llegar entrar acabar continuar

Now the application....

Application 1 Lets talk about Miss Bell

Miss Bell is a busy clerk. She gets to work by bus. She gets in the office at 8:00 a.m.
Now, can can you you get get the the Now, Spanish version version ? ? Spanish

She gets through her paper work at 11. She gets on well with her boss.

Now, Combination 2 Get Get + + adjective adjective

Get + adjective Get angry Get dark Get rich Get better Spanish version disgustarse oscurecer enriquecerse mejorar

Now the application

Application 2 Get ready... The boss is here ! Mr. Davis never gets angry at work. He doesnt want to get rich now.

Can you give the Spanish version ?

He cannot go to Rome until he gets better of his flue. He will leave the office before the day gets dark.

and Combination 3 Get + Participle

Get + Participle Get worried Get involved Get tired Get confused Spanish version Preocuparse involucrarse cansarse confundirse

Now the application.

Application 3 Lets talk about a frustrated secretary, Miss Taylor.

Miss Taylor gets confused with just a few files. She also gets worried too much about her duties. Sometimes she gets tired of so many work.

Give the Spanish The other day she got version. involved in a silly problem.

Get your pen and copy this

summary.

GET

+
Simple forms With particles

get
gets

prepositions adjectives participle

got

Okay, time for a short practice. M,m,m...Dont get nervous !

The next two pages collect some sentences. Underline the action. For those sentences with a expression in parenthesis beside, you may substitute the underlined action with the expression. This is another way to express the same idea.

1. She got a lot of paintings from her uncle 2. Get permission to take a few days off from work. 3. He got his friend into trouble. 4. She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight (reach to) 5. Get me those books over there, please. (bring or take back) 6. This time I got him. ( get even ) 7. The Brazilian team got 4 goals. ( achieve a.. ) 8. I got funny spots all over my body. 9. He got AIDS. 10. The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake. (communicate with)

11. Get someone mad. 12. Did you get it? She didn't get the joke. I just don't get him. ( grasp or understand... ) 13. What do you get when you add up these numbers? 14. Where did she get these news? 15. What did you get at the toy store? ( purchase ) 16. He got 5 years in prison. (receive ) 17. The cat got the goldfish. ( overcome or destroy ) 18. Got me--I don't know the answer! 19. Let's get down to work now 20. He got his arm broken in the scuffle.

Here is a collection of expressions with GET get down get under one's skin get about get back

get off get out get rid of get started get the best get together get well

get dressed get even get into get in touch get lost get married get married

get by get cracking get down

Hey, do you know what the frog told the spider ?

I got you !

Well time to get out !

Here is a proverb:

The best way to get praise is to die.

Did you get it ? So we hope !

This presentation was prepared for Miss Cobas and Miss Lemus by Jaanrod Studio jaans@mail.com July 2006