Get Collocations List

Collocation

Meaning

get away

Leave

get divorced

End a marriage

get drunk

Become intoxicated

get excited

Look forward to something

get going

Start moving / depart

get the impression

A feeling due to experience

get a job

Find work

get a life

Do something different or interesting

get lost

Not know where you are

get the message

Understand what is meant

get nowhere

Failing to achieve something

get off

Leave a vehicle, aircraft etc

get out

Move out of / depart from

get over

Recover from something

get permission

Consent

get the sack

Dismissed from a job

get a shock

Very surprised by something

get started

Begin

get upset

Become mentally unsettled e.g. angry, sad etc

get used to

Unpleasant at first but becomes better

Get Collocations Practice Exercise

Decide which of the three get collocations will fit in the gap.
1. Paul just sits at home all day watching TV. He has no friends and no job. He really
needs to
.

2. My wife left me two years ago. I've never really

3. We're never going to finish this on time - we really need

to

4. Over an hour had passed by the time we

the plane. There

was a problem with the doors.

5. I'm starting to

about my holiday. It is in two weeks time.

6. I'm trying to achieve the score I need in IELTS but I seem to

be
It is always the same score.

7. You have to

8. I

if you want to leave the exam room.

when I saw my IELTS score. I thought I'd get band 6 but

I got a 7!
9. My husband and I

nearly five years ago.

10. I'm studying English because I

from my job last month. I

need to improve my skills.

11. It was really difficult moving to live in another country but
I'm
it. I've made a few friends now.

12. Sorry I'm so late. I

13. I need to

on the way.

from my home town. There are no jobs there and

no future for me.

14. I

when I don't get the score I need because I have been

studying so hard.
15. I

he doesn't like me - he talks to everyone else except

me.
16. I've finally got the score I need - let's go and

17. We might miss the plane - we'd better

18. I keep telling him I don't want to see him anymore but he doesn't seem
to
.

19. I need to

so I can pay my rent.

20. We need to

want to get caught.

of here soon. The teachers coming, we don't