Look at the word map and tick the expressions with get that
you know. Can you add any more expressions to the map?
buy
travel/go/artive:
Can you tell me how to get the joumey?
to the airport? What time
did you get here?
fetch/collect:
Get
He's gone to get Janice
from the station. Can
you get a chair from the
bedroom?
become:
{often used with the Present
Continuous for describing
changes): '™m getting hungry.
It's getting dark. My English is
getting worse,
‘Complete the sentences below with the words/
phrases in the box.
hungry is getting back train getting
goton tickets get lost some stamps
4 Is the post office still open? | must get
for these letters.
What's the time? It's__dark already.
Mario has goneto___ the children from
school.
4 I'mgetting __. Shall we have some lunch?
Did you manage to get_ for the match?
6 I don’t have enough time to study, so my
English. worse!
7 think we should buy a map. | don’t want to
get_.
8 I'mafraid | will have to leave early. | am
gettinga___ to Leeds this evening,
9 Ineverreally ___with Jeremy's sister.
10 Will you call me when you get_from
Rome?
He went to get a newspaper,
Shall we get some drinks for
get + past participle:
She only got married/divorced
last week! | need to get
dressed. | don’t know how we
got lost.
receive/obtain:
‘She got a letter from the bank this
morning. Did you get the email |
sent you? | got a distinction in my
exams and | got the job!
phrasal ver
| got on the wrong bus. It
call he: as soon as | get back.
We get on really well (with
each other).
@ Workin groups. Write a story using the
phrases from the box, and other get phrases
you know.
port late get lost
get on (with) get directions get cold
getwet gettothehotel get back get ll
gel bored gethome get someone a drink
get divorced get a taxi
b Write your story for other students to read.
Leave spaces where there is an expression with
get. Can the other students guess which word/
phrase is missing?
Jim was planning io get but on the way to
the church.
Don't always write new vocabulary ina
list. Use maps like the one above. Put
related words together. This will help you to
remember them.