1.

Get + noun = find/buy/receive sth

If you don’t have something and you need it, then you can get it.

For example:

 I need to get some milk from the shop

 After I graduate, I’ll get a job
 I got your email

Get has slightly different meanings in each sentence.

I need to get some milk from the shop – get = buy

After I graduate, I’ll get a job – get = find
I got your email – get = receive

In spoken English, we use get more often than more specific verbs like buy or find.

2. Get + adjective = become

For example:

 It’s getting cold

 My book got wet
 I’m getting tired—let’s take a break

This is a very common way to use get. In fact, if you use become in these sentences, it sounds
very strange.

3. Get = arrive

 What time will you get home?

 How do we get to the city centre?
 The train gets to Paris at 4.00.

4. Verbs and phrases with get

Get is used in many common phrases and phrasal verbs.

 get up – what time do you get up?

 get on with sb (have a good relationship with sb) – I get on well with my brothers and
sisters
 get ready – it takes me ten minutes to get ready in the morning

There are many, many more!