TO GET

The verb to get is a common verb in everyday English and has several meanings:

1. To obtain something that you didn’t have before

- Mary has got a degree in aerospace engineering.
- You need to get a new job!

2. To take / catch something

- We need to get a taxi to go to the airport.
- Shall we get the bus?
- I think that I have got a cold!
- Stephen got the flu last week.

3. To become + adjective / past participle

- Sarah and Eliot got married last month.
- The kids got lost in the city centre.
- They got hungry, so they had a sandwich.
- John got dressed and then had breakfast.

4. To arrive somewhere
- What time do you get to work?
- I get to school at 3.45 p.m.

5. To buy
- We’re going to get a bigger house.
- Where can I get the ticket for the concert?

6. To receive
- I got a postcard from Hawaii yesterday!
- Have you got my email?
- Those scientists got a prize.

7. Phrasal verbs
- The passengers are getting on the train.
- We need to get off the bus at the next station.
- My kids get on very well.
 DIFFERENT USES OF ‘GET’

GET + NOUN GET + ADJECTIVE GET TO + PLACE

- Receive - Become - Arrive

- Obtain BUT (without ‘to’)
- Buy Get home
- Bring Get here
- Take Get there
- Catch
- Take

Common expressions with ‘get’

- Get dressed = Vestirse

- Get lost = Perderse
- Get married = Casarse
- Get divorced = Divorciarse
- Get angry = Enfadarse
- Get old = Envejecer
- Get tired = Cansarse
- Get worried = Preocuparse
- Get frustrated = Frustarse
- Get bored = Aburrirse
- Get excited = Entusiasmarse
- Get cold = Enfiarse; Entrarle a uno frío
- Get hot = Calentarse; Entrarle a uno calor
- Get sick = Enfermar
- Get dark = Oscurecer, anochecer
- Get hurt = Lastimarse
- Get hungry = Entrarle a uno hambre
- Get thirsty = Entrarle a uno sed
- Get drunk = Emborracharse
- Get high = Drogarse