1. TO GET + direct object = to obtain, to receive, to buy:
To obtain
Examples
- She got her driving license last week.
- They got permission to live in Switzerland.
2. To receive
Examples
- I got a letter from my friend in Nigeria.
- He gets $1,000 a year from his father.
3. To buy
Examples
- She got a new coat from Zappaloni in Rome.
- We got a new television for the sitting room.
Examples
- We got to London around 6 p.m.
- What time will we get there?
- We got to the party at midnight
- When did you get back from New York?
Examples
- It's getting hotter.
- By the time they reached the house they were getting hungry.
- I'm getting tired of all this nonsense.
- My mother's getting old and needs looking after.
- It gets dark very early in the winter.
- Don't touch the stove until is gets cool.
6. TO GET + preposition / adverb is used in many phrasal verbs. Here are some of the most common ones:
Examples
Phrasal Verb
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Meaning
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get at
|
try to express
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get away with
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escape punishment for a crime or bad action
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get by
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manage (financially)
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get down
|
descend; depress
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get off
|
leave a form of transport
(train, bus, bicycle, plane) |
get on
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enter/sit on a form of transport
(train, bus, bicycle, plane); have a relationship with someone; manage |
get out of
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avoid doing something, especially a duty
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get over
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recover (from an illness, a surprise)
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get through
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use or finish the supply of something
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get up
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leave your bed
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Examples
- He got on his bicycle and rode down the street.
- He gets up at 6.00 a.m. every morning.
- She got out of the washing-up every day, even when it was her turn.
- We got off the train just before the bomb exploded.
- We've got through all the sugar - can you buy some more?
- I typically get off at the Albert Premier tram stop
- It was very hard for me to get over the pain caused by the death of my father
B. Find and Replace
Find all of the uses of the verb get in the paragraph below and replace them with a different verb/phrase.
I get a lot of emails every day, and some of them are junk mail. I am tired of getting junk mail, aren’t you? I get bothered by spam, and there is so much of it nowadays that one can get a headache from it! I want to get some software that will catch the junk emails before they get to my inbox. Otherwise, I spend too much time going through them in the morning to see which ones are real emails. I just don’t get why people send such junk mail. What do they hope to get by doing so?
C. Exercises
1. I get about $2000 a month from my job.
2. He got angry when he heard about the news.
3. I don't get how the machine works.
4. Did you get the e-mail I sent you this morning?
5. My manager got me to do the report, even though I didn't want to.
6. At what time will you get to New York?
7. It wasn't easy, but I finally got her to sign the contract.
8. I got 75% in my maths exam.
9. I would like to get her a watch for her birthday.
10. Somebody is calling. Can you get the phone?
11. I get the bus to work every morning.
13. They got the new service contract.
D. More than a good cup of coffee. The secret of Starbuck's success
Listen to the following audio and answer the questions below:
Audio file link: http://www.businessenglishstudy.com/mp3/10-intermediate.mp3
Questions:
- What is the background of the founder of Starbucks, Mark Schultz?
- How does Schultz's trip to Italy play a role in the history of Starbucks? What did he want Starbuck to become?
- What are the three principal's of Starbuck's success according to Schultz?
- What is so attracting about Starbucks? Is it the coffee or something else? If something else, please describe
- What is the similarity between Starbucks and McDonald?
- Why are so many business people going to Starbucks?
- Do you think that Starbuck could and should open a coffee shop in Montpellier? Why or why not?
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