The document discusses different uses of the verb "get" in sentences. It provides examples of using get to mean: 1) Receive - as in "I got an email" 2) Arrive at a place - as in "When do you think we'll get to Paris?" 3) Become - as in "It's getting dark" or "I seem to have got very forgetful" 4) Replace the verb "be" in the passive voice - as in "Dan got sacked" or "My husband got caught speeding"

2. 1
• I got an email from Marc today saying he was leaving
me!
• If you’re going to the post office, could you get me some
stamps?
• Let’s not bother with a taxi – we can get the bus.
• When do you think we’ll get to Paris?

3. 1 get + noun
• I got an email from Marc today saying he was leaving
me!
• If you’re going to the post office, could you get me some
stamps?
• Let’s not bother with a taxi – we can get the bus.
• When do you think we’ll get to Paris?
received
arrive in
Take;
catch
buy;
bring;
fetch
Get to + a place

4. 2
• We’d better go home. It’s getting dark.
• I seem to have got very forgetful recently.
• The traffic gets worse in the city centre
everyday.
• I don’t think my mother will get used to
living on her own.

5. 2 get + adjective
• We’d better go home. It’s getting dark.
• I seem to have got very forgetful recently.
• The traffic gets worse in the city centre
everyday.
• I don’t think my mother will get used to
living on her own.
become

6. 3
• Did you know Dan got sacked last week?
• My husband got caught on the motorway
driving at 150 km/h.

7. 3 get + past participle
• Did you know Dan got sacked last week?
• My husband got caught on the motorway
driving at 150 km/h.
was sacked
was caught
To replace the verb be
in a passive structure.

8. 4
• I’m going to get my hair cut next week.
• I need to get my passport renewed – it runs
out in a couple of months.

9. 4 get something done
• I’m going to get my hair cut next week.
• I need to get my passport renewed – it runs
out in a couple of months.
Have something done
= have my
hair cut
= have my
passport renewed

10. 5
• We need to get someone to fix the central
heating – it’s not working properly.
• Could you get Jane to finish the report? I’m
too busy to do it this afternoon..

11. 5 get + somebody + infinitive
• We need to get someone to fix the central
heating – it’s not working properly.
• Could you get Jane to finish the report? I’m
too busy to do it this afternoon..
= ask
someone to
fix
= convince Jane
to finish
Get somebody to do
something means to “make”,
“tell”, “persuade” or “ask”.