3. Get = moment of change
I feel well.
I get sick
Now I am sick.
Get is a moment of transition
4.
5. Get = moment of change
I am not hungry
I get hungry
Now I am hungry
I am in the car
I get out (of the car)
Now I am out of the car.
I am in bed
I get up
Now I am up/
out of bed.
6. In the box
get out of the box
Now the cat IS out of the box
(He got out!)
7.
8. Get = obtain
I don’t have a pen
I get a pen
Now I have a pen
I don’t have a car
I get a car
Now I have a car
I don’t have flowers
I get flowers
Now I have flowers
I don’t have a cat
I get a cat
Now I have a cat
9. Get = obtain = have
• I’ve got a beautiful car.
• I’ve got 3 children
• I’ve got everything I need.
10. Get = obtain
• I got flowers for my birthday.
• I got second prize in the gardening
contest.
• I got everything I needed for the trip.
11. have / obtained
• I’ve got everything I need for the trip.
• I got everything I needed for the trip
12. Get = change state
• I got fat … now I got to get thin.
• I got married.
• I get dizzy when I drink champagne.
• I get sad when I see children suffer
13.
14. am - Get - am
I am sitting. I get up I am standing
up.
I am doing
nothing
I get started I am working
I am in the
street
I get home I am home
15. Bit more complicated
Get involved:
I didn’t want to get involved.
Now I am involved.
Get interested:
I got interested in the new project. Now I
am... (creating, making..)