When You Get Tired of "Get"
When You Get Tired of "Get"
Most students struggle to understand the many meanings of "get". Like a politician, "get" changes its meaning depending on its relationship...
1) to the following word
2) to the context of the sentence
However, there is a trick to remembering! It helps to break up these meanings into separate categories. I have provided some examples for you below.
1. to become
[get + adjective]
get tired (when you become tired)
get tired of (when something becomes annoying for you)
I am getting tired of those people talking during the film! People should be silent in a cinema.
get divorced (to become a person who is divorced)
get angry/mad (to become angry/mad)
get fit (to become a person who is 'in shape', or healthy and strong)
get married
get lost
[get + comparative]
get older
get worse
get better
2. to buy/obtain
This means that you make an effort to possess something.
You may work for it, or pay money for it.
[get + article + noun]
get a job
get a flat
get a ticker
get a newspaper
3. phrasal Verbs
[get + preposition]
get on (well) with (you have a positive relationship with someone)
I get on well with my colleague. We laugh at the same jokes, and sometimes we go to the pub after work.
get on / get off (to enter and exit public transportation)
get into / get out of (to enter and exit a car or a taxi)
get up (similar to 'wake up', but implies that you have left your bed)
Every morning, I wake up at 7, but I don't get up until 7:30.
4. to arrive
[get + preposition + noun]
and sometimes
[get + preposition + article + noun]
get to work
get to the cinema
get to school
get home * ("home" is special, and does not need a preposition)
5. to receive
This means that you did not make an effort to possess something.
[get + article + noun]
get a salary
get a letter
get an e-mail
get a present
***Remember that "get" in these cases should be conjugated according to tense.
I got to work at 8:00 yesterday morning.***
I hope that this helped you!
If you book a lesson with me, I would be happy to answer any questions you may have and revise this topic in more detail.
Have a great day!
Ashley
2 maggio 2018