Page 155 - Oxford_English_Grammar_Course_Basic_2015

structures with get get up; get your coat; it's getting cold

Get has different meanings in different structures.
Get + direct object:'receive, fetch, obtain, buy

Get your coat - it's time to go. She got a letter from her mother.
Get + adjective: 'become'

It's getting cold. The problem is getting worse.
Get + adverb particle / preposition: 'move, change position'

What time do you usually get up? It takes me an hour to get to work.
I couldn't get on the bus because it was full.

^ Complete the sentences using expressions with get.

► My English is ..2 QQ d C rQ .................

1 I need t o ..................some...................out of the bank.
2 Antonia.............................................her car and drove away.
3 I .................along....................from Arthurthis morning.
4 What are you doing in my room?..............................................!
5 If you go out in the rain without a coat, you'll.............................................
6 If you don't put on a sweater, you'll..............................................
7 We have to .............................................. the bus at the next stop.

8 If I don't have breakfast, I .................really....................about eleven o'clock.
9 I'm ..................in g .................... I think I'll go to bed.
10 I t .............................................. early in winter.

Get is often used with a past participle. Common expressions:
get burnt get dressed get undressed get changed get hurt get lost
get married get divorced get broken
This structure can be similar to a passive verb.
Joe got arrested for drunk driving last week. {= ... 'was arrested'...)
We never get invited anywhere.

^ Complete the sentences with get and verbs from the box (use past participles).

break burn change divorce dress invite lose marry send / steal undress

► When he was 12 he ..22^ sewt........................... away to boarding school.
1 I forgot to take the chicken out of the oven and i t .............................................

2 Anna and Brian have only been married for a year, but they're.............................................
3 His glasses.............................................. when he fell off his bike.
4 I'm going t o .............................................. and go to bed.
5 Every time he goes walking in the country he.............................................

6 If you leave your bag there, it'll.............................................
7 That child takes hours to ...............................................in the morning.
8 'Shall we go swimming?''OK. I'll just go and
9 Do you think we'll.............................................. to Roger's party?
10 Sarah and Oliver.............................................. in a beautiful little church in the country.

140 SPECIAL STRUCTURES WITH VERBS