21.1 Usage:

There are several situations when this verb can be used.

A: To get can replace other verbs: to buy, obtain, receive etc..

e.g. I get my bread from this shop. = I buy

John gets a lot of money from his father. = John obtains

Mary got six pounds for the old watch. = Mary received

B: To get can replace the verb to become if it is used with a particular adjective:

e.g. I get hungry every morning.

I get tired at the end of the day.

Other adjectives include: angry, dry, hungry, old, ready, lost, thirsty, warm, wet.

C: to get + preposition can be used to indicate a particular movement:

e.g. I get into my car each morning.

The policeman gets up very early each day.

Other prepositions include: in, on, onto, down, off, out, out of, to.

D: to get + past simple tense of a verb when it is used as an auxiliary verb to form the passive tense.

e.g. Gilbert got married last year.

Last night, my window got broken.

Other examples include: dismissed, divorced, dressed, killed, washed.

E: to have got + verb infinitive has the meaning Must:

e.g. My father has got to go to work on Tuesday evening.

Bob and Bill have got to telephone their parents before they go on holiday

21.2 Structure: The Simple Present Tense: To Get:

I get We get

You get You get

He, she, it gets They get

21.3 Structure: The Future Tense: To Get:

I will get We will get

You will get You will get

He, she, it will get They will get

21.4 Structure: The Simple Past Tense: To Get:

I got We got

You got You got

He, she, it got They got