The Main Uses of the Verb TO GET in English
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we’re going to talk about how to use the
verb get in this lesson I’m going to
cover about four different ways to use
the verb get and we’re going to cover
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about how to use the verb get to how to
use the verb get so I’m going to do
basically as usual three different kind
of focus points for today so I’m ready
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share the video and then I’m going to
start with the first use of get for
today’s lesson okey-dokey
so the first use I want to talk about
for today is using yet to mean receive
to mean receive so we use yet to mean
receive it is used with a noun
so when you look at this in a sentence
and you want to understand the word get
the meaning of get in this specific case
look at the word after get so when we
use get plus a noun so like an object
for example yet has the meaning of
receive to receive something so some
examples I got a new computer so here
get is in past tense got and a new
computer is my noun phrase I got a new
computer so this means I received a new
computer we can replace get in this
sentence with the verb receive and the
meaning stays the same
however using receive sounds too formal
so we use get in everyday conversation I
got a new computer another example this
one a future tense expression I’m gonna
get some winter clothes I’m gonna get
some winter clothes
so again we’re using get and in this
case it’s like I’m going to receive or
we can understand it to mean like bye as
well so this means something is going to
come to me or I’m going to go out and
like purchase something this is the
feeling some object is going to come to
me so in this case the meaning is maybe
a little more like buy something or
purchase something but eventually it’s
going to be mine my thing so I’m going
to get some winter clothes that’s going
to this is gonna onto one more example
we got a lot of extra time for our
project we got a lot of extra time for
our project so again
past tense past tense here we got
meaning we received and then a lot of
extra time so in this case it’s not a
physical object in this case we’re
talking about time so we got extra time
for our project for our project again
receive one more last example I want to
talk about this word have you ever
gotten anything for free have you ever
gotten anything for free gotten we use
like the past please that’s the past
participle form of the verb you can see
it’s in this have you ever pattern so
this is something we use a lot in spoken
English we don’t use it as much in
written English because this sounds
quite casual but you may hear this a lot
in TV and in movies have you ever gotten
anything for free okay so this is the
first use of receive if you have
examples please feel free to send those
in the chat I will try to check those as
well
Ramat says we got a lot of extra time to
write an article good or Raj says I got
a new car from my friend so a great
point from Raj on the YouTube chat so I
got a new car or I got something
when you want to talk about the source
so I got a new computer use from so not
buy I got something from my friend or
from this store so when you want to talk
about a person that you received an item
from use it from if you want to talk
about a store I got a new computer at
ABC store so at should be used for like
the place you purchase something the
place you bought something from is used
for the person a person that you got
something from so a couple small points
there okay uh I don’t see other ones yet
someone says I got a new phone good good
I got a new phone nice one on Facebook
taya says I got new shoes yes exactly
very nice
Rudra says I got a reply from my friend
so a couple points a lot of you actually
don’t forget your article yeah I got a
for singular I got a new phone I got a
reply from my friend I got a new
computer and so on so don’t forget your
article there we love our articles okay
let’s go then to one more small point
well big point actually the second kind
of thing I want to talk about here this
note when uh when there’s a person so
when I say person I mean me him or her
after the verb get and before your noun
the verb get has the feeling of bring so
please bring something not like receive
but please bring so some examples of
this hey get me a drink
hey get me a drink so native speed hey
give me a drink is what this sounds like
so after the verb get we have me a
person there’s a person there get me and
then our noun phrase get me a drink
so not get a drink get me a drink in
this case it means please
bring me a drink or hey bring me a drink
so it’s like this verb receive applies
to this person there’s a connection to
the person here so hey bring me a drink
this is the meaning of this sentence so
you might hear this a lot in your if you
are in like a situation where something
is close to you like you want something
but it’s across the room or it’s in
another room in your house or in your
office you might ask someone near you
hey get me that thing or in this case
you’re in a bar maybe your friend is
going to the bar the cafe and you say
hey get me a drink hey get me a drink so
this is a casual way to ask for someone
to bring you something another example
let’s get her something for dessert
let’s get her something for dessert
so in this case the person who is going
to receive the thing is her some woman
in this case so let’s get let’s bring in
other words let’s bring her something
for dessert so we’re making a suggestion
here let’s do this thing finally can you
get him his phone please
so this is a request this involves three
people here yeah so the speaker can you
get him his phone please that means will
you please bring him his phone so there
are three people involved in this
situation so this is a good hint to look
for after the verb get do you see a
person there a month so there’s a good
chance it means bring not to receive
okay so that is part one for today’s
lesson about get to mean receive and to
mean bring in some cases to Paulino hey
there’s a member there get me my pen
perfect get me my pen
great great ok let’s take one quick
break and then we’ll go to part two for
today’s lesson part 1 and let’s see we
talked about using receive a lot so you
can use this meaning of get in work
situations I’ll show you over here I’ll
show you
I always show like the business one I
know lots of people are studying English
for work and for business so check this
one out for some verbs and expressions
that you can use with get also shopping
shopping is another very important
situation where you use the verb get a
lot so check out the back of this PDF
there’s a lot of verbs to practice here
for shopping this is a situation where
it gets is quite useful and the other
one I wanted to show this one when
you’re shopping for food as well so this
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about how to use get to mean become how
to use get to mean become so just as
with the first part where we had this
nice like hint in our sentence where get
plus noun means receive in this case get
- adjective get + adjective means become
become so that’s when get means become
so let’s look at some examples first
they’re going to get married they’re
going to get married so married is our
adjective so I this this is a case where
it’s like you could change you could
substitute the word get for become like
they’re going to become married so marry
means like in a in a relationship and an
officially recognized relationship so
they’re going to become married is
correct but we usually say they’re going
to get married so this use of get means
become another example wow it got cold
outside wow it got cold outside
so again past tense and the word
following get or got in this case cold
is an adjective
so this adjective tells us that this use
of get means become become wow it got
cold outside means wow it became cold
outside but we do not say became it
sounds too formal
another example my boss gets angry when
we make mistakes my boss gets angry when
we make mistakes so here gets I’m using
gets because the subject is my boss my
boss so she or he gets angry angry is my
adjective so we know that get means
become in this case my boss gets angry
when we make mistakes ok one more my
computer is getting slower and slower my
computer is getting slower and slower
here I’ve used it in the progressive
form or the continuous form my computer
is becoming slower and slower so that
means like now every day
every day it gets a little slower it
becomes a little slower so we’re using
the progressive form to mean become
again here so a note about this use
because this is something I hear a lot
from learners yes you can use become in
all of these sentences but the problem
is that become sounds very formal like
if I say wow it became cold outside it
sounds really really like funny it
sounds way too formal so we don’t use
become in everyday conversations like
I’ve got here so become is grammatically
correct in these sentences but it just
sounds too formal we don’t use become or
became or becoming in cases like these
yes there are some situations where
become sounds good so if you’re in a
like a formal situation you’re giving a
presentation or you need to sound very
polite for some reason then yes become
is more appropriate but in everyday
conversations use get use get to mean
become so this is maybe one point to
think about when you’re when you’re
speaking when you’re doing everyday
conversation practice okay
some examples from all of you I’m a Oh
on Facebook says can we use get to force
someone to do something to express that
yes like I’m going to get my mom to sign
my paperwork yes you can use it I’m not
covering that use in today’s lesson but
yes that is also correct mmm some other
examples of this Roberto on YouTube says
my son gets happy when he plays on the
Internet great okay mom moody says I get
angry when my daughter doesn’t do her
homework very nice good examples
everybody
other examples ah someone bori on
Facebook says wow it got summer outside
summer is a noun we need to use an
adjective in this pattern Wow it got hot
outside hot is an adjective so don’t use
nouns
please use adjectives in this pattern
other examples hmm my dog got sick last
week good Alex that was a nice one my
dog got sick so sick is an adjective
this has the meaning of become very nice
very nice example of everybody okay so I
guess let’s see mmm maybe I’ll go to one
more break I think and then we’ll talk
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you could use for today’s topic first
one this is the sports and exercise PDF
so there’s vocabulary for this year but
on the back again lots and lots of words
for this says going to the gym but in
its for exercise as well so this is a
situation where you use you might use
get like I got tired or I got sweaty and
so on so this is a great one for
practicing today’s points another good
one is this is the cooking one I know
lots of you ask questions about food and
cooking again on the back here some more
useful vocabulary this one is another
example of a situation where we would
use get a lot finally pets as well so
when you’re talking about buying a pet
or talking about your pets behavior you
will
yet so there are many many different
real-life situations where we use the
verb get in these meanings and in other
ways too so if you want some ideas for
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last part for today part 3 is using get
with passive sentence structure so this
will be a grammar a grammar heavy point
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ok so let’s take a look at our very
grammar e our grammar heavy portion for
today we can use get in passive sentence
structures so for those of you who
remember your passive grammar practice
we use passive when we don’t know the
actor the person who is acting or we
want to focus on like the results of a
situation so you’ll know then if you’ve
studied passive that we use to be to be
in grammar and sorry in passive
sentences in passive grammar so when we
use get in this way we replace the verb
to be I’ll show you I’ll show you a few
examples here we replaced to be in these
types of patterns and the reason the
reason that we do this we might the
reason we choose get instead of to be is
to communicate surprise like there’s
some kind of unexpected situation we’re
surprised about something it’s often
negative but not always like up up until
now maybe a bit before it was used a lot
to express negative surprises but now
today we use it to just talk about any
surprise or any kind of unexpected
situation especially a situation that
happens directly to the speaker so
something happened to me specifically or
or to a person closely connected to me
so let’s look at some examples of this
here classic example my bag got stolen
my bag got stolen so maybe many of you
know my bag was stolen this is a classic
passive example sentence my bag was
stolen means like I don’t know who stole
my bag I don’t know so we use this
passive structure when I use got here my
bag got stolen
the feeling of negativity or surprise
becomes a bit stronger so yes my bag was
stolen and my bag got stolen communicate
the same idea yes but my bag got stolen
sounds a bit more negative a bit more
like unexpected it communicates that
look surprised like shocked a bit better
a bit more clearly my back got stolen
another example my roommate got fired
today my roommate got fired today so
again I’m using got in place of was my
roommate was fired fired also means to
lose someone’s job so you lose your job
or you lose now you lose your position
at work so my roommate got fired today
sounds even more negative than my
roommate was fired today
so this communicates that unexpected
feeling one example though this one’s
not negative this one is a positive
thing but it shares the use of God
communicates surprised it is I got
accepted to a really good university I
got accepted to a really good university
so here when I use got it has more of a
feeling of like an unexpected happy
surprise so we know this cuz like the
situation the context tells us it
happy situation so again I can use was I
was accepted to a really good university
is totally correct perfectly fine but
this sentence I got accepted to a really
good university this communicates that
surprise a little bit better so we can
use get to replace be in these passive
sentence structures some of you are
sending your examples too yes my bag was
stolen lots of people have those my bag
was stolen and my bag got stolen yes so
again both are correct this has a
stronger feeling of surprise okay so I’m
looking for some examples of this this
passive sentence structure I saw one
earlier I haven’t seen any yet so send
me some examples of passive passive
sentences so a bit of passive and active
practice de valor and says can I say the
building got built two years ago that’s
a situation where I would use was the
building was built two years ago I would
I would suggest was not got in that case
because there’s not a feeling of
surprise really at least for me maybe if
it’s a surprising situation I would use
got but I for me I don’t I don’t know a
situation where I like Menza that’s a
surprise like the building got built two
years ago that sounds like a general
fact so I would suggest using was was in
that case okay I will keep an eye out I
don’t see other examples okay so let’s
continue for now I’ll check the chat in
a minute I want to finish today’s lesson
with this note a note about these
expressions here because lots of you
have asked me over the years about this
point get to mean begin the process of
doing something so this is kind of
specific we use this
in these kinds of expressions so if you
watch our videos you know I start
usually videos by saying let’s get
started or I start the live streams by
saying okay let’s get started
so this get this is kind of this is kind
of a set phrase let’s get started or
let’s get going it’s like let’s begin
the process of this verb let’s begin the
process of starting or let’s begin the
process of going but these are kind of
set expressions let’s get started let’s
get going you’ll notice the word started
and going these have different endings
yeah so think of these expressions as
kind of set phrases and they mean like
begin doing this thing that comes after
again another example here is I need to
get moving I need to get moving so this
is an expression that means I need to
start the process of going to another
place I need to get moving I need to get
moving so this is one many of you have
asked about especially this one let’s
get started why do you say let’s get
started so it’s it’s kind think of this
as like a set phrase something that we
say at the beginning of an activity or
at the beginning of an event so I don’t
see any other examples of this passive
one because that challenge maybe I don’t
know I know I got accepted to a really
good private school yes that’s a nice
example of boring ok someone says let’s
get fishing you could say that let’s get
fishing if like you’re about to start
fishing like if you are at the lake or
you’re like you’re at the ocean and
you’re ready to begin you could say
let’s get fishing in that case perfect
sounds good so it kind of it depends a
little on the situation it’s like you’re
going to start something very very soon
and it’s very clear what the activity is
ok I don’t see other examples
what about get to say that you
understand something got it yeah nice
question me gay yeah let’s add that
here I I get it I get it
so this means understand this use of get
means understand I get it I understand
it we use it in present tense or some
people some people use got okay I got it
as well you can use that but you’ll hear
both of them I get it or I got it
means I understand I understand so this
is a casual way to say yes I understand
something nice example nice example okay
some of you have some interesting
examples let’s get let’s get working and
let’s get working out there let’s get
working out you could use that again
it’s like you’re at the gym
I feel like though as I said these are
kind of set phrases so when we’re going
to begin an activity it’s a little more
common just to say let’s get started
then is to say the specific activity
name so maybe keep that in mind don’t
don’t change don’t change your verb so
much it doesn’t it’s not something we
use with all verbs it’s something we use
to begin our activities generally okay I
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have to finish up there for today but I
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