Get

"What did you get for your birthday?"
— "I got a new computer."

Get can mean "arrive":

"I got home really late last night."

Get can also mean "move or travel". At the beginning of a journey you might get on a bus, a train or a plane. When you have reached your destination, you get off.

"He got on the bus and waved goodbye."
"She got off the train and ran to the taxi rank."

Get can also mean "bring":
"Can you go and get the scissors for me?"

Or "buy":
"Did you get anything nice when you were in town?"

We often use verbs with prepositions, or particles. These verbs are called phrasal verbs. Here are a few of the phrasal verbs with get:

get off means leave work:
"What time do you get off (work)?"

get on is used to talk about how well someone is doing in a situation:
"How did you get on today?"
"How did Jeanie get on at school?"

get up means to stand up after sitting
"What time do you get up in the morning?"
"I get up at the same time every morning."

Now try the exercise on the next page.

Dagmar Taylor