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Use of The Verb Get : Miss Cinthia Zapata Unit 2

This document discusses different uses of the verb "get" in English. It provides examples of get meaning: 1. Become (e.g. "He got angry") 2. Receive (e.g. "I got clothes for Christmas") 3. Arrive (e.g. "She got home at 7 o'clock") Exercises are then provided asking the reader to write sentences using get in these different ways and to complete sentences using forms of get.

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Use of The Verb Get : Miss Cinthia Zapata Unit 2

This document discusses different uses of the verb "get" in English. It provides examples of get meaning: 1. Become (e.g. "He got angry") 2. Receive (e.g. "I got clothes for Christmas") 3. Arrive (e.g. "She got home at 7 o'clock") Exercises are then provided asking the reader to write sentences using get in these different ways and to complete sentences using forms of get.

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Use of the verb ¨get¨

Miss Cinthia Zapata


Unit 2
Use 1

• get = become (to change into a


state)
"He got angry when he heard the bad news"

“The problem was getting more serious"

¨Get going!"
 
 
Use 2

• get = receive (receive something)

"I got clothes for Christmas.“

"His movie got a good review“


Use 3

• get = arrive (reach a destination)

"She got home at 7 o'clock“

"She didn't get to Chicago until midnight"


Examples of the verb ¨get¨
get + noun get + adjective
She got a present for her The father is getting dry after
thedry
a present
birthday. rain.
to students
The school get to school on
an idea time.
angry
Steven always gets angry.
Get Camila
a surprise
got an idea .
confused
Charlie gets confused in Math
class.
an illness
I got a surprise for my Get tired
home They got tired after work.
homework
birthday. cold
We were getting close to the
The little dog got an illness. close
beach.
She gets home very tired. wet wet under
They were getting
the rain.
The students got homework
for the weekend.
Exercise 1
Write 3 sentences with each use of get:
arrive, receive or become.
TURN YOUR BOOK TO PG. 17
EX. 7A
Answer True (T) or False (F). If it is
false answer
why.
F
1.Sarah invented cameras________

2.She got this idea while she was in a


T
concert._______
3. Her sister told her about the
competition._____
T
F
4. She got surprised by her sister.______

F
5. She didn’t win the competition._______

6. She won $1,000 and a trip to Las F


Vegas_____

7. Sarah says she gets ideas at strange


F
moments._______
Exercise 2
Pg. 15 ex. b
• Read the whole text and mach the two
parts of the sentences.
1. Sarah Hutchins got a prize a. was watching a concert
2. She got the idea when she b. idea to the web company.
3. At home she put c. invented her to New York
4. Then she sent her d. what she is going to invent next
5. They liked the idea a lot and e. for inventing ‘camoculars’
6. Sarah is thinking about f. binoculars and a camera
together.
Exercise 3
Ex. a

1. The cook got angry =


2. We were getting close to the town =
3. She was getting older =
4. Sarah got home =
5. She got a surprise =
6. You get ideas at strange moments =
Ex. B. Complete the sentences with the
words in the box. Use the past simple or
past continuous forms.
get wet get a surprise get to school get
the answer get an idea get angry

1. The Maths question was very hard, but


in the end I______________.
2. I woke up at 8:30 this morning, so
I_________really late.
3. Alex stopped playing football because it
was raining and he ________________.
4. I was trying to decide what to but for
my sister’s birthday. But then
I_____________.
5. My teacher____________because I
didn’t do my homework.
6. Last week my father______________.
He won $1,000 in the lottery.
GOOD JOB!!!

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