get

Question 1

+ get + NOUN = RECEIVE, BUY, FIND etc.
you don’t have something → you get it → you have it

+ also get a bus / a train / a taxi (= take a bus/train etc.)

Answer 1

…I got an email from Sam this morning. (= receive)
…I like your sweater. Where did you get it? (= buy)
…It’s hard to get a job at the moment? (= find)

…:‘Did you walk here?’‘No, I got the bus.’

Question 2

+ get hungry / get cold / get tired etc. (get + ADJECTIVE) = BECOME

\+ also get married
  get dressed (= put your clothes on)
  get lost (= lose your way)

Answer 2

…If you don’t eat, you get hungry.
…Drink your coffee. It’s getting cold.
…I’m sorry your mother is ill. I hope she gets better soon.

..Nicola and Frank are getting married soon.
…I got up and got dressed quickly.
…We didn’t have a map, so we got lost

Question 3

+ get TO a place = ARRIVE

+ get here/there (without to):

+ get home (without to):

Answer 3

…I usually get to work before 8.30. (= arrive at work)
…We left London at 10 o’clock and got to Manchester
at 12.45.

…How did you get here? By bus?

…What time did you get home last night?

Question 4

+ get in/out/on/off

get in (a car) / get out (of a car)

get on / get off (a bus / a train / a plane)

Answer 4

…Kate got IN the car and drove away. (You can also say: Kate got INTO the car and …)
…A car stopped and a man got OUT. (but A man got OUT OF the car.)
…We got ON the bus outside the hotel and got OFF in Church Street.