Get







Veja, pela gramática inglesa, o uso de 'get':

A) get a letter / get a job etc (get + noun) = receive / buy / fetch / find

You
don't have something - you get it - you have it

- Did you
get my letter? yYes, I got it yesterday (= receive)
- I like your pullover. Where did you
get it? (= buy)
- (on the phone) Hello, can I speak to Ann, please? One moment. I'll
get her (= fetch)
- It's difficult to
get a job at the moment (= find)


B) get hungry / get cold / get tired etc (get + adjective) = become:

You are
not hungry - you get hungry - you are hungry

- If you dont eat, you
get hungry.
- Drink your coffee. It's
getting cold.
- I'm sorry your mother is ill. I hope she
gets better soon.
- We
got very wet because we didn't have an umbrella.

also:
get married - Linda and Frank are getting married soon.

get dressed (=put your clothes on) - I got up and got dressed quickly.

get lost (=lose your way) - We went for a walk and got lost.


C) Get to a place = arrive

- I usually
get to work before 8.30. (= arrive at work)

- We left London at 10 o'clock and
got to Mnachester at 12.45.

- How did you get here? By bus?

- Get home (without to):

- What time did you
get home last night?


D) Get in / get out / get on / get off

-
Get in a car

-
Get out of a car

-
Get on a bus / train / plane

-
Get off a bus / train / plane

- Kate
got in the car and drove away (Kate got into the car...).

- A car stopped and a man
got out (a man got out of the car).

- We
got on the bus outside the hotel and got off in Church Street.

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