Get, get, get… GET is everywhere! The verb GET is very common. We can use it alone (I get lots of emails) or with another word (I get up at 7:00 every morning). Let’s start with the verb alone. Here are four important uses: To receive I got an amazing present for my birthday. Did you get my text? To understand Do you get the joke? I don’t get why people love that movie. To become Do you get nervous when you speak English? I didn’t have breakfast, so I’m getting hungry. To arrive What time do you usually get home from work? It takes 30 minutes to get downtown. You can find get in a lot of phrasal verbs. (A phrasal verb is a verb + a small word = a new meaning) For example: get + together = meet with (informal) Let’s get together for lunch next week. get + away = have a holiday We hope to get away for a week in February. get + along (+ with) = have a good relationship with someone Do you get along with your neighbours? Yes, we get along well. If you are still curious about get, there are many more ways we use it in English. I won’t get into all the uses here! Passive Their car was stolen. = Their car got stolen. Have got (more common in British English) Do you have any brothers and sisters? = Have you got any brothers and sisters? Causative I had my hair cut. = I got my hair cut. Expressions and Idioms to get cold feet, to get on someone’s nerves, to get the hang of something… Good luck! I hope you get get. 😜