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Use of The Verb Get : Miss Cinthia Zapata Unit 2

The document discusses different uses of the verb "get". It explains that get can mean: 1) Become - such as "he got angry" or "the problem was getting more serious" 2) Receive - such as "I got clothes for Christmas" or "his movie got a good review" 3) Arrive - such as "she got home at 7 o'clock" or "she didn't get to Chicago until midnight." The document provides examples of get used with nouns like "a present" and adjectives like "tired." It includes exercises asking the reader to use get in sentences demonstrating when it means arrive, receive, or become.

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Use of The Verb Get : Miss Cinthia Zapata Unit 2

The document discusses different uses of the verb "get". It explains that get can mean: 1) Become - such as "he got angry" or "the problem was getting more serious" 2) Receive - such as "I got clothes for Christmas" or "his movie got a good review" 3) Arrive - such as "she got home at 7 o'clock" or "she didn't get to Chicago until midnight." The document provides examples of get used with nouns like "a present" and adjectives like "tired." It includes exercises asking the reader to use get in sentences demonstrating when it means arrive, receive, or become.

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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
 
S h e g o t a p re se n t fo r h e r b irth d aT yh.e fa th e r is g e ttin g d ry a fte r th e ra in .
 a present 
dry
T h e stu d e n ts g e t to sch o o lo n tim e .  S te ve n a lw a ys g e ts a n g ry.
 to school angry
C a m ila g o t a n id e a . C ha rlie g e ts co nconfused
fu se d in M a th cla ss.
 an idea
Get
IgGet
o t a su rpa surprise
rise fo r m y b irth d a y. T h e y g otired
t tire d a fte r w o rk .
 T h e little d o gang o tillness
 cold
a n illn e ss. W e w e re g e ttin g clo se to th e b e a ch .
 close
S h e g e tsh o mhome

e ve ry tire d . T h ey w e re g e ttin g w e t u n d e r th e ra in .
wet
 homework  n d .
stu d e n ts g o t h o m e w o rk fo r th e w e e ke

Exercise 1
Write 3 sentences with each use of get:
arrive, receive or become.

Get = Arrive

1.
2.

3.


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.
3.She got this idea while she was in a
T
concert._______
3.Her sister told her about the
competition._____
T
4.
F
5.She got surprised by her sister.______
6.
7.She didn’t win the
F
competition._______
8. F
9.She won $1,000 and a trip to Las
Vegas_____
10.
F
11.Sarah says she gets ideas at
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.
5. At home she put c. invented her to New York
6. Then she sent her d. what she is going to invent
next
7. They liked the idea a lotand e. for inventing
‘camoculars’
8. Sarah is thinking about f. binocularsand a camera
together.
Exercise 3
Ex. a
1.
2.The cook got angry =
3.We were getting close to the town =
4.She was getting older =
5.Sarah got home =
6.She got a surprise =
7.You get ideas at strange moments =
8.
9.
Ex. B. Complete the sentences with the
words in thebox. Use the past simple or
past continuous forms.
get wet get a surprise get to school get the answer
get anidea get angry

io n w a s ve ry h a rd , b u t in th e e n d I______________.
0 th is m o rn in g , so I_________re a lly la te .
yin g fo o tb a llb e ca u se it w a s ra in in g a n d h e ________
e cid e w h a t to b u t fo r m y siste r’ s b irth d a y. B u t th e n 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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