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Uses of ' TO GET '

To get + direct object = to obtain / to receive / to buy 

1. To obtain:

Examples:
He got 'him' air ticket last day.
We got permission to stay in London.

2. To receive:

Examples:
He got 'a letter' from her father in Singapore.
He get 'Rs. 5,500' a month from his father.

3. To buy:

Examples:
She got 'a new mobile phone' from Lahore, Pakistan.
I got 'a latest webcam' for my brother.

To get + place expression = reach / arrive at a place

1. Reach:

Examples:
She got to 'Perth around' 4:30 p.m.
My brother got to 'Karachi around' 7 a.m.

2. Arrive at a place:

Examples:
When did you get 'back from' Dubai?
My brother will get 'back from' Bhopal, India.

To get + adjective = to become / show a change of state

1. To become:

Examples:
I am getting 'tired of' all her nonsense.
It's getting 'cooler than' hottest.

2. Show a change of state:

Examples:
Please don't touch this stove 'until it' gets cool.
It gets dark too 'early in' the winter.

To get + preposition / adverb

1. with Prepositions:

Examples:
I get 'up' at 7 a.m. every morning.
She got 'out' of the washing her mouth every day twice.

2. with Adverb:

Examples:
The children are 'very quiet' today. I wonder, what they're getting up to.
He got 'off' that train just before the bomb blast.


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