Warning: DOMDocument::loadHTML(): Unexpected end tag : p in Entity, line: 9 in
/home/customer/www/learnamericanenglishonline.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/generatepress-child/functions.php on line
68
Warning: DOMDocument::loadHTML(): Unexpected end tag : p in Entity, line: 20 in
/home/customer/www/learnamericanenglishonline.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/generatepress-child/functions.php on line
68
Warning: DOMDocument::loadHTML(): Unexpected end tag : p in Entity, line: 36 in
/home/customer/www/learnamericanenglishonline.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/generatepress-child/functions.php on line
68
|
Purple Level
|
|
Lesson Two
Get
get / got / gotten / getting
The verb "get" has many different meanings and uses. Look in a dictionary and you will see hundreds of possibilities. It’s also used as a substitute for the verb "be" in the passive voice–but not always. It depends on the verb.
|
| Click here to learn about how to use "get" in the passive voice. |
1. Professional athletes get a lot of money for simply playing a game.
They get paid a lot. (passive)
|
 |
|
2. A lot of leaves got into the gutter, so now I have to get them out of there.
|
|
|
3. When a tomato gets red, you know it’s ready to pick and eat. I’ll be getting a lot of tomatoes from my garden this summer.
|
|
|
4. He got breakfast ready for his wife very early in the morning. She just got up.
|
 |
|
5. He got tied up by someone who broke into his apartment and stole all his stuff. (passive)
|
|
|
6. They’re working very hard to get the dishes done. Getting the dishes done by hand takes longer than using a dishwasher.
|
|
|
|
Get
|
present tense: get / gets
|
|
past tense: got
|
|
future: will get
|
|
present continuous: am / are / is getting
|
|
past continuous: was / were getting
|
|
future continuous: will be getting
|
|
present perfect: has / have gotten
|
|
past perfect: had gotten
|
|
future perfect: will have gotten
|
|
present perfect continuous: has / have been getting
|
|
past perfect continuous: had been getting
|
|
future perfect continuous: will have been getting
|
|
modal verbs: ______ get
|
|
past tense modal: ______ have gotten
|
|
infinitive: to get
|
|
gerund: getting
|
|
passive: possible but sounds a little strange
|
|
|
|
