Phrasal Verbs
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Publicado: 9 de julio de 2012
Got it?
As any English student knows one of the most frustrating things to learn are all the various uses of "GET". Get is used as a verb by itself with various meanings. One of the most difficultareas of usage is how "get" combines with prepositions for form phrasal verbs. Add to these problems the variations in colloquial usage and you have got ;-) a recipe for confusion! Below is a list ofthe principal usage followed by a short quiz. Hopefully you will get it (i.e. understand the proper usage) after you have finished.
GET
Meaning Example
To receive I got a book for my birthday.
Toearn I get $7 an hour.
To bring or fetch Can you get that book for me?
To understand Do you get the lesson?
To be affected by, or catch He got a cold last week.
To catch or take I got the4.55 train to New York.
To communicate with I got him by phone.
To have a strong effect on That film really got me.
To capture or seize The police got him at the station.
GET used in a phrasalverb
These are not all meanings of these phrasal verbs. I have chosen the principle meanings as a way of focusing on the principal meanings of these extremely important verbs.
Phrasal Verb MeaningExample
To get about (or around) To be socially active Tom really gets around, doesn’t he?
To get ahead To be successful It’s very difficult to get ahead nowadays.
To get away To escape Thethief got away from the police.
To get back To recover or retrieve I got my books back from Tom.
To get by To survive financially Sally gets by on just $1,000 a month.
To get in To enter acar, train etc. Come on, get in! Let’s go.
To get into To be accepted He got into the university of his choice.
To get off To exit from a train, bus etc. Jerry got off at 52nd Street.
To get onwith To have a good relationship with I really get on well with Janet.
To get out To leave I got out of class at 3.30.
To get over To recover from an illness or bad occurrence He got over his...
As any English student knows one of the most frustrating things to learn are all the various uses of "GET". Get is used as a verb by itself with various meanings. One of the most difficultareas of usage is how "get" combines with prepositions for form phrasal verbs. Add to these problems the variations in colloquial usage and you have got ;-) a recipe for confusion! Below is a list ofthe principal usage followed by a short quiz. Hopefully you will get it (i.e. understand the proper usage) after you have finished.
GET
Meaning Example
To receive I got a book for my birthday.
Toearn I get $7 an hour.
To bring or fetch Can you get that book for me?
To understand Do you get the lesson?
To be affected by, or catch He got a cold last week.
To catch or take I got the4.55 train to New York.
To communicate with I got him by phone.
To have a strong effect on That film really got me.
To capture or seize The police got him at the station.
GET used in a phrasalverb
These are not all meanings of these phrasal verbs. I have chosen the principle meanings as a way of focusing on the principal meanings of these extremely important verbs.
Phrasal Verb MeaningExample
To get about (or around) To be socially active Tom really gets around, doesn’t he?
To get ahead To be successful It’s very difficult to get ahead nowadays.
To get away To escape Thethief got away from the police.
To get back To recover or retrieve I got my books back from Tom.
To get by To survive financially Sally gets by on just $1,000 a month.
To get in To enter acar, train etc. Come on, get in! Let’s go.
To get into To be accepted He got into the university of his choice.
To get off To exit from a train, bus etc. Jerry got off at 52nd Street.
To get onwith To have a good relationship with I really get on well with Janet.
To get out To leave I got out of class at 3.30.
To get over To recover from an illness or bad occurrence He got over his...
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