The Verb get - Five Big Jobs (A2 Vocabulary)

A2 VOCABULARY · THE VERB GET

get

PICTURE

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"One small word, five big jobs."

get = become / buy / arrive / receive / + particle

Reading

Speaking

LEAD-IN

The numbers game

Look at the following places in the box below.

What can you get in each one?

a chemist's

a bakery

a newsagent's

a butcher's

a stationery shop

a greengrocer's

a cafe

a hairdresser's

a pub

BEFORE YOU READ

Ali's diary

You will read Friday's page from Ali's diary. Every use of get is a different job for the word.

PICTURE

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Read once quickly:

what is the big family news?

READ

"Getting through Friday" - Ali's diary

morning to afternoon

7.00 Got up late. Again. No time to get ready properly - my hair was a disaster.

8.40 Got on the bus, got off at Central, and got to work at 8.59. One minute early. Champion.

10.00 Got an email from my sister: she and Marco are getting married in June! (They met when she got lost in Rome and asked him for directions.)

13.00 Lunchtime mission: get tickets for their favourite band - a wedding present. The website got slower and slower and I got quite angry. But: two tickets. I win at presents.

READ (continued)

...afternoon to night

16.00 My boss asked me to finish the report today. I'm getting better at saying no. I said yes.

18.30 Gym. Trying to get fit before the wedding.

20.00 Got home, cooked pasta, and got a text from Marco: "Will you make a speech?" Me?! I got nervous just reading it.

23.00 Bed. It's October and it's getting colder. Eight months to get ready for that speech.

UNDERSTANDING

Find the sentence in the diary that tells you:

1. Ali was almost late for work.

2. How the couple met.

3. The present was not easy to buy.

4. Ali cannot say no to the boss.

5. Ali is frightened of one wedding job.

QUICK TALK

A good day?

Discuss in pairs.

1. Is Ali having a good day or a bad day? Defend your answer.

2. Would you say yes to making a wedding speech? What makes a good one?

3. What are you trying to "get better at" this year?

PICTURE

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FIND THE WORDS

Sort the gets

Underline every get in the diary (there are 16). Now sort them into five groups:

• become

• buy / obtain

• arrive

• receive

• get + up / on / off

HOW IT WORKS

get = five big jobs

meaning

examples

become

get angry / lost / married / ready / fit; get better / worse / colder

buy / obtain

get a ticket, a job, a newspaper

arrive

get home, get to work, get to school (no "to" with home)

receive

get an email, a text, a present, a prize

+ particle

get up · get on / off a bus · get into / out of a car · get on with sb

One small word, five big jobs - always ask: which get is this?

PRACTICE

A & B

A - Rewrite with get.

1. I received your message. → I ______ your message.

2. She became very angry. → She ______ very angry.

3. What time did you arrive home? → What time did you ______ home?

4. He bought the tickets online. → He ______ the tickets online.

5. The weather is becoming worse. → The weather is ______ worse.

B - Choose the correct particle

get on / into a bus · get out of / off a car · get on / up at 7.00 · get on / off well with your neighbours

FREER

The get interview

Write four questions with four different gets, for example:

When did you last get a present? How do you get to school? What makes you get angry? What time do you get up?

PICTURE

Interview two classmates, note the best answer, and report it - using get correctly.

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HOMEWORK Write Saturday's diary page (five lines). Rule: five gets, five different meanings.

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Answer key

Find the words (16 gets). become: get ready (x2), getting married, got lost, got angry, getting better, get fit, got nervous, getting colder, got slower · buy/obtain: get tickets · arrive: got to work, got home · receive: got an email, got a text · phrasal: got up, got on, got off.

A - Rewrite. 1 got 2 got 3 get 4 got 5 getting

B - Particle. on · out of · up · with