Comment utiliser GET

Get est un mot puissant en anglais.

Il y a tellement de sens différents. Cela pourrait être déroutant pour vous en tant qu'apprenant de l'anglais. Mais il est important d'apprendre à utiliser ce mot.

Dans cette leçon, vous allez apprendre 10 des utilisations les plus courantes de ce mot.

La clé de tout cela est d'apprendre les phrases. De cette façon, vous intérioriserez ce mot et comment l'utiliser.

10 façons d'utiliser le mot GET en anglais

Voici les façons dont nous utilisons get en anglais. Lisez les définitions et les exemples.

Gain possession of / buy

Look behind me. Recently, I got some new things for my office. I got these fake plants, neon light, wall decorations… cela signifie que j'ai acheté ces choses. Voici d'autres exemples :

What did you get for your birthday?

I’m thinking about getting a new car soon.

I haven’t got my wife anything for Christmas yet – I’m starting to panic!

To become ill or have an illness

Oui, vous pouvez dire catch a cold mais il est plus courant de dire get a cold. Voici d'autres exemples:

I’ve got a cold

She keeps getting sick

I’ve got a bit of a headache today.

To obtain and/or bring something to someone

C'est quelque chose qui est beaucoup utilisé à la maison. Par example:

Could you get me a tea?

Could you get me the remote?

If you have time, get me some bananas on your way home (first conditional)

Get some breakfast and then we’ll go

Une alternative ici est to bring up / down. Par exemple, could you bring me up a cup of tea?

To hear or to understand

"Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana". Vous pouvez répondre à cela en disant: “I’m sorry. I didn’t quite get that.”

I don’t get what you mean. Could you explain that again?

I didn’t quite get that – could you speak up?

To become (change)

C'est vraiment utile. Regardez cet exemple:

It’s getting dark

It’s not dark now but it’s changing from light to dark. We use get to talk about a change.

Your tea’s going getting cold. I’d drink it now.

It’s getting hot out there.

Yawn. I’m getting tired.

Movement

Un bon exemple de ceci est celui-ci:

What’s wrong with you? Why are you hobbling?

I stubbed my toe getting into bed.

Voici d'autres exemples:

Get down!

Get your hands out of your pockets.

I stubbed my toe getting into bed

Let’s get outside – it’s beautiful out there

To leave public transport

After you get on a train you… get off it.

Let’s get off here

Where do we get off if we’re going to Big Ben?

Get off at the next stop

Cela peut être un peu déroutant. Because you get out of a car but get off a train. You get in the car but on a train.

Arrive

Maintenant, en parlant de voyage, lorsque vous arrivez à destination, vous pouvez également utiliser get ici.

When is David going to get here?

When mum gets here, turn off the TV, okay?

Come on, let’s get going, we’ll get there really late otherwise.

I hope my package gets here today.

To Receive or Be Given Something

Let me know what you get in that quiz

I got my hair cut yesterday – what do you think?

I got my acceptance letter yesterday!