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Les principaux emplois du verbe TO GET
To get est un verbe charnière en anglais, il est employé de façons diverses et variées :
Principaux sens de TO GET :
• avoir, recevoir, obtenir, trouver :
Principaux sens de TO GET :
• avoir, recevoir, obtenir, trouver :
Did you get my email? Avez-vous reçu mon email?
Where did you get this information? Où as-tu obtenu ces renseignements?
I got a raise. J'ai eu une augmentation.
• aller (exprime le mouvement, le déplacement) :
How can I get there? Comment puis-je aller là-bas?
to get on (the bus) monter (dans le bus)
to get in (the car) monter (dans la voiture)
to get away s'enfuir
• devenir (exprime le passage d'un état à un autre, l'évolution) :
The kids are getting tired. Les enfants commencent à être fatigués.
Kevin got drunk last night. Kevin s'est soûlé hier soir.
Get ready! Préparez-vous!
It's getting late. Il se fait tard.
• A la voix passive, to get est d'ailleurs souvent employé à la place de to be pour insister sur l'idée de démarche, d'effort :
to get invited être invité
to get hired se faire engager
to get killed se faire tuer
• faire faire :
to get something done faire faire quelque chose (= to have something done)
Icarus got his hair cut. Icarus s'est fait couper les cheveux.
• procurer, servir :
Can I get you a drink? Puis-je te servir quelque chose à boire?
• emmener :
I'll get you there on time. Je t'emmènerai là-bas à temps.
• comprendre, saisir, entendre :
I didn't get what you just said. Je n'ai pas compris (ou entendu) ce que vous venez de dire.
• attraper :
Get him! Attrapez-le! (= to catch)
• suivi de l'infinitif, to get exprime une action enfin réalisée :
Susie and Philip will eventually get to be friends. Susie et Philip finiront par être amis.
• et bien d'autres sens, notamment lorsqu'il est suivi de postpositions :
to get up se lever
to get along (bien) s'entendre
to get back retourner, revenir, rentrer
to get together se réunir
to get down to se mettre à (faire)
Exercice 1
Polly: Hey, Bob, I'm going to the store for some coffee and tea. Can I you anything?
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they any.
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they any.
Polly: Hey, Bob, I'm going to the store for some coffee and tea. Can I get 1 you anything?
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they have 2 any.
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they have 2 any.
1 get: 'Get' is the best choice here. It expresses Polly's offer to 'procure', 'buy' or 'obtain' something for Bob.
1 have: 'Can I have you anything?' is grammatically incorrect.
1 do: 'Can I do you anything?' does not make sense. However, we could say: 'Can I do anything for you?'.
2 have: Because Bob is asking if the store 'sells' chocolate covered espresso beans, we must use 'have' here.
2 get: 'Get' does not make sense here. Bob is asking about possession, and 'get' cannot express possession in this case.
2 do: 'Do' does not make sense here. Bob is asking about possession, and 'do' cannot express possession.
Exercice 2
Polly: Hey, Susie. you invited to Bruno's big birthday party?
Susie: Twice, in fact.
Polly: I don't it.
Susie: Well, I'll tell you the story. It like this...
Susie: Twice, in fact.
Polly: I don't it.
Susie: Well, I'll tell you the story. It like this...
Polly: Hey, Susie. Were 1 you invited to Bruno's big birthday party?
Susie: Twice, in fact.
Polly: I don't get 2 it.
Susie: Well, I'll tell you the story. It starts 3 like this...
Susie: Twice, in fact.
Polly: I don't get 2 it.
Susie: Well, I'll tell you the story. It starts 3 like this...
1 Were: Because Polly is only asking an ordinary question, we use 'were' as the proper auxiliary. This is the best choice here.
1 Get: 'Get' cannot be used as an auxiliary in interrogative constructions such as this one. However, we could say: 'Did you get invited', though this is a very familiar construction.
1 Have: 'Have' is not the correct auxiliary in this case.
2 get: 'I don't get it' is a familiar but common idiom, meaning, 'I don't understand what you're talking about'. This is the best choice here.
2 have: 'I don't have it' is grammatically correct, but it does not make sense in this context.
2 hear: 'I don't hear it' is grammatically correct, but it does not make sense in this context.
3 starts: 'It starts like this' is an idiomatic way of beginning a story, similar to, 'This is how it happened'. This is the best choice here.
3 gets: 'It gets like this' does not make sense.
3 has: 'It has like this' does not make sense.
Exercice 3
Below are several sentences which use the verb to get in different ways.
Choose all of the sentences which use the verb 'to get' correctly .
Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose all of the sentences which use the verb 'to get' correctly .
Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Below are several sentences which use the verb to get in different ways.
Choose all of the sentences which use the verb 'to get' correctly .
Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose all of the sentences which use the verb 'to get' correctly .
Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
This is not a correct use of the verb 'to get'. We could say, however: 'Do you know when he will finally get out of there?'. This sentence may refer to someone who is in prison, and 'get out of' is synonymous with 'be released' or simply 'to leave'.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'Gets' here is synonymous with 'to understand'.
This is not a correct use of the verb 'to get'. We could say, however: 'I'd like to get my hair cut'. 'To get / have something done' is used like the passive construction 'something is/was done'. Example: I got my boss killed / Someone killed my boss.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'Get' here is synonymous with 'obtain', 'buy' or 'procure'. This is one of the most common uses of 'to get'.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. In this sentence, 'get there' is synonymous with 'to arrive'.
Exercice 4
Below are several sentences using the verb to get in different ways.
Choose all of the sentences which correctly use the verb 'to get'. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose all of the sentences which correctly use the verb 'to get'. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Below are several sentences using the verb to get in different ways.
Choose all of the sentences which correctly use the verb 'to get'. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose all of the sentences which correctly use the verb 'to get'. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'Get out of my way' is an informal and slightly rude way of asking someone to 'move'. It can be used in imperative constructions such as this one.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'To get' is being used in the sense of 'to obtain' in this construction, and is being used in the imperative sense.
This is not a correct use of the verb 'to get'. We could say, however: 'Get started'. Certain imperative constructions do begin with 'get to' such as 'get to work' or 'get to bed', but in this case the construction 'get to start' is grammatically incorrect.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'Get up' here is synonymous with 'wake up' or 'get out of bed'.
Exercice 5
Polly: Hey, Bob, I'm going to the store for some coffee and tea. Can I you anything?
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they any.
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they any.
Polly: Hey, Bob, I'm going to the store for some coffee and tea. Can I get 1 you anything?
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they have 2 any.
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they have 2 any.
1 get: 'Get' is the best choice here. It expresses Polly's offer to 'procure', 'buy' or 'obtain' something for Bob.
1 have: 'Can I have you anything?' is grammatically incorrect.
1 do: 'Can I do you anything?' does not make sense. However, we could say: 'Can I do anything for you?'.
2 have: Because Bob is asking if the store 'sells' chocolate covered espresso beans, we must use 'have' here.
2 get: 'Get' does not make sense here. Bob is asking about possession, and 'get' cannot express possession in this case.
2 do: 'Do' does not make sense here. Bob is asking about possession, and 'do' cannot express possession.
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