Os principais usos do verbo TO GET em inglês
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Os principais usos do verbo TO GET
To get é um verbo muito utilizado em inglês, tendo usos e significados muito variados:
Principais significados do verbo TO GET:
• obter, receber, conseguir, buscar, ganhar:
Principais significados do verbo TO GET:
• obter, receber, conseguir, buscar, ganhar:
Did you get my email? Recebeu meu email?
Where did you get this information? Onde você conseguiu esta informação?
I got a raise. Eu ganhei um aumento de salário.
• ir, chegar (expressa o movimento ou o deslocamento):
How can I get there? Como posso chegar lá?
to get on (the bus) pegar (o ônibus)
to get in (the car) entrar (no carro)
to get away fugir
• em sua forma reflexiva (expressa a idéia de passar de um a outro estado diferente, uma evolução):
The kids are getting tired. As crianças estão se cansando.
Kevin got drunk last night. Kevin ficou bêbado ontem à noite.
Get ready! Prepare-se!
It's getting late. Está ficando tarde.
• No passado, to get é usado frequentemente em lugar de to be para enfatizar a idéia de algo realizado ou de um esforço:
to get invited ser convidado
to get hired ser contratado
to get killed ser morto
• fazer com que alguém faça algo:
to get something done fazer com que algo seja feito (= to have something done)
Icarus got his hair cut. Icarus cortou o cabelo.
• dar, servir:
Can I get you a drink? Posso lhe trazer algo para beber?
• levar:
I'll get you there on time. Eu te levo lá na hora.
• entender, compreender:
I didn't get what you just said. Não entendi (ou não captei) o que você acabou de dizer.
• agarrar ou pegar:
Get him! Agarrem-no! (= to catch)
• seguido de um infinitivo, to get expressa a idéia de uma ação finalmente realizada:
Susie and Philip will eventually get to be friends. Susie e Philip acabarão sendo amigos algum dia.
• e muitos outros significados, especialmente quando este vai seguido de preposições:
to get up levantar-se
to get along entender-se
to get back voltar, regressar
to get together reunir-se
to get down to começar a fazer
Exercício 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.
Exercício 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.
Exercício 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'.
Exercício 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'.
Exercício 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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