1 get …… become fatigued a angry 3 get …… to become unwell medically c thirsty 4 get …… become hostile and unhappy d worried 8 get …….improve in health or ability h old 9 get …… incre
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Match the “get” plus adjective compounds with their meanings.
1) get …… (become fatigued ) a) angry
3) get …… (to become unwell medically) c) thirsty
4) get …… (become hostile and unhappy) d) worried
8) get …….(improve in health or ability) h) old
9) get …… (increase in temperature) i) embarrassed
10) get …… (become timid and go red in the face) j) hungry
11) get …… (improve physical health and form) k) dangerous
12) get …… (start to be similar) l) tired
Can you think of 5 adjectives that could be added to this list to create more combinations? Write them down underneath
Perhaps the most common use of “get” is with adjectives and indicates a change in condition or state In this way “get” normally means “become.” e.g I drank three bottles of whiskey and got very drunk (adjective “drunk”)
e.g I’m going home to get a coat I’m getting cold (adjective “cold”)
“Get” on its own, with no prepositions
or adjectives, only means “receive,”
“achieve” or “obtain.”
e.g The president gets a lot of letters
concerning his policies on the
environment.
e.g Where can I get an English
newspaper.
e.g I got an “A” in the exam!
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Cut out the bingo and definition cards Give the bingo cards to the students and put the definition cards into a cup Pick out the definition cards one at a time and say the definitions Students tick off the appropriate words on their cards, shouting out the definitions as the game progresses The winner gets all the words on their card crossed off
Get angry
Get better Get
Get
dangerous
Get tired Get angry
Get
Get fit
Get angry Get
Get dangerous
dangerous Get hot
Get tired Get
Get angry Get
Get better Get
embarrassed
Get old
Get
Get angry
Get
Get fit
Get together
Get embarrassed
Get worried Get
Get thirsty
dangerous
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To advance in years
Get old
To become fatigued
Get tired
to become unwell medically
Get ill/sick
To become hostile and unhappy
Get angry
To become anxious
Get worried
To meet
Get together
To become unclean
Get dirty
To improve in health or ability
Get better
To increase in temperature
Get hot
To become timid and go red in the face
Get embarrassed
To improve physical health and form
Get fit
To start to be similar
Get like
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Fill in the gaps in the following sentences using the appropriate adjectives.
1 My aunt Lilly can’t come on holiday to Ibiza this year She’s 84 now, and is getting
too to be going to raves!
2 He keeps shouting at the TV when the football is on He’s getting his
father
3 I really like the boy that sits next to me in class, but every time I try to speak to him I
get and run screaming from the room
4 I think we need to buy an air conditioner It gets very _ here in the
summer
5 After playing football I always get very and have to drink about a
litre of water
6 It was five in the morning and their daughter still hadn’t returned from the disco
They were starting to get very
7 When I told my father that I had driven his car into the swimming pool after running
over his pet rabbit, he got very with me
8 “Don’t play in the garden in your best shirt! You’ll get it .”
9 “OK, Robin! The Joker’s last bomb has badly damaged this bridge and it’s very
unstable We need to go! The bridge is getting too for us to stay!”
10 If I get really _ I normally have a pizza That’s why I’m so big
11 The baby was crying because it was late and he was starting to get
_
12 “Hi Jenny! I haven’t seen you for ages! We should get _ sometime
soon I know a bar in the centre where many of our friends hang out We could go there
13 The doctor told him to start to do more exercise to get .
14 The doctor gave him some pills and he soon got _.
15 He didn’t sleep or eat for a couple of days and when he was caught in the rain he
soon got _ and had to go to the doctor