GetGet

Get = moment of change

I feel well.

I get sick

Now I am sick.

Get is a moment of transition

Get = moment of change

I am not hungryI get hungryNow I am hungry

I am in the car

I get out (of the car)

Now I am out of the car.

I am in bed

I get up

Now I am up/

out of bed.

In the boxget out of the box

Now the cat IS out of the box

(He got out!)

Get = obtain

I don’t have a pen

I get a pen

Now I have a pen

I don’t have a car

I get a car

Now I have a car

I don’t have flowers

I get flowers

Now I have flowers

I don’t have a cat

I get a cat

Now I have a cat

Get = obtain = have

• I’ve got a beautiful car.

• I’ve got 3 children

• I’ve got everything I need.

Get = obtain

• I got flowers for my birthday.

• I got second prize in the gardening contest.

• I got everything I needed for the trip.

have / obtained

• I’ve got everything I need for the trip.

• I got everything I needed for the trip

Get = change state

• I got fat … now I got to get thin.

• I got married.

• I get dizzy when I drink champagne.

• I get sad when I see children suffer

am - Get - am

I am sitting. I get up I am standing up.

I am doing nothing

I get started I am working

I am in the street

I get home I am home

Bit more complicated

Get involved:

I didn’t want to get involved.

Now I am involved.

Get interested:

I got interested in the new project. Now I am... (creating, making..)