Unit 1: English In A Minute
Give us a minute and we'll give you English
Select a unit
Session 19
Welcome to English In A Minute. Give us a minute and we'll give you a hot tip about English. Grammar, vocabulary... there's so much to learn! And all taught by your favourite BBC Learning English staff!
Sessions in this unit
Session 19 score
0 / 3
- 0 / 3Activity 1
Activity 1
Five ways to use 'get'
Do you have a minute to spare to learn some English? See Sian explain five different uses of 'get' - and one very bad joke! Give us 60 seconds and we'll give you the English!
Watch the video and complete the activity
Sian
Hi, I'm Sian from BBC Learning English. Today, I'm going to give you five uses of the verb get. So you get five lessons for the price of one!
Number one – get can mean buy or obtain. I got myself a new phone last weekend.
Number two – get can mean receive. I just got a message.
Number three – get with an adjective can mean become. Ugh! So many messages! I'm getting really annoyed!
Number four – get can also mean understand. Hang on someone's just sent me a joke… I don't get it! ‘In tents!’ I get it!
Number five - get can also mean arrive. I need to get home early so I'm off!
______________________________________________________________________________________
Did you like that? Why not try these?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Five uses of 'get'
Buy / obtain
Get can mean buy or obtain.
- I got myself a new phone last weekend.
- I need to get some new clothes.
Receive
Get can mean receive.
- I just got a message.
- I got a bike for my birthday!
Become
Get with an adjective can mean become.
- I'm getting annoyed.
- It's got quite hot in here suddenly.
Understand
Get can mean understand.
- I don't get this joke.
- I don't often meet people who get this type of movie.
Arrive
Get can mean arrive.
- I need to get home early so I'm off!
- What time will you get here?
____________________________________________________________________________________________
To do
Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.
English In A Minute Quiz
3 Questions
Test your understanding of this lesson with our quiz!
Help
Activity
Test your understanding of this lesson with our quiz!
Hint
Use the context to understand. What do people often get on their birthday?Question 1 of 3
Help
Activity
Test your understanding of this lesson with our quiz!
Hint
This kind of word describes things.Question 2 of 3
Help
Activity
Test your understanding of this lesson with our quiz!
Hint
If someone explains something, but you don't get it... do you comprehend?Question 3 of 3
Excellent! Great job! Bad luck! You scored:
Downloads
You can download a PDF document for this episode here.
More
We hope you enjoyed English in a Minute. You can find more episodes here.