“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!
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”)
Match the “get” plus adjective compounds with their meanings.
1) get …… (become fatigued )
a) angry
2) get …… (to advance in years)
b) hot
3) get …… (to become unwell medically)
c) thirsty
4) get …… (become hostile and unhappy)
d) worried
5) get ……. (become anxious)
e) dirty
6) get …….(to meet)
f) better
7) get …….(become unclean)
g) ill/sick
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
13) get …… ( become perilous)
m) together
14) get …… (to need to eat)
n) fit
15) get ……… (to need to drink)
o) like
Can you think of 5 adjectives that could be added to this list to create more combinations?
Write them down underneath.
HOW TO PLAY
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 old
Get together
Get old
Get thirsty
Get
dangerous
Get angry
Get worried
Get dirty
Get hot
Get angry
Get thirsty
Get ill/sick
Get dirty
Get better
Get
embarrassed
Get ill/sick
Get better
Get old
Get
embarrassed
Get
dangerous
Get old
Get tired
Get
dangerous
Get angry
Get like
Get hot
Get
together
Get like
Get fit
Get hot
Get tired
Get angry
Get old
Get ill/sick
Get
together
Get like
Get fit
Get old
Get dirty
Get hungry
Get angry
Get dirty
Get hungry
Get angry
Get
embarrassed
Get ill/sick
Get
together
Get
together
Get dirty
Get better
Get old
Get angry
Get dirty
Get
dangerous
Get tired
Get tired
Get
embarrassed
Get worried
Get ill/sick
Get old
Get
dangerous
Get tired
Get hot
Get tired
Get
dangerous
Get
together
Get fit
Get tired
Get tired
Get
together
Get hot
Get worried
Get worried
Get thirsty
Get better
Get
embarrassed
Get old
Get thirsty
Get worried
Get
dangerous
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
To become perilous
Get with Adjectives: Fill-in-the-gaps exercise
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.