English for Fluency - Common Expressions with GET as a Phrasal Verb

33,997 views ・ 2011-06-04

Go Natural English


Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.

00:15
Today, I'd like to give you a lesson about the verb to get.
0
15980
4980
00:21
It's used very often by natural English speakers, especially Americans.
1
21100
5880
00:26
We love to use the word get.
2
26980
2020
00:29
We use it usually for three occasions.
3
29760
4240
00:35
First of all, to go, the second to buy, and third to have an opportunity.
4
35040
7000
00:42
So for example, in place of to go, you can say I got to Narra by train or I am getting to Narra by train.
5
42060
13060
00:55
Or I got somewhere.
6
55220
2840
00:58
Which is the same as to go.
7
58060
1700
00:59
Alright, the second way we use is to buy something or to consume, to eat, to drink.
8
59880
7600
01:07
We got some ice cream or we are getting lunch.
9
67660
5080
01:13
We will get some water to drink.
10
73020
3560
01:16
Okay, now the third way you can use to get is to have an opportunity to do something, like, we got to see the big Buddha in Todai-Ji temple.
11
76860
11820
01:28
We are getting to see the Narra Park with lots of wild deer.
12
88860
5800
01:36
We got to see a lot of Narra today.
13
96320
4280
01:40
So, again, three ways you can use the verb to get.
14
100820
3900
01:45
To go somewhere, to buy something or to have the opportunity to do something.
15
105080
5900
01:51
So if you replace those verbs with the verb to get you will sound much more natural, and you can understand natural speakers more if you understand that we use the verb to get in place of these three other verbs.
16
111180
16280
About this website

This site will introduce you to YouTube videos that are useful for learning English. You will see English lessons taught by top-notch teachers from around the world. Double-click on the English subtitles displayed on each video page to play the video from there. The subtitles scroll in sync with the video playback. If you have any comments or requests, please contact us using this contact form.

https://forms.gle/WvT1wiN1qDtmnspy7