Phrasal Verbs

It’s time to get down to the business of learning about phrasal verbs using the word “get.” If you really want to get your message across, you need to become familiar with naturally spoken English. As you will see in this English tip, native speakers tend to use phrasal verbs with “get” more than they use the formal verbs.

You get out of your English learning effort what you put into it.

You don’t want to just get by in your studies, you want to excel and become the best English language speaker you can be.

If you can begin to use phrasal verbs with “get” you will find that you will be understood, and maybe even commended on your command of the English language.

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Can you match the phrasal verbs with “get” with the more formal way of saying the same thing?

To have the opportunityTo get into

To arrive To get by

To exit To get in(to)

To wakeTo get up

To be acceptedTo get out

To do just enoughTo get in(to)

To complete To get to

To become interestedTo get through

There are hundreds and hundreds of phrasal verbs in English. This is simply a suggestion to begin with the verb “get” — one of the most commonly used verbs to create many different phrasal verbs.