Important moments
Phrases
with
get
mJJ
" a) Match beginnings of sentences 1-9 to endings
a)-i).
t) Com plet e the senten ces with th e correct form of get
and these words/phrases .
My h u sban d's Spanish , so he gets ...gJ....
2 I f we had a G PS, we wo u l d n't gel ...............
.$Qmethi11g to drlnlf into trouble a round
in touch with older ri d of the job
here
I don't know w h en he got ...............
Ca n you do t he wash i ng-u p when you get ...............
Duri n g the day we get ......
If he doesn't have enough sleep, he gets ......... _
7 ls it tomorrow or Su nday th at Simo n gets ....
That sou n d on m y ph one m ean s I 've got ...............
W
h
en
I
lef
t
wo
rk
,
I
got
...............
a) angry at t h e t in iest proble m .
b} to work , bu t it must have been late.
c) a tex t message.
d) h om e from work t his evening?
e) a l ot of presen ts from m y colleagues .
f) a lot of ph one calls t rying t o sell us stuff.
g) fed u p w i t h the weat h er in England.
h) lost , wou ld we?
i) back from his h oliday?
b) M atch the sentences in la) to the di fferent meani ngs of get.
a) receive/obt ain: ...-.5 .. , ............... , ........ b) t ravel/arrive: ----·········-· , ········-·--···, ---·······---· c) becotne: ............... , ............... , ...............
Its so h um id, isn't it? Gary's gone tg_ge.J.$.Q.IJl.thiri.9.JQ_drin.k
I haven't seen jess since last Decem ber. I m ust
··-··--·····-·-·---·-·······--········h er soon .
I would n't touch th at i f I were you. M ark did , a nd h e
4 Will and Lu k e haven 't arrived ye t. I n fact, if t h ey
.................. ... ................................ before seven , I'd be su rpr ised.
s I ha rd ly ever t ake a tax i whe n I'm abroad . I prefer
..
......
....................................
by
bus.
6 W h at docs t h e lcu cr say, Mich elle? Have yo u
?
7 I can't move as quickly as I used to. I guess I'm j u st
8
\Vc're
-······················---···········---·· ...
t
h
is
sofa
soon
if
you
wan
t
it.
You
j
ust
h
ave
to
pick
it
u
p
.
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128
e
Third conditional GE!JChoose t he correct word s.
If t h ey wouldn't have!q;jEj> got l ost , th er'd arrived on t i m e.
2 K en would have/ had ru ng h er i f h e'd have got/got t h e m essage.
3 I f h e wouldn't have/ hadn't got t o work late
4
I
......................
.....................
t
he
jo
b
ad
vert
i
f
I
a n ewspaper t h at day.
5
If
ITI}'
pa
ren
ts
......
...................................
n1c,
I
···············-············
...............
a
surgeon
.
6 wo rried if yo u
m e kn ow.
7
If
I
..........................
you
r
ph
on
e
ca
l
l,
I
......... .......
th
e
m
eet
ing.
again , h e hadn't/wouldn't have got sacked .
8 He .......................... u ni versi t y if he ...
....................... t he exa m .
4 Kat and Jo hadn't/wouldn't have gon e to
t h e fil m if they'd have/'d seen th e review.
s If Sue hadn't/ wouldn't have got i n t ou ch wit h me, I wouldn't have/hadn 't known Vi wasn't we l l.
6 We hadn't/wouldn't have got h om e if he
hadn 't/ wouldn't have given us a li ft.
Read the sent ences in 3a) again and answer t h ese questions.
Did t h ey get lost ? .. Yes.
b) Did t h ey a rrive lat e?
e a) Fill in the gaps in t he story with t hese ve rbs.
- ........
ger asked took
got (x 2) split u p had started felt went
Th i rty years ago Jod i e was goi n g ou t wi t h a boy
ca lled Ca llu m . On h er
birt
hda
y,
Callu
m
didn
't
1
...9ftJ....
h
er
a
presen
t
a
nd
J
odie
z•..
reall
y
angry.
They
3....................
.
a
h
uge
argu
m
ent
and
4
..
..............
Tha
t
n
ight
sh
e
5
.
....•••.••••..••
ou
t
w
i
t
h
some
friend
s
becau
se
she
a) Did Ken get t he m essage? ...............
6.••.....•••••••••.... u pset. A t th e end of t he even i ng, sh e 7
...... a t axi
.
b) Did Ken ph one h er? ...............because t h e u nd ergrou nd h ad closed . Th e ta x i d river was rea lly
a) Did Ton }' arrive on ti m e? ...............
b) Did h e l ose h i s j ob? ...... .
friend l y so t hey 8 ..................... t al k i ng. They
9•.......•.•...........on so we ll
a) Did t h ey read th e rev iew? ....
b) Did th er sec th e fil m ? ...............
a) Did Sue get i n t ouch ? ...............
b) Did Sue t ell me Vi was ill ?
6 a) Did we get hom e? ...............
b) Did he give us a lifL? ..............
Fill in t he gaps wi t h the correct fonn
t hat t he t axi d ri\"cr 10•.•...• h er for her ph on e n u m ber. Who
was
J
od
i
e?
M
y
m
oth
er
!
A
nd
t
h
e
t
axi
d
river
?
M
y
fa
t
h
er,
of
course!
b) Read the st ory again a nd com plete t he cond iti on al sent en ces.
lf Call u m .h.?.<:/.99.L h er a present, J od i e ..W.P.tAidn'.th.P..V..go.t
reall )' a ngry.
2 Th ey . stayed togeth er i f t h ey ................... ............. a n argu m en t.
of these pairs of verbs.
score I Rot lose- not get I have leave I fail met I not be
not see I not buy not be / let
get I get not encourage I not become
3 I f she ..........
wi th h er frien ds.
4 If sh e ............
s Sh e
................... upse t , sh e ................. ..... ...........
.....
h
om
e
ea
rl
ier,
t
h
e
undergrou
nd
···············-····open
.
........ a t axi i f t he u nd ergroun d h ad
If l ...h.Q.$.(9.(.<:/. . th e penalt y, we
wo1.M o.'.th.?.Y..l.<?.$.L .
2
\\le
·····-----··················--···neve
r
.................................
if
we ...............
on
t
h
e
sa
m
e
Oight.
3 If th ey ........................... to kn ow each
ot h er, t h ey .. ..... ..................... on .
.................... . open.
I
f
th
e
tax
i
d
ri
ver
...... ...........
so
frien
d
l
y,
t
hey
start
ed
t
al
k
i
ng.
7 Th e taxi d river her for h er
n
u
m
ber
if
t
h
ey
...............................
.
so
well.
8 I f sh e . .......... hi m h er n u mhcr, I wou ld n eve r ha ve been born!