Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate (Unit 2: Grammatical aspects of collocations))


Everyday verbs 2

Overusing and misusing get

Here are some sentences from students’ essays where get is wrongly used.

sentences with get more appropriate alternatives
I was able to get new friends. I was able to make new friends.
A year ago he got a heart attack. A year ago he had/suffered a heart attack.
If I get a child of my own one day ... If I have a child of my own one day ...
I was getting crazy. I was going crazy.
In June, I got a baby, James. In June, I had a baby, James.

- Lesson 8: D. Alternatives to get and become - Lesson 8: Exercise 8.1


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