get
Base form
get
/ɡet/
Past simple
got
/ɡɒt//ɡɑːt/
Past participle
gotgotten
/ɡɒt//ˈɡɑːtn/
MeaningA1
to obtain, receive or become
to get rid of old clothes
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Could you get some milk on your way home?
- Imperative · Form 1Get off the bus at the stop after the bridge.
- Past simple · Form 2I got your message this morning, thanks.
- Past simple · Form 2Leo got a new job in Manchester last month.
- Present perfect · Form 3She has got much better at tennis this year.She has gotten much better at tennis this year.
- Past perfect · Form 3By nine o’clock we had got everything ready for the party.By nine o’clock we had gotten everything ready for the party.
Watch out
British English keeps got in both forms; gotten is the American third form. Never getted.
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