Get: get – got – got/gotten
Irregular verb, level A1.
Base form (V1)get
Past simple (V2)got
Past participle (V3)gotBrE / gottenAmE
Meaning
To take or come to have something.
Examples for each form
Base form (V1)
I get a letter every week.
Past simple (V2)
She got a gift from her friend.
Past participle (V3)
He has got a letter from school.
Check yourself
Write the past simple and the past participle of get.
Verbs that change the same way
Past simple and past participle are the same
havemakesaytellpayloseunderstandhearholdshootstandsell
Phrasal verbs with get
get upget inget outget offget onget throughget alongget over
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