Get: get – got – got/gotten

Irregular verb, level A1.

A1 · Beginner
Base form (V1)get
Past simple (V2)got
Past participle (V3)gotBrE / gottenAmE

Meaning

To take or come to have something.

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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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