Placeholder Image

Subtitles section Play video

  • Hi, I'm Sian from BBC Learning English.

  • Today, I'm gonna give you five uses of the verb 'get'.

  • So you get five lessons for the price of one!

  • Number oneget can mean buy or obtain.

  • I got myself a new phone last weekend.

  • Number twoget can mean receive.

  • I just got a message.

  • Number threeget with an adjective can mean become.

  • Ugh! So many messages! I'm getting really annoyed!

  • Number fourget can also mean understand.

  • Hang on, someone's just sent me a joke

  • I don't get it!

  • 'In tents!'

  • I get it!

  • Number five - get can also mean arrive.

  • I need to get home early so I'm off!

Hi, I'm Sian from BBC Learning English.

Subtitles and vocabulary

Click the word to look it up Click the word to find further inforamtion about it