“Get” on its own, with no prepositions or adjectives, only means “receive,” “achieve” or “obtain.” e.g The president gets a lot of letters concerning his policies on the environment e.g Where can I get an English newspaper e.g I got an “A” in the exam! Perhaps the most common use of “get” is with adjectives and indicates a change in condition or state In this way “get” normally means “become.” e.g I drank three bottles of whiskey and got very drunk (adjective “drunk”) e.g I’m going home to get a coat I’m getting cold (adjective “cold”) Match the “get” plus adjective compounds with their meanings 1) get …… (become fatigued ) a) angry 2) get …… (to advance in years) b) hot 3) get …… (to become unwell medically) c) thirsty 4) get …… (become hostile and unhappy) d) worried 5) get …… (become anxious) e) dirty 6) get …….(to meet) f) better 7) get …….(become unclean) g) ill/sick 8) get …….(improve in health or ability) h) old 9) get …… (increase in temperature) i) embarrassed 10) get …… (become timid and go red in the face) j) hungry 11) get …… (improve physical health and form) k) dangerous 12) get …… (start to be similar) l) tired 13) get …… ( become perilous) m) together 14) get …… (to need to eat) n) fit 15) get ……… (to need to drink) o) like Can you think of adjectives that could be added to this list to create more combinations? Write them down underneath HOW TO PLAY Cut out the bingo and definition cards Give the bingo cards to the students and put the definition cards into a cup Pick out the definition cards one at a time and say the definitions Students tick off the appropriate words on their cards, shouting out the definitions as the game progresses The winner gets all the words on their card crossed off Get old Get together Get old Get thirsty Get dangerous Get angry Get worried Get dirty Get hot Get angry Get thirsty Get ill/sick Get dirty Get better Get embarrassed Get ill/sick Get better Get old Get embarrassed Get dangerous Get old Get tired Get dangerous Get angry Get like Get hot Get together Get like Get fit Get hot Get tired Get angry Get old Get ill/sick Get together Get like Get fit Get old Get dirty Get hungry Get angry Get dirty Get hungry Get angry Get embarrassed Get ill/sick Get together Get together Get dirty Get better Get old Get angry Get dirty Get dangerous Get tired Get tired Get embarrassed Get worried Get ill/sick Get old Get dangerous Get tired Get hot Get tired Get dangerous Get together Get fit Get tired Get tired Get together Get hot Get worried Get worried Get thirsty Get better Get embarrassed Get old Get thirsty Get worried Get dangerous To advance in years Get old To become fatigued Get tired to become unwell medically Get ill/sick To become hostile and unhappy Get angry To become anxious Get worried To meet Get together To become unclean Get dirty To improve in health or ability Get better To increase in temperature Get hot To become timid and go red in the face Get embarrassed To improve physical health and form Get fit To start to be similar Get like To become perilous Get with Adjectives: Fill-in-the-gaps exercise Fill in the gaps in the following sentences using the appropriate adjectives My aunt Lilly can’t come on holiday to Ibiza this year She’s 84 now, and is getting too to be going to raves! He keeps shouting at the TV when the football is on He’s getting his father I really like the boy that sits next to me in class, but every time I try to speak to him I get and run screaming from the room I think we need to buy an air conditioner It gets very _ here in the summer After playing football I always get very and have to drink about a litre of water It was five in the morning and their daughter still hadn’t returned from the disco They were starting to get very When I told my father that I had driven his car into the swimming pool after running over his pet rabbit, he got very with me “Don’t play in the garden in your best shirt! You’ll get it .” “OK, Robin! The Joker’s last bomb has badly damaged this bridge and it’s very unstable We need to go! The bridge is getting too for us to stay!” 10 If I get really _ I normally have a pizza That’s why I’m so big 11 The baby was crying because it was late and he was starting to get _ 12 “Hi Jenny! I haven’t seen you for ages! We should get _ sometime soon I know a bar in the centre where many of our friends hang out We could go there 13 The doctor told him to start to more exercise to get 14 The doctor gave him some pills and he soon got _ 15 He didn’t sleep or eat for a couple of days and when he was caught in the rain he soon got _ and had to go to the doctor