... when you don't want to repeat something: * 'Are those people English? ' J think so.' (= I think they are English) * 'Will you be at home tomorrow morning?' 'I ... want to use her phone. What do you say? 3. You've written a letter in English. Before you send it, you want an English friend to check it. What do you ask him? 4. You want to leave work ... Nothing was known about him. (not 'got known') We use get mainly in informal spoken English. You can use be in all situations. We also use get in the following expressions (which...