Jun 21, 2016
- GO,
not GET- Go
People . . . mad. - People . . . bald.
- People . . . grey.
- People . . . deaf.
- Go
He was very embarrassed and his face . . . red. - Suddenly the sky . . . dark and it started to rain.
- Go
The pages of the book had . . . yellow over the years.
- Go
- TURN,
not GET- Turn
The sky . . . gold as the sun set. - When the tomatoes . . . red, the farmers pick them and sell them.
- The news gave his mother such a shock than her hair . . . white overnight.
- Turn
- GET and BECOME
- Get and become
She gave up smoking when she . . . pregnant. - I would like to . . . involved in raising money for charity.
- The same is true for collocations with adjectives such as angry, bored, excited, depressed, upset, impatient, violent:
He . . . depressed after his wife’s death. - . . . angry
- . . . bored
- . . . excited
- . . . depressed
- . . . upset
- . . . impatient
- . . . violent
- Become,
not get, is used with the following: extinct, (un)popular, homeless, famous.
Our local baker’s has . . . famous for its apple tarts. - . . . extinct
- . . . popular
- . . . homeless
- Get and become
- Alternatives to GET and BECOME — FALL, GROW
- She . . . ill and was taken to hospital.
- Everyone . . . silent when they heard the shocking news.
- As my father . . . older, he spent less time working.
- The noise . . . louder and soon we realized it was a plane approaching.
- She . . . ill and was taken to hospital.
- Overusing and misusing GET
- Here are some sentences from student’s essays where get is wrongly used:
I was able togetnew friends. — I was able to . . . new friends. - A year ago he
gota heart attack. — A year ago he . . . a heart attack. - If I
geta child of my own one day … — If I . . . a child of my own one day … - I was
gettingcrazy. — I was . . . crazy. - In June, I
gota baby, James. — In June, I . . . a baby, James.
- Here are some sentences from student’s essays where get is wrongly used:
- Answer these questions using collocations.
- 1. What can happen to men as they get older? — They can grey. / They can bald.
- 2. What can happen if you are embarrassed? — You can red.
- 3. What can happen if you get bad news? — You can white.
- 4. What can happen to the pages of a newspaper after a long time? — They can yellow.
- 5. What happens to strawberries as they ripen? — They red.
- 6. The poet John Milton lost his eyesight at the end of his life. What is another way of saying that? — John Milton blind.
- 7. The composer Beethoven lost his hearing at the end of his life. What is another way of saying that? — Beethoven deaf.
- 8. At the end of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet loses his mind. What is another way of saying that? — Hamlet mad.
- 9. If it is about to rain, what might happen to the sky? — It might grey. / It might dark.
- 1. What can happen to men as they get older? — They can grey. / They can bald.
- Correct these sentences.
- 1. Dinosaurs got extinct thousands of years ago.
- 2. When I get married, I’d like to get lots of children.
- 3. Janet fell depressed after failing her final exams.
- 4. Hamid has always dreamt of getting famous.
5. Would you be interested in growing involved in this project?
- 6. More people have got homeless this year than in any previous year.
- 7. My sister got a baby last week.
- 8. My grandfather got a heart attack last winter.
- 1. Dinosaurs got extinct thousands of years ago.
- Replace each use of get with a verb from the list.
- • become • fall • grow • have • make
As you get older, you’ll begin to understand your parents better. Getting angry with them all the time doesn’t help. You may not want to go to summer camp when none of your friends will be there, but your parents know you will soon get new friends there. You would all have gone on a family holiday together if your grandmother hadn’t got ill, but surely you can understand why they don’t want to leave her. You’ll feel much more sympathetic to your parents’ feelings when you get a child of your own!
As you older, you’ll begin to understand your parents better. angry with them all the time doesn’t help. You may not want to go to summer camp when none of your friends will be there, but your parents know you will soon new friends there. You would all have gone on a family holiday together if your grandmother hadn’t ill, but surely you can understand why they don’t want to leave her. You’ll feel much more sympathetic to your parents’ feelings when you a child of your own!
- • become • fall • grow • have • make
- Complete the collocations in these sentences.
- 1. I think I’d . . . mad if I had to put up with such a terrible boss!
- get
- go
- 2. It was a wonderful sunset. The sky . . . gold and we sat on the terrace enjoying it.
- turned
- got
- 3. Once upon a time the walls were probably cream but they have . . . brown now and badly need repainting.
- gone
- got
- 4. When I start . . . grey, I’m definitely going to dye my hair.
- to go
- getting
- going
- 5. As the headmaster walked into the hall, the children all . . . silent.
- got
- fell
- 6. The noise on the street . . . louder and I looked out of the window to see what was happening.
- got
- grew
- 7. My grandmother is a little afraid of . . . ill while she is abroad.
- getting
- falling
- 8. I was so embarrassed that I . . . bright red.
- got
- turned
- went
- 1. I think I’d . . . mad if I had to put up with such a terrible boss!
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