How to use 'To Get' - English Vocabulary Lesson

This English vocabulary lesson will teach you the many different ways 'get' can be used in the English Language.

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[AngloLinkEnglish]

They are both correct. 'She is taller than him.' is more common, maybe because 'She is taller than he.' sounds very formal. Another option is to finish the sentence: 'She is taller than he is.'


"John is taller than I am."

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I think Google covers translation into many languages including Arabic. However, I would highly recommend that you use an English-English dictionary online. All the big names are good: Collins, Oxford, Cambridge etc.

[AngloLinkEnglish]

Annie is right. It looks like the Present Perfect, but it is just the expression that native speakers often use instead of 'I have to' = 'I've got to'.

[AngloLinkEnglish]

You are right: 'get something done' is an alternative to 'have something done' (Causative). I cover this point in my video on the verb 'to have'.

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The complete phrase is 'the missiles that are / were being fired'. It is possible to drop 'that are' or 'that were' to shorten the phrase.

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'to' here is a preposition for the expression 'to look forward to'. The rule is if you put a verb after a prepostion, you must use the 'ing' form (gerund).

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No, generally, for public transport (bus, train, plane, boat, tram, metro), you should use the preposition 'on', and for private transport (car, taxi), use into. However, note that you get on your bike, a horse etc.

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i am so much grateful to have this video. it teaches me a lot of understanding about the further meaning of using "TO GET". I've got it. Thank you so much. God bless.

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You can watch them in any order according to your areas of difficulty. If you don't need to focus on specific areas, the I would recommend the following order:

1. All the videos on Listening and pronunciation
2. All the lessons on Tenses starting from lesson 1 and finishing with 'All Tenses'
3. The two lessons on Word Order
4. The lessons on Questions & Negatives
5. The lessons on Modal Verbs
6. The Conversation / Dialogue lessons
7. The Vocabulary lessons (get, have, make, do)
8. Conditionals

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They are synonyms, but as you can see in your own example, they follow a different word order:
'Also' usually comes before the main verb, whereas 'too' usually comes at the end of the sentence.