Complete the following sentences using get or go.
Hints
Gois used to talk about a whole movement. Get is mainly used to talk about the end of a movement – the arrival.
Get can also mean ‘make somebody / something do something’.
1I go to work by car, and Susie ............... by train.
Wrong!
Use "goes" because the subject "Susie" needs the third-person singular present form.
2Let's see who will ............... there first.
Wrong!
Use "get" to mean arrive at a place.
3I ............... to see him yesterday, but he wasn't at home.
Wrong!
Use "went" because you visited (or tried to visit) him yesterday. "Got to see him" would mean you had the chance to see him, which does not fit "he wasn't at home".
4Although the train was late, I managed to ............... to the meeting in time.
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Use "get" after "managed to" when the meaning is arrive successfully.
5It wasn't easy to ............... through the crowd.
Wrong!
Use "get" after "to" in the expression "to get through" a difficult space or situation.
6Could you tell me how to ............... to the post office?
Wrong!
Use "get" in "how to get to" when asking for directions to a place.
7We had better ............... going; it's late.
Wrong!
Use "get" in the fixed phrase "had better get going" meaning that it is time to leave or start.
8It is ............... late.
Wrong!
Use "getting" to describe a changing situation that is becoming late.
9When do I ............... to see your new baby?
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Use "get" in "get to see" to mean have the chance to see someone.
10I couldn't ............... the car to start.
Wrong!
Use "get" in "get the car to start" to mean make the car start.
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- I go to work by car, and Susie goes by train.
- Let’s see who will get there first.
- I went to see him yesterday, but he wasn’t at home.
- Although the train was late, I managed to get to the meeting in time.
- It wasn’t easy to get through the crowd.
- Could you tell me how to get to the post office?
- We had better get going; it’s late.
- It is getting late.
- When do I get to see your new baby?
- I couldn’t get the car to start.