How to Understand and Use the verb "to get" easily - Part 3 | Improve your English Vocabulary

How to use "to get" in English: TO GET + Somebody or Something meaning: to bring or to fetch.

If you get someone or something, you go and bring or fetch them to a particular place.

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1. Part 1: How to Understand and Use the verb "to get" easily | TO GET + DIRECT OBJECT 
2. Part 2: How to Understand and Use the verb "to get" easily | TO GET + TO GET + PLACE EXPRESSION

1) get somebody/something:

Quick-go and get a cloth!

Somebody get a doctor!

She went to get help.

I have to go and get my mother from the airport (= collect her).

Run upstairs and get a pillow.

I went back into the office to get a pen.

Shall I go and get the phone book?

I came down this morning to get the newspaper.

Go and get me a large brandy.

2) get something for somebody: 

Get a drink for John.

I’ll get a towel for you.

Would you get a glass of water for me?

3) get somebody/yourself something:

Go and get your daddy for me.

Get John a drink.

Let me go get my glasses.

Can I get you a drink?

Can you get me an ice-cream? Thanks.

I'll get you a drink.

I’ll get you a chair.

Could you get me my phone tomorrow? = Could you bring me my phone tomorrow?

Could you get me my phone? It’s in the bedroom upstairs.

He walked into the kitchen and got himself a glass of water before he sat back down. 

4) get somebody/something from something:

She’s just gone to get the kids from school.

He was getting something from his pocket and it took him some time to get his wallet.