Tham khảo tài liệu 'understanding and using english grammar part 36', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 11-7 THE PASSIVE WITH GET GET ADJECTIVE a I m getting hungry. Let s eat soon. b You shouldn t eat so much. You ll get fat. c I stopped working because I got sleepy. Get may be followed by certain adjectives. Get gives the idea of change the idea of becoming beginning to be growing to be. In a I m getting hungry I wasn t hungry before but now I m beginning to be hungry. GET PAST PARTICIPLE d I stopped working because I got tired. e They are getting married next month. f I got worried because he was two hours late. Get may also be followed by a past participle. The past participle functions as an adjective it describes the subject. The passive with get is common in spoken English but is often not appropriate in formal writing. Some of the common adjectives that follow get are angry chilly fat hungry old thirsty anxious cold full late rich warm bald dark good light sick well belter dizzy heavy mad sleepy wet big empty hot nervous tall worse busy EXERCISE 23. The passive with GET. Chart 11-7 Directions Complete the sentences with any appropriate tense of get and an adjective from the list. better hot nervous busy hungry sleepy dark late well full light wet 1. What time are we going to eat I geHhhff kiAhgry . 2. A I. B Why don t you take a nap A couple of hours of sleep will do you good. 3. A What time is it B Almost ten. A I d better leave soon. It I have to be at the airport by eleven. 4. I didn t have an umbrella so I while I was waiting for the bus yesterday. 5. Let s turn on the air conditioner. It in here. 6. Every time I have to give a speech I. 7. Would you mind turning on the light It in here. 232 CHAPTER 11 8. A It s a long drive from Denver to here. I m glad you finally arrived. What time did you leave this morning B At sunrise. We left as soon as it outside. 9. A Won t you have another helping B This dinner is delicious but I really can t eat any more. I 10. Maria s English is improving. It . 11. Shake a leg We don t have all day to finish this work Get .
