Get passive

May 17, 2022

PHRASES FOR EXPRESSING OPINIONS

I think….	I believe….
I feel….	I suppose….
I guess….	According to me….
In my view….	In my opinion….
In my eyes….	It seems to me that….
From my perspective….	From my point of view….
From my view point….	As far as I’m concerned….
Personally, I think….	I’d like to point out that….
What I mean is….	Generally it is thought that….
Some people say that….	Well, it is considered that….
It is generally accepted that….	My impression is that….
It goes without saying that….	I hold the view that….

I’m of the opinion that….

Get + adjective

The verb get can be followed by some adjectives to express the idea of change or becoming something. We use this structure for people and things. We can talk about the weather getting hot or getting cold, for instance. A person can also get dressed up, get nervous, get hungry, get rich or get sick.

Here’s an example with the adjective hungry:

What time are we meeting for lunch? I am getting hungry.

Notice the use of get in the present continuous verb tense.

Get + hungry is such a fixed English collocation that it sounds unnatural any other way. Saying, “I am becoming hungry,” for instance, sounds so unnatural that the listener might be unsure of its meaning.

Get + past participle

Get can also be followed by the past participle – the form of a verb that usually ends in -ed or -en.

The verb get expresses action so, for this structure, we use it with action verbs. Action verbs express physical or mental action. They include such verbs as break, eat, choose and marry.

Example:

His brother got married last year.

Married is the past participle of marry.

And, you remember this one from earlier:

My favorite cup got broken.

Broken is the past participle of break.

Examples in negative:

Please be careful. You don’t want to get hit by a car.

The company’s server didn't get hacked last week.

For the get-passive, we do not use stative verbs, such as know, believe, say and understand. You cannot, for example, say, “The speaker will get understood.”

So, the get-passive is used with action verbs. But, the be-passive can be used with action and stative verbs.