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ENGLISH VERB

get interested

to get (someone) interested

  • Irregular verb
  • Gerund: getting interested
  • Past participle: gotten interested

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I get someone interested
  2. you you get someone interested
  3. he, she, it he gets someone interested
  4. we we get someone interested
  5. they they get someone interested

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I got someone interested
  2. you you got someone interested
  3. he, she, it he got someone interested
  4. we we get someone interested
  5. they they got someone interested

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will get someone interested
  2. you you will get someone interested
  3. he, she, it he will get someone interested
  4. we we will get someone interested
  5. they they will get someone interested

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am getting someone interested
  2. you you are getting someone interested
  3. he, she, it he is getting someone interested
  4. we we are getting someone interested
  5. they they are getting someone interested

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already gotten someone interested
  2. you you have already gotten someone interested
  3. he, she, it he has already gotten someone interested
  4. we we have already gotten someone interested
  5. they they have already gotten someone interested

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would get someone interested
  2. you you would get someone interested
  3. he, she, it he would get someone interested
  4. we we would get someone interested
  5. they they would get someone interested

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. Get someone interested!

How to use get interested

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Good teachers get kids interested in reading.

    Good teachers get children interested in reading.

  2. Past

    My uncle got me interested in fishing.

    My uncle got me interested in fishing.

  3. Future

    This video will get your students interested.

    That video is going to get your students interested.

  4. Present continuous

    The new coach is getting the team interested again.

    The new coach is getting the team interested again.

  5. Present perfect

    The show has gotten millions interested in chess.

    The series got millions of people interested in chess.

  6. Conditional

    A field trip would get them interested in science.

    A field trip would get them interested in science.

  7. Imperative

    Get them interested first, then explain the rules.

    First get them interested, then explain the rules.

Good to know

  • "Get someone interested in" takes "in": "she got me interested in photography".

Where you hear get interested

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 3

  • Story time gets kids interested in books. Story time gets kids interested in books.
  • My grandma got me interested in baking. My grandma got me interested in baking.
  • A short invitation will get young people interested. A short invitation will get young people interested.
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A conversation between strangers

Intermediate Level 3 · what got you interested

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.