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ENGLISH VERB

get talking

to get people talking

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

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 people talking
  2. you you get people talking
  3. he, she, it he gets people talking
  4. we we get people talking
  5. they they get people talking

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I got people talking
  2. you you got people talking
  3. he, she, it he got people talking
  4. we we got people talking
  5. they they got people talking

Future

Future · “will”

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

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

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

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already got people talking
  2. you you have already got people talking
  3. he, she, it he has already got people talking
  4. we we have already got people talking
  5. they they have already got people talking

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

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

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. Get people talking!

How to use get talking

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

  1. Present

    A good question gets people talking.

    A good question gets people talking.

  2. Past

    The wine got everyone talking at dinner.

    The wine got everyone talking at dinner.

  3. Future

    This game will get the kids talking.

    That game will get the kids talking.

  4. Present continuous

    The teacher is getting the shy students talking.

    The teacher is getting the shy students to talk.

  5. Present perfect

    Her post has gotten the whole town talking.

    Her post got the whole town talking.

  6. Conditional

    A simple game would get them talking.

    A simple game would get them talking.

  7. Imperative

    Get people talking before the meeting starts.

    Get people talking before the meeting starts.

Good to know

  • "Get people talking" means making people talk; "get talking" alone means to start a conversation: "we got talking on the train".

Where you hear get talking

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

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 3

  • Food gets people talking. Food gets people talking.
  • The bread got Farid and Joe talking. The bread got Farid and Joe talking.
  • The circle will get people talking. The circle will get people talking.
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