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ENGLISH VERB

get to

to arrive at; (with another verb) to have the chance to (do something)

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

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I arrive at
  2. you you arrive at
  3. he, she, it he arrives at
  4. we we arrive at
  5. they they arrive at

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I arrived at
  2. you you arrived at
  3. he, she, it he arrived at
  4. we we arrive at
  5. they they arrived at

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will arrive at
  2. you you will arrive at
  3. he, she, it he will arrive at
  4. we we will arrive at
  5. they they will arrive at

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am arriving at
  2. you you are arriving at
  3. he, she, it he is arriving at
  4. we we are arriving at
  5. they they are arriving at

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already arrived at
  2. you you have already arrived at
  3. he, she, it he has already arrived at
  4. we we have already arrived at
  5. they they have already arrived at

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would arrive at
  2. you you would arrive at
  3. he, she, it he would arrive at
  4. we we would arrive at
  5. they they would arrive at

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. arrive at!

How to use get to

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

  1. Present

    I get to the office before everyone else.

    I get to the office before everyone else.

  2. Past

    We got to the end of the trail at sunset.

    We reached the end of the trail at sunset.

  3. Future

    We will get to your question in a minute.

    We'll get to your question shortly.

  4. Present continuous

    I'm finally getting to the good part of the book.

    I'm finally getting to the good part of the book.

  5. Present perfect

    Have you gotten to chapter five yet?

    Have you reached chapter five yet?

  6. Conditional

    We would get to the beach faster by train.

    We would get to the beach faster by train.

  7. Imperative

    Get to the point, we don't have all day.

    Get straight to the point, we don't have all day.

Good to know

  • With "Get to" + a place, it means to arrive; with "get to" + a verb, it means to have the chance to: "I got to meet her".
  • In conversation, "we'll get to that" is "a gente já chega nessa parte".

Where you hear get to

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

English for Brazilians · Advanced Level 1

  • Nobody gets to minute ten. Nobody makes it to minute ten.
  • I got to the end before the beginning. I got to the end before the beginning.
  • We'll get to that. First, the context. We'll get there. First, the context.

English for Brazilians · Fluency Level 1

  • Everyone gets to speak. Everyone gets to speak.
  • Three people didn't get to speak. Three people didn't get to speak.
  • We'll get to the wall next week. We'll get to the wall next week.
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Going back a bit in the story

Advanced Level 1 · before we get to that · get to the end

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Too much detail, too little context

Advanced Level 1 · gets that far

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Back to the thread of the conversation

Fluency Level 1 · Grace, hold that thought. We'll get to the line.

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The library changed its hours

Fluency Level 1 · Some people won't get to speak.

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One Person Dominates the Whole Circle

Fluency Level 3 · I was just getting to the best part.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.