The Power of the Verb GET
In spoken English we use the verb get a lot, so I decided to try and write a story which uses only the verb get.
The following brief story is the result (sorry that it is a bit depressing)
I
get up very early, well the sound of the neighbours car alarm
gets me up . As usual I
get into the shower ,
get dressed and
get myself a black coffee with a couple of pieces of burnt toast. I haven't
got any mail in the post except for a few bits of junk mail. I never did
get along with people; I can never
get across my positive side, so unsurprisingly, I haven't
got any birthday cards , again.
I won't
get depressed about it though. More importantly right now: I
got extremely drunk last night and I've
got a bad hangover ...how can I
get through the day at work? Hmmm maybe I could
get out of work altogether, after all I might be
getting a cold ....or perhaps I should just
get on with my normal daily routine....I
get another coffee ...I should probably
get out into the fresh air before I
get too comfortable at home.
Eventually I
get round to leaving for work but it's
getting cold for this time of year so I quickly
get on my hat and coat. I
get into the car and finally
get off . I
get to work late but I
get away with it because when I
get there everyone has
got down to work already. To be honest nobody has
got the time of day for me at work anyway but I have always
got by without many friends...it's nothing to
get bothered about . At least my ex-girlfriend has recently
got sacked from our office so I am, at last,
getting over her . I
get a call from a client; he
gets angry ; I can't
get my point through to him; he
gets angrier ; I'm
getting a headache so eventually he happily
gets put through to my manager. I'll be
getting into trouble . I must
get another job , or maybe
get a life perhaps.
I'll
get through the day; I'll never
get ahead , but I will always
get by . I'll
get my head down early tonight, yeah, I'll
get an early night ........